We are a team of patients, scientists, healthcare providers, researchers and more.

Board of Directors

  • Cindy Elden

    President & Co-Founder

  • Dr. Julia Hayes, M.D.

    Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, St. Elizabeth Medical Center; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  • Michael Kraines, J.D., MBA

    President & CFO, Trading Technologies International

  • James C. Murray, J.D.

    Partner and Co-Founder, ExSight Ventures

  • Dr. David Saperstein, M.D.

    Partner Physician, Proliance Retina; Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Retinagenix; Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zumedix, LP

  • Dr. Paul Sternberg Jr., M.D.

    G.W. Hale Professor & Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University

  • Mark Ackermann

    President and CEO, The Catholic Foundation of Long Island

Scientific Advisory Board

  • Anthony P. Adamis, M.D.

    Vice President, Global Head of Ophthalmology, Genentech, Inc.

  • Dr. David Birch, Ph.D.

    Scientific Director, Retina Foundation of the Southwest; Director, Rose-Silverthorne Retinal Degenerations Laboratory

  • Dr. Charles L. Bisgaier, Ph.D.

    Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer, Gemphire Therapeutics

  • Dr. Lawrence Lustig, M.D.

    Howard W. Smith Professor & Chair, Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital

  • Dr. Samir C. Patel

    Co-Founder & President, Ophthotech Corp

  • Dr. Eeva-Marja Sankila, M.D., Ph.D.

    Clinical Consultant in Ophthalmology, Blueprint Genetics

  • Dr. David Saperstein

    Partner Physician, Proliance Retina; Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Retinagenix; Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zumedix, LP

  • Dr. Paul Sternberg Jr., M.D.

    Vanderbilt University, Department Chair & Prof. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, George Weeks Hale Prof. of Ophthalmology

Officers

  • Mahdi Farhan, M.D.

    Chief Scientific Director

  • Lisa Kang

    Managing Director

  • Alicia Derrah

    Treasurer

  • Ashley Mitchell

    Project Manager

Research

  • Yoshikazu Imanishi, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western University