Donors
The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the donors whose contributions enable us to continue our mission of education, awareness, and research in retinal diseases.
2025 - 2026 Donors
*Donations from June 16, 2025 to June 9, 2026
Hosam Abdalla, MB, BS, FRCOphth
Mouhammed O. Abuattieh, MD, PhD, FASRS
Janice Adkins
Admirals Cove Foundation, Inc
Baseer Ahmad, MD
Daniel C. Alter, MD, PhD, and Mrs. Laura Alter
Ruchita D. Amin, MD, FASRS
Rajiv Anand, MD, FRCS, FASRS
Josh Anderson
J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASRS
Andrea Arriola-Lopez, MD, MSc
Jed H. Assam, MD, MS
Neal H. Atebara, MD, FACS
Carl C. Awh, MD, FASRS
Mark W. Balles, MD
Ray M. Balyeat, MD, FASRS
Caroline Baumal, MD, FASRS
Jon Berkin in honor of Paul M. Drayna, MD
Barton L. Blackorby, MD, and Ms. Sarah Blackorby
Gregory R. Blaha, MD, PhD
Michael P. Blair, MD, PhD, FASRS
Kevin J. Blinder, MD, FASRS
Audina M. Berrocal, MD, FASRS
Dr. and Mrs. George Bohigian
Jerald A. Bovino, MD, FASRS
Christopher J. Brady, MD, MHS, FASRS
Jaime J. Bravo-Castro, MD, FASRS
Miguel Brito, MD, FASRS
Ann and Douglas Brown
Jeremiah Brown Jr, MD, MS, FASRS
Justin C. Brown, MD, FASRS
Kerry M. Brown, MD
Janet Burk
Miguel A. Busquets, MD, FACS, FASRS
Brandon G. Busbee, MD
Dominic M. Buzzacco, MD
Claire Calhoun, MS
Alessandro A. Castellarin, MD
Ivan G. Castillo Salazar, MD, FASRS
Center for Eye Research and Education
Shi-Hwa William Chang, MD, FASRS
Steve T. Charles, MD, FASRS, FACS, FICS
Vivek Chaturvedi, MD, FASRS, and Mahima Keswani, MD
Nicholas D. Chinskey, MD
Hyung Cho, MD
Sanguk Choi, MD
Louis J. Chorich, MD
Thomas Ciulla, MD, MBA, FASRS, and Sheryl Ciulla
Michael N. Cohen, MD
Steven R. Cohen, MD
Peter Condax, MD, FACS
Joseph M. Coney, MD, FASRS
Andrea Cusumano, MD
Marcin Czajka, MD, PhD
Sudipta Das, MD
Michael J. Davis, MD, FASRS
Bruno Decay, MD
Talisa E. de Carlo Forest, MD
Eugene de Juan Jr., MD, FASRS
Shilpa J. Desai, MD
Dana M. Deupree, MD, FASRS
Abhinav Dhami, MS
Prisca A. Diala, MD, FASRS
Roberto Diaz-Rohena, MD
John Dubois
Jacob S. Duker, MD
Yusuf K. Durlu, MD
Chiara Eandi, MD, PhD
Justis P. Ehlers, MD, FASRS
David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS
Andrew W. Eller, MD
Anna L. Ells, MD, FRCSC, FASRS
Yasser M. Elshatory, MD, PhD, FACS, FASRS
Geoffrey G. Emerson, MD, PhD, FASRS, and Lynda Kauls, MD
Nicholas E. Engelbrecht, MD
Paul Ervin
Greg Fenton, MD
Neil P. Finnen, MD, FASRS, in memory of James C. Newton, MD
Edward P. Fitzpatrick, MD, FASRS
Christina Joy Flaxel, MD
Brett T. Foxman, MD, FASRS
Raul G. Franceschi, MD, FASRS
Joshua Friedman
Annette Fudemberg
Aashish Gandhi, MD, FACS, FASRS
Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS
Nayda George
Elena Geraymovych, MD
M. Gilbert Grand Corpus
Manjot K. Gill, MD, MS, FRCS, FASRS
Roger A. Goldberg, MD, MBA, FASRS
Darin R. Goldman, MD, FASRS, and Robin Goldman
Roy A. Goodart, MD, FASRS
Justin Gottlieb, MD, FASRS, and Barbara Blodi, MD
José Luis Guerrero, MD
Eric S. Guglielmo, MD
Paul Hahn, MD, PhD, FASRS
Edward F. Hall, MD, FASRS
Paul Hallen
Julia A. Haller, MD, FASRS
Tarek S. Hassan, MD, FASRS
Ghaleb H. Hatem, MD
Vivienne S. Hau, MD, PhD, FASRS
