The mission of Fight for Sight is to support vision research  to find the causes and cures for blindness and to help save the sight of children through support of pediatric eye centers.

Kenneth R. Barasch, M.D. President	Gaby Kressly Secretary
Douglas Schwartz Treasurer

Members

Wendy Barasch	Elaine Hall, PhD
Suzanne Kaminski	Randy Kardon, MD, PhD
Tracy S. Keogh	Norman J. Kleiman, PhD
Polly Sheppard	Belinda Walker Terry

Ex Officio

Mary Prudden

Emeritus

Hon. Richard Lane

Daniel Z. Nelson

The Fight for Sight Alumni Advisory Council is composed of prominent eye surgeons and vision scientists who have led or are chairs of academic departments of ophthalmology. Council members advise the Executive Director on trends in vision research and act as informal ambassadors for Fight for Sight.

Thomas Aaberg, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Emory University, Atlanta 1972 Grant-in-Aid, Medical College of Wisconsin

Gary Abrams, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Kresge Eye Institute / Wayne State University, Detroit 1978 Grant-in-Aid, University of Miami/Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Dimitri Azar, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology University of Illinois- Chicago 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Eye Research Institute / Harvard 1994 Grant-in-Aid, Wilmer Eye Institute / Johns Hopkins University

Stuart Brown, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Shiley Eye Center / University of California San Diego 1970 Grant-in-Aid, Cornell University Medical College

Delmar Caldwell, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Tulane University, New Orleans 1980 Department Award, Tulane University

Bernard Godley, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology University of Texas – Galveston 1983 Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Morton Goldberg, MD Director Emeritus Wilmer Eye Institute / Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 1972 Grant-in-Aid, University of Illinois, Chicago

Barrett Haik, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Hamilton Eye Center / University of Tennessee, Memphis 1977 Student Fellowship, Columbia University

Eve Higginbotham, MD Dean and Senior Vice President Morehouse School of Medicine 1985 Grant-in-Aid, University of Illinois

Lee Jampol, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Northwestern University 1973 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University

Henry Kaplan, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology University of Louisville 1975, 1977 Grant-in-Aid, University of Iowa

Jonathan Lass, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland 1972 Student Fellowship, Boston University

Hilel Lewis, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Cole Eye Institute / Cleveland Clinic 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Thomas Mauger, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Ohio State University 1988 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University

Travis Meredith, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1978 Grant-in-Aid, Medical College of Wisconsin

Randall Olson, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Moran Eye Center / University of Utah, Salt Lake City 1978 Grant-in-Aid, Louisiana State University

Steven Podos, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 1971, 1973, 1974 Grant-in-Aid, Washington University, St. Louis

Carmen Puliafito, MD, MBA Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute / University of Miami 1977 Student Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 1984 Grant-in-Aid, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Stephen J. Ryan, MD Dean Emeritus University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1962, 1963 Student Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University 1974 Grant-in-Aid, University of Southern California

Joel Schuman, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology The Eye and Ear Institute / University of Pittsburgh 1989 Grant-in-Aid, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

Paul Sternberg, Jr., MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Vanderbilt University 1978 Summer Student Fellow, University of Chicago

Wichard van Heuven, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio 1982 Grant-in-Aid, University of Texas

Myron Yanoff, MD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology Drexel University 1966 Grant-in-Aid, University of Pennsylvania

Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 1988 Grant-in-Aid, Johns Hopkins University

The Scientific Review Committee meets every year to select our grant recipients. Most members are Fight for Sight alumni and all have expertise in ophthalmology or vision research. Led by Randy Kardon, MD, PhD of the University of Iowa, committee members volunteer many hours and are truly one of Fight for Sight’s greatest assets. We are grateful for their assistance.
 

