Organizational Phone List | National Eye Institute

Office of the Director - OD

Name	Phone
Director - Dr. Michael Chiang, Building 31, 6A03	301-496-2234
Deputy Director - Dr. Santa Tumminia, Building 31, 6A03	301-496-2234
Executive Assistant - Rose-Minaff Hood, Building 31, 6A03	301-466-3360
Project Manager - Tonia Cumberledge, Building 31, 6A03	301-451-3452

Office of International Program Activities

Name	Phone
Associate Director for International Programs - Dr. Gyan “John” Prakash, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4281

Office of Data Science and Health Informatics - ODSHI

Name	Phone
Assistant Director - Amberlynn Reed	301-503-1050
Data Scientist - Syed Umair Haqqani	240-552-1654
Executive Assistant - Natanya Malcolm	301-496-5100
Program Manager - Erika Nelson	240-401-1937
Biologist - Amelia Naik	301-480-2188
eyeGENE Coordinator - Melissa Reeves	301-594-9386
Senior Research Associate - Ranya Al Rawi	301-496-3577

Office of Administrative Management - OAM

Name	Phone
Deputy Director for Management/Executive Officer - Melanie Reagan, Building 31, 6A11	301-435-0566
Deputy Executive Officer - Jessica Ryan, Building 31, 6A11	301-435-0566
Program Specialist - Natalie Haynes	301-802-0398
Senior Advisor - Nora Walsh	301-443-8203
Space and Facilities Manager - Amy Mercado-Berton, Building 31, 6A23	301-827-2378
Facilities Coordinator, Daniel Molina, Building 31, 6A23	301-480-8189

Extramural Administrative Management Branch - EAMB

Name	Phone
Chief - Shauna D. Schwartz	301-827-4027
Administrative Officer - Melissa Trinchet	301-642-0212
Administrative Officer - Sean Gejenski	240-447-9571
Administrative Technician/NEI Travel Coordinator - Jackie Paniagua Calderon	301-827-5836

Intramural Administrative Management Branch - IAMB

Name	Phone
Chief - Melissa Shue, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Lead Administrative Officer - Leslie Hertz, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Renata Baginski, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Anita Chukwu, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Bekky Philogene, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Administrative Officer - Laronda Elliott, Building 31, 6A52	301-480-6153
Administrative Officer - Yvonne Jackson, Building 31, 6A52	301-272-5240
Administrative Officer - Erica Vass, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Administrative Technician - Kayla Alston, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Chief Purchasing Agent - Tina Curington, Building 31, 6A52	240-534-9153
Program Specialist - Lisa Reed, Building 31, 6A52	301-480-5848
Program Specialist, Purchasing – Barbara Wilson, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Purchasing Agent - George Harrell, Building 31, 6A52	301-496-4233
Program Specialist - Rose May, Building 31, 6A52	301-205-1598

Financial Management Branch - FMB

Name	Phone
Budget Officer - Karen Colbert, Building 31, 6A16	301-435-8822
Deputy Budget Officer - Nikitha Maan, Building 31, 6A16	301-827-5193
Budget Analyst - Alexandra Fritz, Building 31, 6A16	301-435-8819
Budget Analyst - Gentry Jones, Building 31, 6A16	410-428-2407

Management Policy and Analysis Branch - MPAB

Name	Phone
Property Custodian Officer - Jordan Ault	240-550-1062
Property Custodian Officer - Walter Davis	301-204-6053
Property Custodian Officer - Billy Eatmon	301-655-3298
Property Custodian Officer - Juan Carlos Franco	227-216-6746
Property Custodian Officer - Ramaya Robertson	240-506-5837

Information and Technology Management Branch - ITMB

Name	Phone
Chief Information Officer - Archana Mohale, Building 31, 6A29	301-451-4441
Information System Security Officer - Boniface Lansiquot, Building 31, 6A29	301-435-7924

Office of Science Communications, Public Liaison, and Education - OSCPLE

Name	Phone
Acting Director - Kathryn DeMott	301-496-5248
Web & Public Inquiries Manager - Holly Russo	301-496-5248

Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications - DECA

Name	Phone
Director - Dr. Emily Chew, Building 10, CRC, 3-2531	301-496-6583

Office of the Clinical Director - OCD

Name	Phone
Clinical Director - Dr. Richard Lee, Building 10, CRC, 3-2531	301-496-6583
Consult Services Section Chief - Dr. Teresa Magone, Building 10, 10C432A	301-402-3771
Clinical Operations Branch Chief - Dr. William Russell O'Donnell, Building 10, CRC, 3-2531	301-496-9058
Clinical Trials Coordinating Section Chief - Dr. Wendy Holland, Building 10, 10D45	301-435-1831
Clinical Informatics Section Chief - Dr. Elizabeth Murphy, Building 10, 10C440	301-402-4145

