Team
Directors

John Pollack, MD
Partner, Illinois Retina Associates
CMO, jCyte
CMO, jCyte

Vance Thompson, MD
Director of Refractive Surgery, Vance Thompson Vision

David Williams, MD, MBA
Partner, VitreoRetinal Surgery

John Berdahl, MD
CEO, Equinox
Ophthalmologist, Vance Thompson Vision
Ophthalmologist, Vance Thompson Vision
Associate Directors

Daniel L. Chao, MD, PhD
Senior Director, Translational Medicine, Janssen Retina
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSD Shiley Eye Institute
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSD Shiley Eye Institute

Sumie Takahara
Senior Director, Global Product and Market Planning, REGENXBIO
Event Production

Sarah Herrmann
Event Manager
Advisory Board

Matt Chapin
Senior VP, Corporate Development, Ora, Inc.

Emmett T. Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH
Blackstone Life Sciences

Dick Lindstrom, MD
Minnesota Eye Consultants
Flying L Partners
Flying L Partners

William J. Link, PhD
Flying L Partners

Angela Macfarlane
ForSight Labs

James Mazzo
Advisor, Carl Zeiss Meditec
Executive Chairman, Neurotech, Centricity, and TearLab
Advisor, Bain Capital
Executive Chairman, Neurotech, Centricity, and TearLab
Advisor, Bain Capital