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Spokesperson Biographies

National Eye Health Education Program

Eduardo C. Alfonso, M.D.
Ophthalmology; Research; Corneal surgery; Ocular infectious diseases

Neyal J. Ammary-Risch, M.P.H., MCHES
Public health education/health promotion; Health communication; Community outreach; Healthy literacy; Cultural competency

Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D.
Ophthalmology; Research; Glaucoma; Public Health

Hanna Rodriguez Coleman, M.D.
Ophthalmology; Retinal diseases; Diabetic macular edema; Age-related macular degeneration

Suber S. Huang, M.D., M.B.A.
Ophthalmology; Retina; Diabetic Eye Disease

Edwin C. Marshall, O.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Optometry; Health Disparities; Public Health

James C. Tsai, M.D., M.B.A.
Ophthalmology; Glaucoma; Research

Mark E. Wilkinson, O.D.
Optometry; Low Vision; Vision Rehabilitation

National Eye Institute

Rachel J. Bishop, M.D., M.P.H.
General ophthalmology; Ocular graft-versus-host disease

Brian P. Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric ophthalmology; Genetics

Emily Y. Chew, M.D.
Retinal diseases; Age-related macular degeneration; Diabetic retinopathy; Nutrition and vision

Manuel B. Datiles III, M.D.
Cataract development, prevention, treatment; Lens imaging/monitoring systems, implantation

Frederick L. Ferris III, M.D.
Retinal diseases; Age-related macular degeneration; Diabetic retinopathy; Clinical trials

George A. McKie, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Corneal Diseases; Ocular Infection; Inflammation; Immunology

Catherine Meyerle, M.D.
Ophthalmology; Retinal diseases; Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

Lisa A. Neuhold, Ph.D.
Program Director, Fundamental Retinal Processes Program Division of Extramural Research

Robert B. Nussenblatt, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Laboratory of Immunology and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director of Intramural Research

Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the National Eye Institute

Michael A. Steinmetz, Ph.D.
Neuroscience; Visual Processing; Visual System Circuitry

Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.
Regulation of gene expression in the retina; Genetics and disease mechanisms underlying inherited retinal and macular diseases

Susan Vitale, Ph.D., M.H.S.
Research Epidemiologist, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications

Wei Li, Ph.D.
Chief, Retinal Neurophysiology Unit

Cheri L. Wiggs, Ph.D.
Program Director, Perception and Psychophysics, Low Vision and Blindness Rehabilitation, Division of Extramural Research

Jerome R. Wujek, Ph.D.
Small Business Grants; Research Resources

Wadih Zein, M.D.
Ophthalmology; Pediatric Ophthalmology; Adult Strabismus; Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function