Dr. Lloyd Aiello Harvard University	Jayakrishna Ambati, MD Department of Ophthalmology University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
Usha Andley, PhD Department of Ophthalmology Washington University St. Louis, MO	Anita Agarwal, MD Dept of Ophthalmology Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
John Ash, PhD Department of Ophthalmology University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK	Sally Atherton, PhD Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA
Laura Balcer, MD Department of Neurology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Jimmy Bartlett, OD Department of Optometry University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
Barbara Battelle, PhD Whitney Laboratory University of Florida St. Augustine, FL	Dr. Jean Bennett University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Steven Bernstein University of Maryland	Dr. David Birch Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Dr. Eileen Birch Retina Foundation of the Southwest	Dr. Stewart Bloomfield Department of Ophthalmology New York University New York, NY
Dr. Jeffery Boatright Emory University	Dr. Mark Borchert Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
William Bourne, MD Department of Ophthalmology Mayo Clinic	Dr. Curtis Brandt University of Wisconsin
Nicholas Brecha, PhD Department of Medicine & Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine - UCLA Los Angeles, CA	David Calkins, PhD Dept of Opht. & Visual Sciences Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Dr. Michelle Callegan University of Oklahoma	Dr. Edward Chaum, MD Department of Ophthalmology University of Tennessee Memphis, TN
Dr. James Chodosh University of Oklahoma	Dr. Nathan Congdon John Hopkins University
Patricia D'Amore, PhD Schepen's Eye Research Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Velma Dobson, PhD Department of Ophthalmology University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Melinda Duncan, PhD Department of Biological Science University of Delaware Newark, DE	Dr. Joshua Duniaef University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Henry Edelhauser Emory University	Elizabeth Engle, MD Department of Neurology Children's Hospital Boston Boston, MA
Paulo Ferreira, PhD Department of Opht. & Molecular Genetics Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC	Steve Fliesler, PhD Department of Ophthalmology St. Louis University St. Louis, MO
Deborah Friedman, MD Department of Neurology University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Lynn Gordon, MD Jules Stein Eye Institute UCLA Los Angeles, CA
Marion Gordon, PhD. School of Pharmacy Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ	Anne Griep, PhD Department of Anatomy University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
Dr. Cynthia Grosskreutz Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary	Jane Gwiazda, PhD Department of Vision Science New England College of Optometry Boston, MA
Dr. Abigail Hackam University of Miami	Dr. Thomas Hedges Tufts University
Richard Hertle, PhD Pediatric Opht. & Strabismus University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Joseph Hetling, PhD Department of Bioengineering University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Jonathan Horton UCSF	Andrew Huang, MD, MPH Department of Ophthalmology University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Dr. David Huang University of Southern California	Bret Hughes, PhD University of Ophthalmology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Kelly Hutcheson, MD Department of Ophthalmology Children's National Medical Center Washington, DC	Mary Johnson, PhD Dept of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences University of Maryland Baltimore, MD
Karen Joos, MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology Vanderbilt University	Randy Kardon University of Iowa
Norman Kleiman, PhD School of Public Health Columbia University New York, NY	Dr. Richard Lang Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Edward Levine, PhD Department of Ophthalmology University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Maureen McCall, PhD Psychological and Brain Sciences University of Louisville Louisville, KY
Dr. Darius Moshfeghi Stanford University	Dr. John Nickerson Emory University
Dr. Jerry Niederkorn University of Texas - Southwestern	Machelle Pardue, PhD Research Service VA Medical Center Decatur, GA
Dr. Victor Perez Cleveland Clinic	Dr. Simon Peterson-Jones Michigan State University
Dr. Stephen Planck Casey Eye Institute Oregon Health Science University Portland, OR	Matthew Petroll, PhD Department of Ophthalmology University of Texas - Southwestern Dallas, TX
Dr. Stephen Pflugfelder Baylor University	Dr. Kathryn Pokorny UMDNJ Newark, NJ
Dr. Ignacio Provencio University of Virginia	Graham Quinn, MD Department of Ophthalmology Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
Julia Richards, PhD Department of Ophthalmology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Dr. Harris Ripps University of Illinois
Dr. Joseph Rizzo Harvard University	Dr. Sayon Roy Department of Medicine & Ophthalmology Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA
Dr. Robert Rutstein University of Alabama	Dr. Alfredo Sadun University of Southern California
Gail M. Seigel, PhD Department of Ophthalmology University of Buffalo Buffalo, NY	Clay Smith, PhD Department of Ophthalmology University of Florida Gainesville, FL
Richard Smith, MD, DMSci Jackson Labs Bar Harbor, ME	Om Srivastava, PhD Physiological Optics University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
Michael Stern, PhD Biological Sciences Allergan, Inc Irvine, CA	Ernest Talarico, PhD Dept of Cellular Biology & Anatomy Indiana University Gary, IN
Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD Harkness Eye Institute Columbia University New York, NY	Dr. Lawrence Tychsen Washington University, St. Louis
John Ubels, PhD Department of Biology Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI	Russ Van Gelder, MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Barbara Wiggert, PhD National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD	Matthew Wilson, MD Department of Ophthalmology University of Tennessee Memphis, TN
Dr. Barry Winkler Oakland University	Thomas Yorio, PhD Department of Pharmacology University of North Texas Denton, TX
Dr. Thomas Young Duke University	Fushin Yu, PhD Wayne State University Detroit, MI

Mary Prudden Executive Director mary@fightforsight.com	Janice Benson Assistant Director janice@fightforsight.com