EUROPE
Harminder DUA (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director of the Department for Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
President (2012) of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Andrew DICK (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London (UCL), London, UK
President (2017) of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Sarah COUPLAND (MD, PhD)
Professor, George Holt Chair in Pathology, Honorary Consultant, Histopathologist
Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Editorial Board Member for Current Eye Research and for Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
John FORRESTER (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Institute for Medical Sciences, Forester Hill
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
John LAWRENSON (PhD FCOptom, MSc, FRSPH)
Professor and Chair of Clinical Visual Science
School of Health Sciences, Division of Optometry & Visual Sciences
Elected Life Fellow of the College of Optometrists
City University of London, London, UK
Andrena McELVANNEY (MD, PhD)
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and clinical lead for Ocular Surface Disease and Oculoplastics
UK National Representative to European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists (ECLSO) Past President of the Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association (MCLOSA)
Epsom Hospital, Epsom, UK
Neville OSBORNE (PhD)
Professor of Ocular Neurobiology, Oxford University,
Chair of Biomedicine,
Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica,
Oviedo, SPAIN
Jean-Pierre GUILLON
Contact Lens Dept.,
Moorfields Eye Hospital,
Cayton Street, London, ECI., UK
Virginia CALDER (MSc, PhD)
MSc in Immunology
Senior Lecturer in Ocular Biology
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London
London, UK
Philippe KESTELYN (MD, PhD)
Director of the Department of Ophthalmology
University Hospital Ghent,
University of Ghent, BELGIUM
Carina KOPPEN (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Department for Ophthalmology, Antwerp University Hospital
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BELGIUM
Secretary General (2012) of the European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists (ECLSO)
Jean-Jacques DE LAEY (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Department for Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital
University of Ghent, Ghent, BELGIUM
Beatrice COCHENER (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Chairman of the Ophthalmology Department,
Brest University Hospital, FRANCE
President of the French Academy of Ophthalmology
ESCRS President-Elect 2017
Editorial Board International Journal of Keratoconus and Ectatic Corneal Disease
Catherine CREUZNOT-GARCHER (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), Dijon, FRANCE
General Secretary of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Alain BRON (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), Dijon, FRANCE
President elect (2017) of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Serge DOAN (MD, PhD)
Ophthalmologist,
La Fondation Ophthalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, FRANCE
Hopital Bichat, Paris, FRANCE
Dominique BREMOND-GIGNAC (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology and Pediatric Ophthalmology
Centre Universitaire Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, FRANCE
Board member of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Jean-Jacques GICQUEL (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Department for Ophthalmology, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, FRANCE
Editorial Board Member, British Journal of Ophthalmology (BJO), London
Bahram BODAGHI (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology, Pitie-Salpetiere Hôpital
University of Paris, Paris, FRANCE
Board Member of the French Society of Ophthalmolgy (SFO), General Secretary (emer.) of the European Assoc. for Vision and Eye Research (EVER),
Rene MELY (MD)
President of the European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists (ECLSO)
Ophthalmologist, Specialist for Contact Lenses, Valmont, FRANCE
Florence MALET (MD)
President (2015) of the European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists (ECLSO)
Ophthalmologist, Specialist for Contact Lenses,
Bordeaux FRANCE
Gilles THURET (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
Laboratory Biology, Engineering, and Imaging of Corneal Graft,
Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France;
Agnes DELCAMPE
Consultant for Ophthalmology
Department for Ophthalmology
University Hospital Rouen, FRANCE
French University Institute, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, FRANCE