Bartlett H. Hayes, MD
Jeffrey S. Heier, MD, and Polly Heier Family Fund
Luis J. Hernandez-Rios, MD
Hong-Uyen Hua, MD
Suber S. Huang, MD, MBA, FASRS
Rehan M. Hussain, MD, FASRS
Robert K. Hutchins, MD
John D. Hyatt, MD
Karen Jeng-Miller, MD, MPH
Jaime Jimenez, MD, FASRS
Jordan S. Johnson, MD
Anthony Joseph, MD
Drs. J. Michael and Jacque Jumper
Gregg M. Kaiser, MD
Reshma C. Katira, MD
Paul L. Kaufman, MD
Aditya S. Kelkar, MS, FRCS, FASRS, FRCO
Aziz A. Khanifar, MD
Judy E. Kim, MD, FARVO, FASRS
Carissa Klaas, OD, MD, FASRS
Anton M. Kolomeyer, MD, PhD
Lakshmana M. Kooragayala, MD
Stanley M. Kopelow, MD, FASRS
Brian R. Kosobucki, MD
Victoria L. Morrison Knudsen, MD, FASRS
Angela M. Kozak, DO, FASRS
Judith Kreisman
Thaddeus J. Krolicki, MD
Shree K. Kurup, MD
Leanne T. Labriola, DO, MBA, FASRS
Dr. Michael Min-Shyue Lai, and Mrs. Stephanie Edmondson Lai
David R. Lally, MD, FASRS
Andrew Lam, MD
Dr. and Mrs. James Lander
Christian A. Leal, MD
Michelle C. Liang, MD, FASRS
David S. Liao, MD
Kameran Lashkari, MD, FASRS
Janice C. Law, MD, FASRS
David E. Lederer, MD
Carol M. Lee, MD
Philip Lieu, MD, FASRS
David A. Lightman, MD
Marc Lippman, MD
Yuan Ling
Aires Lobo, MBBS, FRCOphth, FRCS
Carol Loeb
Juan Lopez, MD, PhD
Matthew W. MacCumber, MD, PhD
Jerome J. Magolan, MD, FASRS
James C. Major Jr., MD, PhD, FACS, FASRS
Barry A. Mandell, MD
Leslie M. Manning, MBBS
Nick J. McLane, MD, FASRS
Annal D. Meleth, MD, MS
Toufic S. Melki, MD
Phoebe L. Mellen, MD
Abdul S. Memon, MD, FRCS(Glasg), FCPS, MCPS
Pauline T. Merrill, MD, FASRS
Jacob C. Meyer, MD
Gregory J. Mincey, MD, PhD, in memory of Jo Anne Melton Mincey
Brian Monroe
Ramana S. Moorthy, MD, and Shailaja Valluri, MD
Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, and Arati V. Rao
David J. Najafi, MD, MEEE, FASRS
Krishnendu Nandi, MS, FASRS
Keshav Narain, MD
Noemi Neidorff and Michelle Williamson
Mark H. Nelson, MD, MBA
Eesh Nigam, MS
Janet and Josh O’Brien
Matthew P. Ohr, MD, FASRS
Ogugua N. Okonkwo, MD, FRCS, FASRS
Adetayo O. Oladele-Ajose, MD
Lisa C. Olmos de Koo, MD, MBA, FASRS
Murat Oncel, MD, FASRS
Sally S. Ong, MD, FASRS
Manrique A. Ortiz, MD
Carl H. Park, MD, and Jane Ahn
Saurabh N. Patel, MD, MSC
Joel Pearlman, MD, PhD, FASRS
Rafael Reis Pereira, MD
Usha R. Pinninti, MD
Mitchell Platin
Joseph R. Podhorzer, MD, FASRS
John S. Pollack, MD, FASRS
Rosaliz M. Portela, MD
Hunter Puckett
Judy Putzel and Paul Putzel
Aleksandra V. Rachitskaya, MD, FASRS
Effie Z. Rahman, MD
Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD
Jessica D. Randolph, MD, FASRS
Gary A. Rankin, MD
Franco M. Recchia, MD
Matthew D. Reed, MD, FASRS
Dan L. Reeves
Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS, FASRS
Retinal Consultants Medical Group
Francisco J. Rodriguez, MD
Roberto Roizenblatt, MD, PhD, FASRS
Steven J. Ryder, MD
Rodrigo Sanchez Gonzalez
Reginald J. Sanders, MD, FASRS
Riley N. Sanders, MD
John A. Saurino, DO
Thomas Schelsinger
Eric W. Schneider, MD, FASRS
Erik Schuman Tu, MD
Jane A. Semel, MD, FASRS
Mark Pietro Seraly, MD
Angana N. Shah, MD
Chirag P. Shah, MD, MPH, FASRS
Gaurav K. Shah, MD
Sejal Shah, MD
Sumit P. Shah, MD, FACS, FASRS
Heather Shankman
Rogerio N. Shinsato, MD, MsC, PhD, FASRS
Magdalena Shuler, MD, PhD
Harinderjit Singh, MD
Veer Singh, MS, FVRS, FMRF, FICO
Nirojini Sivachandran, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Bradley T. Smith, MD, FASRS, and Elizabeth Smith
Andreas Soechting
Marcus J. Soloman, MD
Matthew Starr, MD, FASRS
Heather Stephens
Ethan M. Stern, MD
The Retina Institute
Thomas W. Stone, MD, FASRS
Tomasz Stryjewski, MD
Luis M. Suarez-Tata, MD, FASRS
Sadiq N. Syed, MD
Laura L. Synder, MD
Homayoun Tabandeh, MD, FASRS
Katherine E. Talcott, MD, FASRS
Tennessee Retina, PC
John T. Thompson, MD, FASRS
Elisha P. Tilton, MD
David Toback
Robert E. Torti, MD
Elysse Tom, MD
Vinh T. Tran, MD, PhD, FASRS
Priya Sharma Vakharia, MD, FASRS
Diego Valera-Cornejo, MD
Steven R. Virata, MD, FACS
Sahana Vyas, MD
Scott D. Walter, MD, MSc, FASRS
Kay Warneke
Raymond Wee, MD
John A. Wells, MD, FACS
Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA, FASRS
West Coast Retina Medical Group
Harold M. Wheatley, MD
James H. Whelan, MD, FRCSC
Shawn Charles Wilker, MD
Emanuel Wilkes, MD, in memory of Shelby R. Wilkes, MD, MBA
Patrick D. Williams, MD, FASRS
Tomasz A. Wiraszka, MD
John Woo, MD, PhD
Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD, FASRS
Pradeepa Yoganathan, MSc, MD, FRCSC, FASRS
Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD, FASRS
Jason E. Ysasaga, MD
Seung-Young Yu, MD
Marcelo Zas, MD, PhD
Eric M. Zavaleta, MD
Mike M. Zein, MD, MS
Zhaotian Zhang, MD
Founding Donors
Founding Donors are ASRS members who contributed $2,000 or more to the Foundation prior to 2011. These donors' contributions toward a strong and lasting Foundation are deeply appreciated.
Daniel Adelberg, MD
Umberto Albanese, MD
Laurence Avins, MD
Carl Awh, MD
Mark Balles, MD
Jerald Bovino, MD
Sheldon Braverman, MD
Stephen Breaud, MD
Charles Campbell, MD
Moiz Carim, MD
Ben Cohen, MD
Luviano Damien, MD
David Dodwell, MD
Alexander Eaton, MD
Paul Finger, MD
Neil P. Finnen, MD
Barron Fishburne, MD
Brett Foxman, MD
Alexander R. Gaudio, MD
Jeffrey Gross, MD
Mark Hammer, MD
Nicholas Hrisomalos, MD
Suber Huang, MD, MBA
Mark Hughes, MD
Jaime Jimenez, MD
Mark Johnson, MD
Roy Levit, MD
Charles Mahl, MD
G. Philip Matthews, MD, PhD
Alice McPherson, MD
Solomon E. Melgen, MD
David J. Najafi, MD, MEEE, FASRS
Michael Nomber, MD
R. Joseph Olk, MD
Kirk Packo, MD
Peter Pavan, MD
Samuel Pesin, MD
Barbara Phillips, MD, MPH, MBA
Vincent Reppucci, MD
Ronald Sachs, MD
Delia Sang, MD
Harinderjit Singh, MD
J. Georffrey Slingsby, MD
John Thompson, MD
Paul Tornambe, MD
Allen Verne, MD
Yujen Wang, MD
Shelby Wilkes, MD, MBA
George Williams, MD
David Williams, MD, MBA
Z. Nicholas Zakov, MD
Tribute Giving Donors
A Tribute Gift is a meaningful way to honor the mentor who helped shape your career and inspired your commitment to advancing the field of retina. We have all been shaped by the guidance and generosity of those who came before us—mentors whose wisdom continues to influence our work and the lives of our patients. A gift celebrates their lasting influence while supporting the Foundation’s mission to foster innovation through education, research, and collaboration.
