Seenu Hariprasad, M.D. (Founder)
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
and Visual Science
Director, Ophthalmic Clinical Research
Director, Surgical Retina Fellowship Pro
Dr. Seenu M. Hariprasad, MD is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Chicago, Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, where he serves as Chief of the Vitreoretinal Service.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and graduating with Distinction in Neuroscience, Dr. Hariprasad went on to receive his Medical Degree from the University of Pennsylvania where he was elected into AOA. He completed both his transitional internship and ophthalmology residency at Baylor College of Medicine's Cullen Eye Institute where he received numerous research awards. Dr. Hariprasad then spent 2 years at Washington University's Barnes Retina Institute where he completed a Fellowship in the Diseases and Surgery of the Retina, Macula, and Vitreous.
Dr. Hariprasad is actively involved in clinical research, having been principal investigator or sub-investigator in more than 30 national clinical trials evaluating new drugs, devices, surgical innovations, and drug delivery for age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular occlusion, endophthalmitis and diabetic retinopathy. His efforts in research have resulted in more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, meeting abstracts and textbook chapters. He currently holds the position of Director of Ophthalmic Clinical Research at the University of Chicago.
In addition to serving on the Editorial Board for the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Dr. Hariprasad is also a Scientific Referee for 6 major ophthalmology journals. Additionally, he serves on the Editorial Board for Retinal Physician and EyeTube.net, an ophthalmic surgical video website. He is also co-founder of the CONNECT Network, a collaborative association of academic vitreoretinal specialists devoted to furthering the vitreoretinal subspecialty through various research endeavors.
Dr. Hariprasad has presented a vast number of lectures at scientific meetings, as well as guest lectureships both nationally and internationally. He has trained numerous residents and currently is Director of the Surgical Retina Fellowship Program at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Hariprasad is Board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Retinal Specialists, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and The Chicago Ophthalmological Society. In 2007, the Consumer Research Council of America selected him as one of "America's Top Ophthalmologists."
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Michael David Ober, M.D.
(Founder, Chairman of Board of Directors)
Retinal Consultants of Michigan
Southfield, Michigan
Michael David Ober practices vitreoretinal surgery with Retina Consultants of Michigan. He joined RCM from Henry Ford Hospital where he served as the Director of Retinal Research as well as Senior Staff Ophthalmologist. He completed a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons as well as the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. He performed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Cornell University Medical Center campus of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he also served as Chief Resident. He is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine and holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in Chemistry.
Dr. Ober is board certified in Ophthalmology. He has published numerous research articles and has authored many book chapters in addition to being invited to lecture at national and international meetings. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory and Review Board for Retinal Physician as well as the Board of Advisors for the eyetube.net website. He has received several local and national awards for his work including The Margherio Award for outstanding work in macular diseases for surgery given at the annual meeting of The Retina Society, The Hanna Obertynski Award for the most outstanding research paper published in ophthalmology by a resident or medical student at the Kresge Eye Institute, and The Dong H. Shin Outstanding Ophthalmology Research Award for his work at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ober is a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Michigan Society of Eye Care Physicians and Surgeons, European Society of Retina Specialists, and is a founding member and President of CONNECT Network.
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Sophie J. Bakri , M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Dr Sophie Bakri is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Her special interests are in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous, in particular, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, intravitreal anti-VEGF agents,
and repair of complex retinal detachments. She undertakes both clinical and translational research in drugs for choroidal neovascularization and other VEGF mediated diseases.
Dr Bakri completed a 2 year vitreoretinal fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She did her residency at the Albany Medical College, New York, USA, where she was elected Chief
Resident. She graduated from the Queen's Medical Center, University of Nottingham Medical School, England, where she obtained her degree in medicine and surgery, and bachelor of medical sciences. Dr. Bakri is Board-Certified by the American Board of
Ophthalmology.
Dr Bakri has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers and 12 book chapters on retinal diseases. She is an investigator on numerous multicenter clinical trials on new medications for retinal disease. Dr. Bakri is the current Editor-in-Chief of the book
"Mayo Clinic on Vision and Eye Health". She is an invited reviewer for many journals including Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the British Journal of Ophthalmology, and Retina. Dr Bakri has presented her work and been an invited speaker at national and international meetings on numerous occasions.