Rimvydas ASOKLIS (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Department for Ophthalmology,
University of Vilnius, Vilnius, LITHUANIA
Edward WYLEGALA (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
Medical University of Silesia, Railway Hospital, Katowice, POLAND
Halina MANCZAK (MD, PhD)
Ophthalmologist
Director of the Scleral Contact Lens Clinic Poznan
Poznan, POLAND
Dariusz DOBROWOLSKI (MD, PhD)
Chair and Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Department of Ophthalmology, District Railway Hospital, Katowice, Poland
Dept. of Ophthalmology with Pediatric Unit, St. Barbara Hospital, Trauma Center, Sosnowiec, POLAND
Zbigniew ZAGORSKI (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Dry Eye Clinic and Ocular Surgery Center
Krakow, POLAND
Beata DANEK (MD)
Ocular Surface Specialist
Eye Clinic Oftalmika.PL Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz, POLAND
Kai KAARNIRANTA (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Department for Ophthalmology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FINLAND
Board member of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Hannu UUSITALO (MD, PhD)
Ophthalmologist
Director of the Research and Development Center for Ophthalmic Innovations (SILK)
Director of the Dept. for Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, FINLAND
Ulla AAPOLA (PhD)
Managing Director of the Research and Development Center for Ophthalmic Innovations (SILK)
School of Medicine, University of Tampere, FINLAND
Goran PETROVSKI (MD, PhD)
Ophthalmologist
Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine (UiO),
Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, OSLO, NORWAY
Programme Secretary for the Section of Anatomy/ Cell Biology of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Tero KIVELA (MD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Department for Ophthalmology,Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, FINLAND
Honorary Member of the European Society of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (EVER), Editorial Board Member, Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, Sweden
Per SODERBERG (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of Ophthalmology, Department for Neuroscience
University of Uppsala, SWEDEN
Editorial Board Member, Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, SWEDEN
Einar STEFANSSON (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Department for Ophthalmology, National Hospital Reykjavik, University of Iceland, ICELAND
Editor in Chief of Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica - one of the leading high-impact European original paper journals in Ophthalmology
Jan Ulrik PRAUSE (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology and Ocular Pathology
Directors of the Eye Pathology Institute, University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, DENMARK
Editorial Board Member, Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, SWEDEN
Jesper HJORTDAL (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Medical Director of the Danish Cornea Bank
Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital
Editorial Board Member, Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, SWEDEN
Steffen HEEGAARD (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Department of Clinical Medicine, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
Treasurer of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Editorial Board Member, Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, SWEDEN
Ivan HAEFLIGER (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Surgery
Praxisklinik Holbeinstrasse
Basel, SWISS
Dietmar Thumm (MD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Eye Clinic Sursee, Luzern, SWISS
President Board of Directors, Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology (SAOO), SWISS
Albert FRANCESCHETTI (MD)
Ophthalmologist
Spécialiste en Ophthalmologie, Geneva/ Meyrin, SWISS
Vice President Board of Directors, Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology (SAOO), SWISS
Carl HERBORT (MD, PhD)
Centre d’Ophtalmologie Specialisée
Lausanne, SWISS
Board of Trustees, Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology (SAOO), SWISS
Ulrich LACHMUND (MD)
Augenarztpraxis Dr. med. Lachmund
Pratteln, Baselland, SWISS
Board of Trustees, Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology (SAOO), SWISS
Melanie EBERLE (MD)
Ophthalmologist
Augenarztpraxis
Emmenbrücke, Schweiz,
SWISS
Christian PRÜNTE (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Director of the Eye Clinic, Kantonsspital Baselland, Liestal, Swiss
Editorial Board Member Ophtha
Board of Trustees, Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology (SAOO), SWISS
Theo SIGNER (MD, PhD)
Chair and Medical Director
Vista Clinic Binningen, Basel, SWISS
Board of Trustees, Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology (SAOO), SWISS
Frances MEIER-GIBBONS (MD)
Ophthalmologist
Director of the Eye Center
Augenzentrum Rapperswil, Rapperswil, SWISS
Philipp B. BÄNNINGER
Consultant for Ophthalmology
Eye Clinic Luzern Kantonsspital
Luzern, SWISS
Andreas WEDRICH (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director of the University Eye Clinic Graz
Medical University Graz, AUSTRIA
Jutta HORWATH-WINTER (MD, PhD)
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. for Ophthalmology
University Eye Clinic Graz
Medical University Graz, AUSTRIA
Johannes NEPP (MD, PhD)
Assistant Professor for Ophthalmology
Consultant for Psychiatry
University Eye Clinic Vienna, University of Vienna, Wien, AUSTRIA
Veronika HUBER-SPITZI (MD)
Prim. Univ.Doz. Dr. Ophthalmologist and Optometrist
Director of the Clinic for Ophthalmology, Sanatorium Hera, Vienna,
Vienna, AUSTRIA
Peter GORKA (MD)
Ophthalmologist
President of the Society of Contact Lens Fitting Ophthalmologists in Austria (Vereinigung Kontaktlinsen anpassender Augenärzte, VKAA) St. Pölten, AUSTRIA
Janos NEMETH (MD. PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University Budapest
Budapest, HUNGARY
Caterina GAGLIANO (MD, PhD)
Ophthalmologist, Catania, ITALY
CEO & Scientific Director of NeuroVisual Science Network (NEST) srl
Expert - Horizon 2020, Proposal Evaluator - European Commission
Chair of the Ocular Immunology Center Santa Marta, Catania, ITALY
Edoardo VILLANI (MD, PhD)
Ophthalmologist, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Clinical Science and Community Health University of Milan,
Eye Clinic San Guiseppe Hospital, Milan, ITALY
Piera VERSURA (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology Unit, University of Bologna
Bologna, ITALY
Stefano BONINI (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Head, Ophthalmology Unit
Campus Bio-Medico School of Medicine, University of Rome
Rome, ITALY
Andrea LEONARDI (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences and Ophthalmology,
University of Padova,
Padova, ITALY ·
Pasquale ARAGONA (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Chair of the University Eye Clinic
Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Messina
Regional Referral Centre for Ocular Surface Diseases appointed by the Regional Health Service of Sicily
Messina, ITALY
Alessandro LAMBIASE (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology Unit
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma | unicampus
Università di Roma Tor Vergata
Rome, ITALY
Stefano BARABINO (MD, PhD)
Prof. of Ophthalmology
Università degli Studi di Genova | UNIGE
Clinica Oculistica
Genoa, ITALY
Carlos BELMONTE (MD, PhD)
Professor of Physiology, Instituto de Neurociencias
Universidad Miguel Hernandez-CSIC
San Juan de Alicante,
Alicante, SPAIN
Jose Manuel BENITEZ-del-CASTILLO (MD PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology,
EDEN (European Dry Eye Network)
University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Maria del ROCIO HERRERO-VANRELL (PhD)
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmatechnology
EDEN (European Dry Eye Network)
University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Madrid, SPAIN
Margarita CALONGE (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Institute for Applied Ophthalmobiology (IOBA)
University of Valladolid
Valladolid, SPAIN
Yolanda DIEBOLD (PhD)
Professor of Ocular Cell Biology
Institute for Applied Ophthalmobiology (IOBA)
University of Valladolid
Valladolid, SPAIN
Adriana STANILA (MD, PhD)
Prof. of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology Clinic, Sibiu Faculty of Medicine,University "Lucian Blaga"
Sibiu, ROMANIA
Board Member of the European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists (ECLSO)
Pinar AYDIN O´DWYER (MD, PhD)
Professor for Ophthalmology and Neuro-Ophthalmology
Director of Kugulu Eye Clinic and Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit
Tunali Hilmi Caddesi, Ankara, TURKEY
Treasurer (emer.) of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
Ayse Ebru TOKER (MD, PhD)
Prof. of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology
Marmara University Medical School Department of Ophthalmology
Istanbul, TURKEY
Board Member of the European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists (ECLSO)
Altan Atakan ÖZCAN (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Cukurova University, School of Medicine,
Department of Ophthalmology,
Adana, TURKEYY
Ilgaz YALVAC (MD, PhD)
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Dept. for Ophthalmology, Yeditepe University,
Istanbul TURKEY
Training Representative of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Glaucoma Society (TGS)