VISION FUTURES - Key Persons


Adnan Tufail

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

Akira Kurokawa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Chief Executive Officer and President, Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Arthur Lim

Job Titles:
  • Arthur Lim Professor at the SNEC and Duke - NUS Medical School, Singapore / Partner and Senior Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Eye & Retina Surgeons ( ERS ), Camden Medical Centre, Singapore

Baldo Scasselati

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Beatrice Cochener

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Chairman, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital, Brest, France

Boris Malyugin

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Department of Cataract and Implant Surgery, Deputy Director General, S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex State Institution, Moscow, Russia

Brent Saunders

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Chief Executive Officer and President, Allergan Inc., Dublin, Ireland

Chelvin Sng

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore

Chuck Hess

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Vice President & General Manager, US Surgical, Bausch Lomb, USA

David Chang

Job Titles:
  • Altos Eye Physicians and Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco, USA

David J. Apple

Job Titles:
  • Director

Dirk Sauer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Global Development Unit Head Ophthalmology, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland

Don Budenz

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Kittner Family Distinguished Professor and Chairman
Don Budenz is Kittner Family Distinguished Professor and Chairman in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Donald Tan Tiang Hwee

Job Titles:
  • Arthur Lim Professor at the SNEC and Duke - NUS Medical School, Singapore / Partner and Senior Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Eye & Retina Surgeons ( ERS ), Camden Medical Centre, Singapore

Eugene de Juan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Founder & Managing Partner, ForSight Labs, Menlo Park, USA

Francesco Bandello

Job Titles:
  • Full Professor and Chairman Department of Ophthalmology, University Vita - Salute, Ospedale San Raffaele of Milan, Italy

Gerd Auffarth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg

Greg Kunst

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Vice President, Global Marketing, Glaukos Inc., San Clemente, USA

Ike Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Division Head, Ophthalmology, Trilium Health Partners, Toronto, Canada

Jim Mazzo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Executive Chairman, Neurotech

Jorge Alio

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, President, Vissum Corporation, Spain

Jost Jonas

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany

José-Alain Sahel

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

Julian D. Stevens

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

Keith Barton - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Consultant in the Glaucoma Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital
Keith Barton is a Consultant in the Glaucoma Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and Honorary Reader at University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology. He qualified in Medicine in Belfast, Northern Ireland, having also obtained an intercalated First Class Honours BSc in Medical Microbiology. Dr Barton completed his residency training at Moorfields Eye Hospital and fellowship training at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine after which he was appointed to the Glaucoma Service at Moorfields in 1996, becoming director in 2005 for 6 ½ years. His main clinical and research interest is the surgical management of glaucoma, especially uveitic and other secondary glaucomas. He has a particular interest in the use of Aqueous Shunt Devices and has been an investigator and steering group member of a number of internationally renowned trials, including the Tube versus Trabeculectomy and Primary Tube versus Trabeculectomy Studies. In addition he co-chairs the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study and is a member of the trial management committees of two UK government funded surgical trials, the Lasers in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertentsion (LIGHT) Study and Treatment of Advanced Glaucoma (TAGS) Study. Dr Barton has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, as well as reviewing for 17 ophthalmic journals. In 2014 he became Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Ophthalmology and is an editorial board member of 3 other journals. He has been visiting professor at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Florida, University of North Carolina, University of California, San Diego and has served as Hong Leong Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore from 2011 to 2014. Dr Barton has been invited to lecture on every continent. Noteworthy invitations include the American Glaucoma Society (2013), the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Glaucoma Subspecialty Day (2002, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2015), the Yale Glaucoma Symposium (2009), the French Glaucoma Society (2015), the German Ophthalmological Society (2003, 2006 and 2011) and the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists in 2009. Dr Barton also organises and runs glaucoma educational symposia which have attracted significant acclaim, including The Glaucoma Galaxy - A Hitch-hiker's Guide (2007) and the Moorfields International Glaucoma Symposium (annually from 2008 - 2013 and 2015). Dr Barton has been active in charitable work. Since 2012 he has chaired the International Glaucoma Association, a UK-based, patient-centred charity. Formerly a keen runner who has completed 5 marathons, including Boston, he has put his energy into raising money for Moorfields Eye Charity and the International Glaucoma Association through sporting activities including two 100 mile cycle rides. In 2004, he was introduced to charitable work in Africa by Don Budenz, and became involved in charity-run clinics in Ghana, providing clinical care and also as an investigator in the Tema Eye Survey, a population-based study that reported a high prevalence of glaucoma in Ghana. Keith Barton is a Consultant in the Glaucoma Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and Professor of Ophthalmology at University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology.

