Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is comprised of elected members from ARVO's 13 Scientific Sections along with elected and trustee-appointed officers. The president and vice president(s) are elected from within the Board each year. The executive vice president is elected by the general membership to a five-year term and is a voting member of the Board of Trustees. The ARVO executive director serves as an ex officio member of the Board. For more information on Board of Trustee duties, appointments and elections please refer to the bylaws.

Roster

Hans E.

President

Hans E. Grossniklaus
MD, MBA, FARVO

Anatomy & Pathology/Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine-Emory Eye Center
Atlanta , Georgia
Term: 2018 - 2023

Louis R.

Vice President

Louis R. Pasquale
MD, FARVO

Glaucoma
Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Boston , Massachusetts
Term: 2018 - 2023

Patricia

President-elect

Patricia D'Amore
MBA, PhD, FARVO

Retinal Cell Biology
Schepens Eye Research Institute - Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston , Massachusetts
Term: 2019 - 2024

Stephen

Vice President-elect

Stephen Burns
PhD, FARVO

Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics
Indiana University School of Optometry
Bloomington , Indiana
Term: 2019 - 2024

Andrew

Vice President-elect

Andrew Taylor
PhD, FARVO

Immunology/Microbiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston , Massachusetts
Term: 2019 - 2024

Maureen G.

Immediate Past President

Maureen G. Maguire
PhD, FARVO

Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Term: 2017 - 2022

J. Mark

Executive Vice President

J. Mark Petrash
PhD, FARVO

Lens
University of Colorado
Aurora , Colo.
Term: 2022 - 2027

SriniVas

Trustee

SriniVas Sadda
MD, FARVO

Retina
Doheny Eye Institute
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2020 - 2025

Leopold

Trustee

Leopold Schmetterer
PhD, FARVO

Physiology/Pharmacology
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore
Term: 2020 - 2025

Frank

Trustee

Frank Lovicu
PhD, FARVO

Lens
University of Sydney
Sydney , Australia
Term: 2021 - 2026

Joseph

Trustee

Joseph Demer
MD, PhD, FARVO

Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro Ophthalmology
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2021 - 2026

Sophie

Trustee

Sophie Deng
MD, PhD, FARVO

Cornea
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2021 - 2026

Terri

Trustee

Terri Young
MD, MBA, FARVO

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison , WI
Term: 2022 - 2027

Tien

Trustee

Tien Wong
FRCS, PhD, FARVO

Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Singapore National Eye Centre
Singapore
Term: 2022 - 2027

Wei

Trustee

Wei Li
MD, PhD

Visual Neuroscience
National Eye Institute, NIH
Bethesda , MD
Term: 2022 - 2027

Ex Officio Members

Joel S.

ARVO Foundation Board of Governors Chair

Joel S. Schuman
MD, FARVO

Glaucoma
NYU Langone Eye Center
New York , N.Y.
Term: 2021 - 2024

Iris M.

Executive Director

Iris M. Rush
CAE

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Rockville , Maryland

Daisy

At-Large Members-in-Training Trustee

Daisy Shu
PhD

Retinal Cell Biology
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Boston , Mass.
Term: 2021 - 2023