Board of Directors

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Shusheng Wang

PhD, MBA
President
Title: Professor
Institute: Tulane University
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Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya

PhD
Vice President and President Elect
Title: Professor and Center Director
Institute: University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
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Claudio Bucolo

PhD
Title: Professor
Institute: University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Padmanabhan P Pattabiraman

PhD, MBA
Treasurer
Title: Associate Professor
Institute/Affiliations: Indiana University School of Medicine, Glick Eye Institute
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Wei He

MD, PhD, MBA
Institute/Affiliations: He University and He Eye Specialist Hospital
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Rajashekhar Gangaraju

MS, PhD, FARVO
Board Member, Trustee
Title: Associate Professor
Institute: Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennesse Health Sciences
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Suchismita Acharya

PhD
Board of Trustee
Title : Assistant professor
Institute/Affiliations: University of North Texas, Health; North Texas Eye Research Institute
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Daisy Shu

PhD, FAAO FARVO
Board member
Title: Scientia Senior Lecturer
Institute: The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
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Michael Landowski

PhD
Board of Trustee Member
Title: Assistant Professor
Institute: Wayne State University
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Heping Xu

PhD
Board Member, Trustee
Title: Professor and Center Director
Institute: Aier Eye Institute
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Mi-Hyun Nam

PhD
Trustee
Title: Assistant Professor
Institute:University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Qingguo Xu

PhD
Board member
Title: Professor
Institute: Virginia Commonwealth University
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Filippo Drago

MD, PhD, FARVO, FAOPT
Board Member
Title: Professor
Institute: Chapel Hill University, USA
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Uday B. Kompella

PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The Official Journal of AOPT.
Title: Professor
Institute: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus