Guest Faculty
Winston Chamberlain MD PhD
Petti Professor, Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Casey Eye Institute
Chief, Cornea Service
Oregon Health & Science University
Chair-Elect
Eye Bank Association of America
Dr. Winston D. Chamberlain, MD, PhD is the Petti Professor of Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Casey Eye Institute and the Chief of the Cornea Service at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology on the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Cornea Education Subcommittee, is a Cornea Society Member with Thesis and American Ophthalmology Society. He was chair of the Eye Bank Association of America’s (EBAA) Medical Advisory Board 2021-204 and is current Chair Elect of the EBAA Board of Directors He has served as a consultant to the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel. His research interests include the outcomes of keratoplasty surgery with laser and endothelial transplantation, ocular inflammatory responses and imaging of corneal microstructures, and ocular toxicity of systemic drugs. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and 2 sons and enjoys skiing, hiking, running and traveling.
Warren Hill MD
Medical Director
East Valley Ophthalmology
Adjunct Professor
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Case Western University
Warren E. Hill, MD, has been in private practice in Mesa, Arizona, for the past 42 years. He specializes in IOL power calculations, has published extensively, delivered 37 eponymous lectureships, and 990 clinical papers in 54 countries. He has delivered the ASCRS Innovator’s Lecture, the AAO Charles Kelman Lecture, and has received the Rayner Medal in Ophthalmology from the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.
Bennie Jeng MD
William F. Norris and
George E. de Schweinitz Professor
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Director, Scheie Eye Institute
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Bennie H. Jeng, MD is the William F. Norris and George E. de Schweinitz Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, as well as the Director of the Scheie Eye Institute, at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He has served on the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic, University of California San Francisco, and the University of Maryland (as the department chair) prior to his current position. Dr. Jeng serves in the leadership of several ophthalmologic societies and organizations, including as editor-in-chief of Ophthalmology.
Ula Jurkunas MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Co-director, Cornea Center of Excellence
Harvard Medical School
Olivia Lee MD
Professor & Director,
Anterior Segment Imaging Laboratory
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Olivia L. Lee is a board-certified UCI Health ophthalmologist who specializes in corneal diseases and uveitis. Her clinical interests include inflammatory eye disease and complex anterior segment surgery. She performs all types of corneal and cataract surgeries.
Lee received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, followed by a residency in ophthalmology from the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary in New York City, where she also completed a fellowship in uveitis and ocular immunology. Next, she completed a fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at the UCLA Stein Institute. Before joining UCI Health, she served as cornea fellowship director at the Doheny Eye Center UCLA.
Mauricio Perez MD
Cornea, Cataract and Anterior Segment
Surgery Specialist
Cincinnati Eye Institute / Eye Care Partners
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Cincinnati
Mauricio A. Perez, M.D., is an ophthalmologist at Cincinnati Eye Institute. He specializes in complex cataract surgery, anterior segment reconstruction, and corneal and refractive surgery.
Dr. Perez completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Chile, followed by four years of advanced fellowship training in Chile, the United States, and Canada – including programs at the Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Toronto. Dr. Perez has served as a staff specialist at the Sydney Eye Hospital and is a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO). He is also a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati and teaches fellow surgeons through the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). An accomplished academic, Dr. Perez has authored peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and serves as a reviewer for leading ophthalmology journals. In recognition of his contributions to the field, he was named to The Ophthalmologist’s “Top 40 Under 40” Power List in 2015.
Julie Schallhorn MD
Professor, Ophthalmology
Chief, Refractive Surgery Service
UCSF Department of Ophthalmology
Dr. Julie Schallhorn is Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of the Refractive Surgery Service at UCSF, where her research and clinical practice focus on refractive and cataract surgery outcomes. She is an internationally invited speaker and has published extensively on corneal astigmatism management, presbyopia-correcting IOLs, and patient satisfaction after refractive procedures.
Conference Director
Allan Slomovic MD, FRCSC, MSc
Professor and Vice Chair of Education
and Continuing Education Director,
Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences,
University of Toronto
Walter Wright Co-Chairs
Clara Chan MD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences,
University of Toronto
Stephan Ong Tone MDCM, PhD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences,
University of Toronto
Randall Ulate MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences
University of Toronto
Local Faculty
Shaikhah Abohaimed MD
Yusuf Ahmed MD
Waleed Alsarhani MD
Rosa Braga Mele MD
Clara Chan MD
Noa Kapelushnik MD
Vincent Lam MD
John Lloyd MD
Nour Nofal MD
Stephan Ong Tone MD
Amandeep Rai MD
Stephanie Ramdass MD
David Rootman MD
Matthew Schlenker MD
Neera Singal MD
Jacqueline Slomovic MD
Rebecca Stein MD
Raymond Stein MD
Josh Teichman MD
Randall Ulate MD
Yelin Yang MD
Ellen Zhou MD
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