Selection Committee - Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation

Co-Chairs

Co-chair

Dean Bok

Ph.D.

Stein Eye Institute · University of California, Los Angeles

2016 Helen Keller Laureate
Dolly Green Professor of Ophthalmology
Distinguished Research Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology Emeritus
Stein Eye Institute
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California
Los Angeles, California, USA
Co-Chair

Joe Hollyfield

Ph.D.

Cole Eye Institute · Cleveland Clinic

Professor Emeritus
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Past President, International Society for Eye Research
Past President, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Committee Members

Bela Anand-Apte

MBBS, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Ophthalmic Research · Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Chair, Department of Ophthalmic Research
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J. Bronwyn Bateman

M.D.

Stein Eye Institute Alumni Association · University of California, Los Angeles

President, Stein Eye Institute Alumni Association, Department of Ophthalmology
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
Founding Director, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute
Former Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Past President, Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology
Past President, Pan-American Association of Ophtha
Emily Y. Chew

M.D.

National Eye Institute · National Institutes of Health

2014 Helen Keller Laureate
National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator
Director of Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Past President, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Joel S. Schuman

M.D., FACS

Wills Eye Hospital · Thomas Jefferson University

Kenneth L. Roper, M.D. Endowed Chair
Vice Chair for Research Innovation
Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center
Co-Director, Glaucoma Service
Wills Eye Hospital
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lois E.H. Smith

M.D., Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School · Boston Children’s Hospital

Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Research Director for Ophthalmology
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
W. Daniel Stamer

Ph.D., FARVO

Duke University School of Medicine

Joseph A. C. Wadsworth Professor of Opthalmology
Vice Chair of Basic Research
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Terri L. Young

M.D., M.B.A., FARVO

University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Chair, University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Peter A. Duehr Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Medical Genetics
University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
President, The Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology
President Elect, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology