Mentors

Bobby Azamian
CEO, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
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Aidan Baigrie
Co-Founder and CEO, Expert Opinion
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Sharon Bakalash, MD, PhD
CBA Clinical Development, Medical Affairs Strategist
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Mark L. Baum
CEO, Harrow Health
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Gary Berman
CEO, Tavo Biotherapeutics
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Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD, MMS
HJ Smead Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus, Stanford University
Managing Director, Lagunita Biosciences
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Jan Bonel
Founder and Former CEO, Visiometrics
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Leonard Borrmann
President and CEO, Centricity Vision Inc.
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Dean Burns
President and CEO, Ocumetics Technology
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Robert Dempsey
President and CEO, AsclepiX Therapeutics
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Ashkan Eliasy, MD
Investment Principal, Topcon Healthcare
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Tom Frinzi
Independent Director
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Vartan Ghazarossian, PhD
Founder and CEO, StepWise Medical, LLC
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Jeevan Gore
Chief Operating Officer, Flying L Partners
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Ranya Habash, MD
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Bernie Haffey
Medtech Board Member and Advisor
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Garrett Hamontree
Principal, Visionary Venture Fund
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Rick Heinick
Founder and Board Director, TearClear
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Chuck Hess
VP Operations, Bausch + Lomb
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Tom Hoster
Silicon Valley CFO
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Matt Jensen
Principal and Founder, MJM / Marjen
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Seph Jensen
CEO, Balance Ophthalmics
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Ron Kurtz, MD
CEO, RxSight
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Matt Larson
CEO, Praxis Vision
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Christie Markowitz
Principal, Markowitz Strategic Group
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Monty Montoya
CEO, Board Member, and Strategic Advisor
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Kris Morrill
Founder, Medevise Consulting
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Mario Nacinovich
Senior Director of Marketing, Thea Pharma, Inc.
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Jeffrey Nau, PhD
CEO, Aviceda Therapeutics
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Sesha Neervannan, PhD
Chief Operating Officer and Head of R&D, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Matt Oerding
CEO, Treehouse Eyes
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Shawn O’Neil
President and Chief Commercial Officer, ViaLase Inc.
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Erin Powers
President, Surgical Vision, North America, Johnson & Johnson
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Rajesh K. Rajpal, MD
Founder, See Clearly Vision Group
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Siddarth Rathi, MD, MBA
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Shravanthi Reddy, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO, Oculotix
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Aron Shapiro
Sr. VP and Chief Commercial Officer, Ora, Inc.
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Matt Snakenberg
VP, Global Head BD&L, Alcon
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Ali Tafreshi
CEO & President, Topcon Healthcare Inc.
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Joel Thompson
VP Strategy, Tavo Biotherapeutics
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Bryan Wahl, MD, JD
General Counsel and Head of Innovation Lab, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
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Hal Walbrink
Founder and CEO, Xinetix Medical Product Development
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Eric Weinberg
Co-President and CCO, RxSight
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Barbara Wirostko, MD, FARVO
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Qlaris Bio
Co-Founder and Medical Advisor, MyEyes LLC
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Reza Zadno, PhD
President and CEO, Procept Biorobotics
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