Mentors

Michael Ackermann
Chairman, Oyster Point Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Chairman, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CEO, Presidio Medical, Inc.
Chairman, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CEO, Presidio Medical, Inc.

Laurent Attias
Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy, BD&L and M&A, Alcon

Bobby Azamian, MD, PhD
CEO, Tarusus Pharmaceuticals

Aidan Baigrie
Co-Founder, Expert Opinion MD

Keith Baker, MD
Executive Medical Director, Gyroscope Therapeutics

Juliet Bakker
Managing Partner & Founder, Longitude Capital

Jeannette Bankes
President of Global Surgical Franchise, Alcon

Mark L. Baum
CEO, Harrow Health

Jan Bonel
Founder & Former CEO, Visiometrics

Leonard Borrmann, PharmD
Former Global Head of External Innovation, Johnson & Johnson Vision

Ryan Bouchard
VP Medical Devices, Ora, Inc.

Laurens Bouckaert
Principal, BXL BioComm, LLC

Paul Bresge
CEO, Ray Therapeutics

Janet Burk
Publisher, Retina Today

Tom Burns
President and CEO, Glaukos

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

Steve Charles, MD
Founder, Charles Retina Institute

Lori-Ann Christie
Principal, Visionary Venture Fund

Thomas Ciulla, MD
Chief Medical Officer & Chief Development Officer, Clearside Biomedical

Andy Corley
Partner, Flying-L Partners

Terry Dagnon
COO, Outlook Therapeutics
President, The Dagnon Group, LLC
President, The Dagnon Group, LLC

Robert Dempsey
President & CEO, AsclepiX Therapeutics

Vincent Deramo, MD
Co-Founder, ConnectOnCall
Partner, Long Island Vitreoretinal Consultants
Partner, Long Island Vitreoretinal Consultants

Drew Doshier
Principal, Bluestem Capital

Wes Elden
Global Director of Surgical Retina Consumables, Alcon

Ariel Finkelstein
VP of Business Development, OCULUS Surgical

Doug Fisher, MD
Partner, Revelation Partners

Thomas Frinzi
President and Chief Executive Officer of STAAR

Michael Fanning
CEO, Vortex Surgical

Vartan Ghazarossian, PhD
Founder & CEO, StepWise Medical, LLC

Jeevan Gore
Chief Operating Officer, Flying-L Partners

Joseph Gilliam
President & COO, Glaukos

Bernie Haffey
Founder, Haffey & Co.

Paul Hallen
Global Head Retina & Glaucoma, Alcon

Garrett Hamontree
Principal, Visionary Venture Fund

Rick Heinick
Founder and Board Director, TearClear

John Hendrick
President, SafeCo, LLC

Tom Hoster
Silicon Valley CFO

Tiffany Howard
SVP Commercial Planning, Gyroscope Therapeutics

Seph Jensen
CEO, TearLab

Michael Keane
Chief Technology Officer, Gyroscope Therapeutics

Ron Kurtz, MD
CEO, RxSight, Inc.

Mike Lambert, MD
Founder, Retina and Vitreous of Texas
Board Member, LVX System
Board Member, LVX System

Keith Lane
Executive Director & Therapeutic Area Head, Ora, Inc.

Matt Larson
President & COO, Equinox

Antony Mattessich
President & CEO, Ocular

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

Monty Montoya
Founder & Strategic Advisor, CorneaGen

Kris Morrill
Founder, Medevise Consulting

Mario Nacinovich
Senior Director of Marketing, Thea Pharma, Inc.

Saya Nagori, MD
Founding Physician, SimpleHealth.com

Kester Nahen, PhD
CEO, Notal Vision

Jeffrey Nau, PhD
President & CEO, Oyster Point Pharma

Matt Oerding
Co-Founder and CEO, Treehouse Eyes

Shawn O’Neil
Corporate Strategy Lead, ViaLase

Quinton Oswald
Former CEO, Notal Vision
Opthea Board Member
Opthea Board Member

George Ousler
Senior Vice President of Dry Eye, Ora, Inc.

Ram Palanki
Senior VP of Commercial Strategy and Operations, REGENXBIO

Samir Patel, MD
Co-Founder & Former CEO, Ophthotech

Erin Powers
Vice President of Global Marketing & Product Strategy, BVI Medical

Stuart Raetzman
CEO, Galderma

Firas Rahhal, MD
Partner, ExSight Ventures
Sr. Partner, Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group
Sr. Partner, Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group

Tushar Ranchod, MD
Founder, Chairman, CTO, BroadSpot Imaging Corp.
Partner, Bay Area Retina
Partner, Bay Area Retina

Ramgopal Rao
CEO, LensGen, Inc.

David Robinson
Partner, Protean, LLC

Ed Ryan, MD
Partner, VitreoRetinal Surgery PA

Namrata Saroj, OD
Principal, All Eyes Consulting, LLC

Aaron Schaechterle
VP, Corporate Strategy & Development, Glaukos

Gregg Scheller
CEO, Katalyst Surgical
Chairman, Kogent Surgical
Chairman, Kogent Surgical

Aron Shapiro
Sr. VP and Chief Commercial Officer, Ora, Inc.

Richard Small
CEO, Neurotech

Matthew Snakenberg
Vice President, Global Head of BD&L, M&A, Alcon

Andrew Stewart
Associate VP, US Commercial Retina, Allergan

Joel Thompson
Growth Strategy Consultant

Santos Torres, Jr.
Vice President of Marketing and Portfolio, Santen

Ramin Valian
VP Retina, Surgical & Upstream Marketing, Allergan

Bryan Wahl, MD
General Counsel & Business Development Head, Tarsus

Hal Walbrink
Founder/CEO, Xinetix Medical Product Development

Eric Weinberg
Chief Commercial Officer, RxSight

Barbara M. Wirostko, MD
Co-founder and CMO, Qlaris Bio, Inc.

John York, PharmD
Principal and CEO, Akita Biomedical

Reza Zadno, PhD
President & CEO, Procept Biorobotics

Bob Zatarain
CEO, Oculus Surgical, Inc.