Office of the Scientific Director - OSD

Name	Phone
Scientific Director - Dr. Kapil Bharti, Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-9372
Deputy Scientific Director - Dr. David Schneeweis, Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-6763
Chief of Staff - Dr. William O' Donnell, Building 31, 6A22	301-451-6763
Program Director - Mica McNair, Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-6763
Training Director – Dr. Cesar Perez-Gonzalez, Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-6763
Technology Development Coordinator – Dr. Mala Dutta, Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-2198
Program Analyst – Ellen Hilburn, Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-6763
Program Specialist – Princess Alike, Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-6763
Executive Assistant to Scientific Director – Charles Gushue – Building 10 - 10D45	301-451-6763
Program Specialist - Cathy Geer – Building 31, 6A22	301-496-5360
Program Specialist - Lucia Lawrence, Building 31, 6A22	301-435-6149
Program Specialist - Jairo Mejia, Building 31, 6A22	301-451-9939
Program Specialist - Debra Marshall, Building 10, 10N248	301-435-5139
Biological Imaging Core Head - Dr. Robert Fariss, Building 6, 202	301-496-2829
Molecular Structure and Functional Genomics Section Chief - Dr. Graeme Wistow, Building 6, 106	301-402-3452
Flow Cytometry Core - Acting Head - Rafael Villasmil, Building 31, 6A22	301-435-7563
Genetic Engineering Core - Head - Dr. Lijin Dong, Building 6, B102	301-402-5296
Ocular Gene Therapy Core - Acting Head - Dr. Tiansen Li, Building 6, 206	301-594-5376
Neuro-Immune Regulome Unit – Chief – Dr. Han-Yu Shih, Building 10, 5S261	301-496-2612
Visual Function Core Head - Dr. Haohua Qian, Building 49, 2B04	301-435-6275

Laboratory of Immunology - LI

Name	Phone
Chief - Dr. Rachel Caspi, Building 10, 10N109	301-435-4567
Experimental Immunology Section Chief - Dr. Igal Gery, Building 10, 10N208	301-496-4159
Immunoregulation Section Chief - Dr. Rachel Caspi, Building 10, 10N222	301-435-4567
Molecular Immunology Section Chief - Dr. Charles Egwuagu, Building 10, 10N248G	301-496-0049

Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology - LRCMB

Name	Phone
Chief - Dr. T. Michael Redmond, Building 6, 339	301-496-0439
Molecular Mechanisms Section Chief - Dr. T. Michael Redmond, Building 6, 339	301-496-0439
Protein Structure and Function Section Chief - Dr. S. Patricia Becerra, Building 6, 134	301-496-6514
Retinal Ganglion Cell Biology Section Chief - Dr. Stanislav Tomarev, Building 6, 212	301-496-8524

Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research - LSR

Name	Phone
Chief - Dr. Richard Krauzlis, Building 49, 2A50	301-496-9375
Eye Movements and Visual Selection Chief - Dr. Richard Krauzlis, Building 49, 2A50	301-496-9375
Unit on Sensation, Cognition and Action Section Chief – Dr. Bevil Conway, Building 49, 2A50	301-594-3238
Visual Decision-Making Section Chief – Dr. Hendrikje Nienborg, Building 49, 2A50	301-496-3549
Thalamocortical Visual Processing Section Chief – Dr. Farran Briggs, Building 49, 2A50	301-480-2764

Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration, and Repair Laboratory - NNRL

Name	Phone
Chief - Dr. Anand Swaroop, Building 6, 338	301-435-5754
Retinal Development, Genetics and Therapy Section Chief - Dr. Anand Swaroop, Building 6, 338	301-435-5754
Retinal Cell Biology and Degeneration Section Chief - Dr. Tiansen Li, Building 6, 337	301-443-2833

Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch - OGVFB

Name	Phone
Chief - Dr. Brian Brooks, 10 CRC, Room 3-2531	301-451-2238
Ophthalmic Clinical Genetics Section Chief (Acting) - Dr. Brian Brooks, Building 10, 10N109	301-503-1305
Human Visual Function Section Chief - Dr. Brett Jeffrey, Building 10, 10N109	301-496-8300
Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics Section Chief - Dr. Fielding Hejtmancik, 5635 Fishers LN, Suite 1120	301-496-8300
Ocular Stem Cells and Translational Research Section Chief - Dr. Kapil Bharti, Building 10, 10B10	301-451-9372
Pediatric Developmental, and Genetic Ophthalmology Section Chief - Dr. Brian Brooks, Building 10, 10B11	301-451-2238
Clinical and Translational Imagining Section Chief – Dr. Johnny Tam, Building 10, 10N109	301-435-7821
Ophthalmic Genomics Laboratory – Director, Dr. Bin Guan, Building 10, 9N240C	301-594-0029

Division of Extramural Science Programs - DESP

Name	Phone
Director, Dr. Sangeeta Bhargava, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8175
Health Specialist, Merideth Brown Shifflett, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	240-997-7709

Retina

Name	Phone
Angiogenesis and Immunology, Program Director - Dr. Nataliya Gordiyenko, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8162
Bioengineering and Technology, Program Director – Dr. PaekGyu Lee, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8164
Photoreceptor/RPE Biology Cell and Molecular Technologies, Program Director – Dr. Lisa A. Neuhold, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-443-5401
Retinal Neuroscience, Program Director – Dr. Charles Wright, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-451-2020
Retina Development and Regeneration, Program Director - Dr. Ashley Fortress, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-827-8613
Retinal Diseases, Program Director – Dr. Tiffany Cook, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-480-6181

Cornea

Name	Phone
Ocular Pain, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8166
Structure, Function, and Diseases of the Cornea, Program Director - Dr. George A. McKie, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8152
Regenerative Medicine, Program Director - Dr. Ashley Fortress, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-827-8613

Lens and Cataract

Name	Phone
Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8166

Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathies

Name	Phone
Bioengineering and Technology, Program Director - Dr. Tony Gover, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-529-7370
Glaucoma, Program Director - Dr. Hongman Song, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-451-9768
Program Director (AAAS STP Fellow) - Dr. Steve Henle, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-594-5669
Regeneration, Program Director - Dr. Ashley Fortress, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-827-8613

Low Vision and Blindness Rehabilitation

Name	Phone
Program Director - Dr. Cheri L. Wiggs, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-402-0276

Strabismus, Amblyopia and Visual Processing

Name	Phone
Central Visual Processing, Program Director - Dr. Martha C. Flanders, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-827-5191
Development and Regeneration, Program Director - Dr. Edwin C. Clayton, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	240-987-8255
Myopia and Refractive Error, Program Director - Dr. Cheri L. Wiggs, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-402-0276
Oculomotor Systems, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8166
Perception and Psychophysics, Program Director - Dr. Cheri L. Wiggs, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-402-0276
Strabismus and Amblyopia, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8166

Collaborative Clinical Research

Name	Phone
Collaborative Clinical Research, Program Director - Dr. Azadeh Shoaibi, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	240-408-8863
Program Director - Donald F. Everett, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8181
Program Director - Dr. Maryann Redford, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8173
Program Director – Dr. Negin Atri, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-480-5024
Program Director – Dr. Jimmy Le, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8160

Research Training

Name	Phone
Program Director - Dr. Neeraj Agarwal, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8155
Program Director - Dr. Edwin C. Clayton	301-480-9350

Research Resources

Name	Phone
Conference Grants, Program Director - Dr. Houmam Araj, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8166
Informatics and Data Science, Program Director - Dr. James Gao, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-594-6074
Research Resource Officer, Program Director - Dr. PaekGyu Lee, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8164

Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer

Name	Phone
Program Director - Dr. PaekGyu Lee, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-435-8164
Program Director - Dr. Tony Gover, 6700B Rockledge, Suite 3400	301-529-7370

Division of Extramural Activities – DEA

Name	Phone
Acting Director - Anna Han	301-496-2234
Program Specialist - Lateefah Hill	301-827-6127
Lead Program Analyst - Nathan Brown	301-480-7076
Health Specialist - Keturah Williams	301-827-2215

Grants Management Branch - GMB

Name	Phone
Acting Chief GMO - Roland Jay Colbert	301-451-4714

Grants Management Specialists

Name	Phone
Shawn Adolphus	301-827-7530
Renee Livshin	301-435-8177
Leslie West-Bushby	301-435-8176
Stephanie Blackford	301-435-5588
Alexandra Gavrilovic	301-402-6399
Carissa Reilly-Weedon	301-435-8170
Alysia Champagne	301-435-8167