Participating Members
Charles Retina Institute
Steve Charles, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UTHSC
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UTHSC
Christian Brothers University
Malinda E.C. Fitzgerald, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UTHSC
Andrea J. Elberger, PhD
Professor
Daniel Goldowitz, PhD
Professor
Director, UT Research Center of Excellence in Genomics and Bioinformatics, UTHSC
Anton J. Reiner, PhD
Professor
Robert W. Williams, PhD
Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, UTHSC
Marshall J. Graney, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology, UTHSC
*Mark S. LeDoux, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Department of Ophthalmology, UTHSC
Edward Chaum, MD PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Plough Professor of Retinal Diseases
Richard D. Drewry, Jr., MD, FACS
Professor Emeritus
**Michael Dyer, PhD
Affiliated Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Assistant Member, Developmental Neurobiology, SJCRH
James C. Fleming, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Philip M. Lewis Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, HEI Orbit Center
*Eldon E. Geisert, Jr., PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Director, Center for Vision Research
Barrett G. Haik, MD, FACS
Hamilton Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, UT Hamilton Eye Institute
Ralph S. Hamilton, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Monica M. Jablonski, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Dianna A. Johnson, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology
Natalie C. Kerr, MD, FACS
Hiatt Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, HEI Residency Program
William R. Morris, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Jena J. Steinle, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
R. Christopher Walton, MD, MHA
Professor of Ophthalmology
Matthew W. Wilson, MD, FACS
St. Jude Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Orthopedics, UTHSC
Karen Hasty, PhD
Wilhelm Professor of Orthopedics
Department of Pathology, UTHSC
Lawrence M. Pfeffer, PhD
Muirhead Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UTHSC
Duane Miller, PhD
Van Vleet Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics and Chair
Department of Physiology, UTHSC
Mitchell A. Watsky, PhD
Associate Professor
Independent Ophthalmic Consultant
Lucie S. Elfervig, MSN, DNS
Thomas O. Wood, MD
Memphis Eye and Cataract Associates
James F. Freeman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
**Michael A. Dyer, PhD
Affiliated Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, UTHSC
Assistant Member, Developmental Neurobiology
Guillermo C. Oliver, PhD
Affiliated Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UTHSC
Associate Member, Genetics/Tumor Cell Biology
Jian Zuo, PhD
Affiliated Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UTHSC
Associate Member, Developmental Neurobiology
Southern College of Optometry
Charles Connor, PhD, OD, FAAO
Scott B. Steinman, OD, PhD
UT Medical Group, Inc.
Eniko Karman Pivnick, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Vitreoretinal Foundation
John L. Elfervig, MD
Assistant Professor
* Holds joint appointment in Anatomy and Neurobiology
** Holds affiliated joint appointment in Anatomy and Neurobiology
