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National Advisory Eye Council Roster

Teresa Borrás, PhD                                         (2023)  
Professor Emeritus  
University of North Carolina School of Medicine  
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

James Coughlan, PhD                                     (2023)  
Senior Scientist  
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute  
San Francisco, CA 94115

Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH                                (2024)  
Claes H. Dohlman Professor Ophthalmology  
Harvard Medical School  
W. Clement Stone Clinical Research Scholar  
Massachusetts Eye & Ear  
Boston, MA 02114

Thomas W. Gardner, MD                                 (2023)  
Professor  
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science  
University of Michigan, School of Medicine and Kellogg Eye Center  
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Maria B. Grant, MD, FARVO   (2026)    
Eivor and Alston Callahan Endowed Chair   
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science   
University of Alabama at Birmingham   
Birmingham, AL 35294

Renu A. Kowluru, PhD                                     (2023)  
Professor  
Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences  
Wayne State University  
Detroit, MI 48201

Janice Lehrer-Stein, JD PhD                                     (2025)  
Disability Rights Activist  
San Francisco, CA 94115

Maureen G. Maguire, PhD                                     (2024)  
Professor Emeritus  
University of Pennsylvania  
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Tirin Moore, PhD                                               (2024)  
Professor  
Department of Neurobiology  
Stanford University School of Medicine  
Stanford, CA 94305-5125

Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD                                               (2026)  
Professor in Optometry   
E.F. Wildermuth Foundation   
The Ohio State University  
Columbus, OH 43210

Victor L. Perez Quinones, MD, PhD                                               (2025)  
Professor of Ophthalmology  
Stephen and Frances Foster Distinguished Professor of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation  
Director, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology  
Duke Eye Center  
Duke University  
Durham, NC 27710

Pradeep Ramulu, MD, MHS, PhD                              (2026) 
Sheila K. West Professor of Ophthalmology 
Director, Glaucoma Center of Excellence 
Wilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins 
Baltimore, MD 21287 

Ex Officios

Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD  
Acting NIH Director  
National Institutes of Health  
Bethesda, MD 20892

Xavier Becerra, JD  
Secretary  
Department of Health and Human Services  
Washington, DC 20201

Chair

Michael F. Chiang, MD  
Director  
National Eye Institute  
Bethesda, MD 20892

Executive Secretary

Kathleen C. Anderson, PhD  
Director, Division of Extramural Activities  
National Eye Institute  
Bethesda, MD 20892

Last updated: September 8, 2023