Diana Do, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
The Wilmer Eye Institute
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Diana Do, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Assistant Head of the Retina Fellowship Education Committee at the Wilmer Eye Institute (Department of Ophthalmology), the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Do graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor's degree in molecular and cellular biology. She obtained her medical degree from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. After her internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, she completed both her ophthalmology residency and surgical/medical retina fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
In addition to her leadership role in the retina fellowship education committee, Dr. Do also serves as a member of the Admissions Committee for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and on the Residency Selection Committee for the Wilmer Eye Institute. Her academic achievements have been recognized with numerous national awards including the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Clinician-Scientist Award, the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation Award, and the Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Anne Fung, M.D.
Pacific Eye Associates
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Anne E Fung MD is a partner in private practice with Pacific Eye Associates specializing in macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease and other medical diseases of the retina.
A native of San Francisco, Dr. Fung received her undergraduate degree with honors from Wellesley College and her Doctor of Medicine degree at Cornell University. After completing an ophthalmology residency at Stanford University, Dr. Fung pursued fellowship training in Medical Diseases of the Macula Retina and Vitreous at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami. There she served as an investigator on clinical trials of Lucentis (ranibizumab), Avastin (bevacizumab), and Macugen (pegaptanib) for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). She presented the first results of the PrONTO trial – a study of the pharmacodynamics of Lucentis treatment for AMD - at the American Society for Retinal Specialists (ASRS) meeting in Montreal, July 2005 and continues to be active in clinical research.
In addition to her clinical activities, Dr. Fung has authored several journal publications and book chapters. She is an invited reviewer for medical journals including Retina, Archives of Ophthalmology and the British Journal of Ophthalmology. She is a member of several professional organizations including the ASRS, American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and serves as the Alumni Director for Stanford University Department of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Fung is currently the principle investigator on clinical research studies of ranibizumab in pigment epithelial detachment, novel formulations of steroids, and nutritional supplementation for prevention of vision loss in AMD.
Tamer Mahmoud, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, Michigan
http://www.kresgeeye.org/physicians/vitreoretinal.html
Dr. Tamer Mahmoud received his medical degree from Ain-Shams University School of Medicine, where he graduated Valedictorian, summa cum laude. He went on to complete an internship and residency at the same institution, where he earned a Master of Science degree in Ophthalmology. He furthered his education by completing a retina research fellowship at the Duke University Eye Center, during which he prepared a Doctorate of Philosophy degree thesis involving his research work in retinal degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. He then completed an internship at the Duke University Department of Surgery, and a residency in Ophthalmology at the Duke University Eye Center. Dr. Mahmoud stayed on faculty at Duke as a clinical associate and completed a clinical fellowship specializing in medical and surgical diseases of the vitreous and retina.
His clinical and research interests include macular degeneration, angiogenesis, retinal vascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy, complex retinal detachment, retinal degeneration, macular diseases and degeneration, small gauge retinal surgery, uveitis, and implantation of long-acting intraocular devices for a multitude of retinal diseases.
Dr. Mahmoud is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, and the United States Masters Swimming Association. He authored many peer-reviewed publications, is a reviewer for many Ophthalmology journals, is the principal investigator on many clinical trials sponsored by the industry and the National Eye Institute, and has been invited as a guest speaker at many lectures. Dr. Mahmoud is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is licensed in the states of California, Michigan, and North Carolina. He received the Edward K. Isbey, Jr., M.D. Resident Award for "Excellence In Clinical Care, Ethics, and Research", the Retina Research Foundation/"Joseph M and Eula C. Lawrence" award from the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the prestigious Robert A. Machemer research award from the Duke University Eye Center.
Andrew A. Moshfeghi, M.D.
