Retina specialist, Alex Iannaccone, MD joined Duke Eye Center as Professor and Director of the newly established Center for Retinal Degenerations and Ophthalmic Genetic Diseases in September 2016. Prior to joining Duke, Dr. Iannaccone was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis, TN, where he served as the founding Director of the Retinal Degenerations & Ophthalmic Genetics Service and the Lions’ Visual Function Diagnostic Lab since 1997. Dr. Iannaccone will see patients at the Main Duke Eye Center in Durham and at the Raleigh location.