Kuldev Singh - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Director of the Glaucoma Service at the Stanford University School of Medicine
Kuldev Singh is Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Glaucoma Service at the Stanford University School of Medicine . He received his MD and MPH degrees from the Johns Hopkins University and was a Dana Foundation Fellow at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Following residency training at the Casey Eye Institute, OHSU and a Heed Foundation Clinical Glaucoma Fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Dr. Singh joined the Stanford faculty in 1992. Dr. Singh has published over 250 papers, book chapters, monographs and abstracts including more than 125 original peer-reviewed articles and delivered more than 350 invited lectures on six continents. He has edited two textbooks and served on the editorial boards of ten ophthalmic publications. Dr. Singh's current research interests include glaucoma and cataract surgical trials, epidemiology, genetics as well as health care delivery in underserved communities in the United States and overseas. His clinical practice focuses on the medical, laser and surgical management of glaucoma and cataract. Dr. Singh has served as President of the American Glaucoma Society, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Glaucoma Research Foundation as well as Executive Vice President, the Chief Executive position, for the World Glaucoma Association. He is a member of the United States FDA Advisory Committee on Ophthalmic Devices and previously served as a Chair and Methodologist for the Ophthalmic Technology Assessment Panel of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Laurent Attias

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Senior Vice President, Head of Strategy, BD & L and Market Access, Alcon, USA

Lea Pietrolongo

Job Titles:
  • Operational Director
Lea is a professional French woman with extensive international work experience in France, UK, UAE, and Australia.

Leonard Borrmann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Head of External Innovation, Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., USA

Malvina Eydelman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Director of the Office of Ophthalmic, Anesthesia, Respiratory, Ent and Dental Devices - United States Food and Drug Administration, USA

Michael Giaquinto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Senior Managing Director, SVB Leerink, USA

Michael J. O'Rourke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Chief Executive Officer, Re - Vana Therapeutics, Inc., Belfast, UK

Naveed Shams

Job Titles:
  • Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Fellow, Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Naveed Siddiqi

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Novo Ventures, Novo Holdings a / S, Hellerup, Denmark

Paul Chew

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Ophthalmology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Prof Dr Ingeborg Stalmans

Job Titles:
  • Head of the Glaucoma Clinic, University Hospitals UZ Leuven, Belgium. Head of the Ophthalmology Research Group, University KU Leuven, Belgium

Prof Paulo Eduardo Stanga

Job Titles:
  • the Retina Clinic London - Director & Vitreoretinal Surgeon / Institute of Ophthalmology / University College London - Professor of Ophthalmology

Prof Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Medical University of Vienna

Rafiq Hasan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Global Head, Ophthalmology, Bayer AG, Germany

Ram Palanki

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy & Operations, REGENXBIO, Inc., USA

Ramin Valian

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Interventional Glaucoma, Reimbursement and Pipeline - US, Allergan, Inc., USA

Richard Lindstrom - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
Founder and Attending Surgeon: Minnesota Eye Consultants, Minneapolis, USA.

Shigeru Kinoshita

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan

Sir Peng Khaw

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular
Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing, Director National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

Steve Charles

Job Titles:
  • Founder & CEO, Charles Retina Institute Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, USA

Tien Yin Wong

Job Titles:
  • Vice Dean, Academic & Clinical Development, Duke - NUS Medical School, Singapore