Andrew A. Moshfeghi, MD is the Medical Director of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Palm Beach Gardens and is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Moshfeghi serves as the Medical Director of the Bascom Palmer Surgery Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
In his capacity as Medical Director, Dr. Moshfeghi manages the clinical activities of nearly 90 employees at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Palm Beach Gardens. The $25 million facility is located on a 7-acre site in Palm Beach County, Florida and is comprised of a 65,000 square foot clinical and surgical complex with 52 examination lanes, 8 full-time sub-specialty ophthalmologists, 15 visiting ophthalmologists, 3 post-graduate clinical fellows, 3 sub-specialty research groups, 3 ophthalmic ambulatory surgical center suites, a state-of-the art conference theater with telemedicine capabilities, and the most modern keratorefractive laser technology.
Education and Training
Dr. Moshfeghi received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. This was followed by a rotating Transitional Medicine Internship at MetroWest Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program in Framingham, MA. He then completed his Ophthalmology Residency at North Shore University Hospital, a teaching affiliate of New York University School of Medicine.
Dr. Moshfeghi's three-year clinical fellowship training included both Medical Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery fellowships at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL.
In 2005, he was a recipient of the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation Award, which is granted annually to one or more outstanding senior vitreoretinal surgical fellows.
Dr. Moshfeghi is currently completing an Executive MBA program in Health Administration and Policy, for which he received a full-tuition academic scholarship at the University of Miami Graduate School of Business Administration.
Clinical and Research Interests
Dr. Moshfeghi's clinical practice encompasses comprehensive surgical and non-surgical diseases of the retina, macula, and vitreous. His research interests include new treatment approaches for age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy as well as evaluation and development of novel intraocular pharmacotherapeutics and retinal imaging techniques. Dr. Moshfeghi has served as Principal Investigator on 5 clinical trials and as a co-investigator on 20 clinical trials.
Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in the Vitreoretinal Surgery Service of the Duke University Eye Center. He leads the Ocular Oncology efforts at Duke and specializes in the management of primary ocular cancers, including ocular surface and iris tumors, malignant uveal melanoma, and retinoblastoma., as well as complex vitreoretinal diseases.
A graduate of Albany Medical College, Dr. Mruthyunjaya completed his residency training at Duke University Eye Center, where he was Chief Resident. He completed fellowship training in Vitreoretinal surgery at Duke and then in Ocular Oncology at the Moorfields Eye Hospital and St. Bartholemew's Hospital, London, England.
He has been recognized for his research and clinical accomplishments by the Heed, AOS-Knapp, and Ronald G. Michels Foundations and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
His research interests are in developing novel targeted treatment strategies for ocular melanoma and sustained drug delivery for retinal diseases. His current research is funded by the National Eye Institute.
Sunil Srivastava, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Section of Vitreoretinal Surgery and Disease
Emory University Eye Center
Dr. Srivastava is board certified in ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
His interests include uveitis and ocular inflammatory diseases, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular diseases and retinal detachments.
Undergraduate
Cornell University, Bachelor of Science in Economics
Summa Cum Laude, 1994
Medical School
State University of New York at Buffalo
School of Medicine
Summa Cum Laude, 1998
Internship
St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC: 1998-1999
Residency Training
Ophthalmology
Emory University: 1999-2002; Chief Resident 2001-2002
Fellowship Training
Uveitis, Ocular Immunology and Medical Retina Fellowship
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 2002-2003
Vitreo-Retinal Diseases Fellowship
Duke University Eye Center, 2003-2005
Jay Stewart, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
Jay Stewart, MD is assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University
of California, San Francisco. He completed his vitreoretinal training at the Doheny
Eye Institute of the University of Southern California. His research program focuses
on drug delivery for retinal disease and scleral biomechanics.
David Telander, M.D.
Dr. Telander is a specialist in the diseases and surgery of the retina, vitreous, and macula. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology and History at Stanford University in Stanford, CA. He completed medical school and PhD work in immunology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. He also completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Minnesota and Hennepin County Medical Center.
Dr. Telander completed his residency surgical retina fellowship training at UCLA/ Jules Stein Eye Institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Telander was intimately involved in numerous clinical trials investigating treatments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Diabetic Retinopathy. He joined the UC Davis in Sacramento, CA in 2005, and continues to study novel ways to treat and prevent AMD, inherited retinal degenerations, and retinal scarring processes related to retinal detachment.
Dr. Telander is Board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is an active member of multiple professional societies including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the American Society of Retina Specialists.
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