*Donations from June 16, 2025 to June 9, 2026
In Honor of The Humanitarian Project
Daniel C. Alter, MD, PhD, and Laura Alter
Anna L. Ells, MD, FRCS(C), FASRS
Rehan M. Hussain, MD, FASRS
David A. Lightman, MD
Hunter Puckett
In Honor of Jeffrey S. Heier, MD, FASRS
Gregory R. Blaha, MD, PhD
Center for Eye Research and Education
Hyung Cho, MD
Michael N. Cohen, MD
Shilpa J. Desai, MD
Jacob S. Duker, MD
David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS
Geoffrey Emerson, MD, PhD, FASRS, and Lynda Kauls, MD
Greg Fenton, MD
Neil P. Finnen, MD
Roger A. Goldberg, MD, MBA, FASRS
Darin R. Goldman, MD, FASRS, and Robin Goldman
Anthony Joseph, MD
David R. Lally, MD
Michelle C. Liang, MD, FASRS
David S. Liao, MD, PhD
Phoebe L. Mellen, MD
Janet O’Brien and Josh O’Brien
Matthew P. Ohr, MD, FASRS
John S. Pollack, MD, FASRS
Chirag P. Shah, MD, MPH, FASRS
Sumit P. Shah, MD, FACS, FASRS
Tomasz Stryjewski, MD
Priya Sharma Vakhaira, MD, FASRS
In Honor of The Judy E. Kim, MD, FASRS Leadership Endowment
Talisa E. de Carlo Forest, MD
Sally S. Ong, MD, FASRS
Seung-Young Yu, MD
In Honor of The M. Gilbert Grand ASRS Vitreoretinal Fellowship Award
Admirals Cove Foundation, Inc.
Baseer Ahmad, MD
Caroline Baumal, MD, FASRS
Kevin J. Blinder, MD, FASRS
Dr. and Mrs. George Bohigian
Ann and Douglas Brown
Janet Burk
Sanguk Choi, MD
Louis J. Chorich, MD
Steven Cohen, MD
Dana M. Deupree, MD
Nicholas E. Engelbrecht, MD
Annette Fudemberg
M. Gilbert Grand Corpus
Anton M. Kolomeyer, MD, PhD
Lakshmana M. Kooragayala, MD
Judith Kreisman
Dr. and Mrs. James Lander
Carol M. Lee, MD
Marc Lippman, MD
Carol Loeb
Barry A. Mandell, MD
Abdul S. Memon, MD, FRCS(Glasg), FCPS, MCPS
Jacob C. Meyer, MD
Noemi Neidorff and Michelle Williamson
Mitchell Platin
Judy Putzel and Paul Putzel
Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD
The Retina Institute
Sumit P. Shah, MD, FACS, FASRS
Gaurav K. Shah, MD, FASRS
Harinderjit Singh, MD
Bradley T. Smith, MD, FASRS
Elysse Tom, MD
Raymond Wee, MD
In Honor of The Michael Trese, MD Fund
Dr. Michael Min-Shyue Lai, and Mrs. Stephanie Edmondson Lai
In Honor of The Regillo Fund
Neal H. Atebara, MD, FACS
Caroline Baumal, MD, FASRS
Brandon G. Busbee, MD
Christopher J. Brady, MD, MHS, FASRS
Hyung Cho, MD
Andrew W. Eller, MD
Julia A. Haller, MD, FASRS
Thaddeus J. Krolicki, MD
Andrew Lam, MD
Carl H. Park, MD, and Jane Ahn
Carl D. Regillo, MD, FASRS
Chirag P. Shah, MD, MPH, FASRS
Magdalena Shuler, MD, PhD
James H. Whelan, MD, FRCSs
In Honor of W. Sanderson Grizzard, MD
Wanda Abbott
Associated Retinal Consultants, P.C.
Ester and Jerry Bovino, MD
Antonio Capone Jr, MD
Mina A. Delavergne
Arthur Fernandez
John J. Fernandes
Florida Retina Consultants, PA
Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
Mark E. Hammer, MD
Martha K. Hartwell
Joan Noojin Hendry
Suber S. Huang, MD, MBA
Deen G. King
Rebecca A. Kinkaid
Randolph G. & Linda Koser
William E. Layden, MD
Roy Levit, MD
Memorial Hospital of Tampa
David M. Monbeck, OD
Edward H. Nelson
Bobby L. Norris
J. Justin Older
Ophthalmic Partners of Florida, PA
L. Lee Osburn
Arthur G. Pettygrove, MD, PA
Jeff Pollard
Martha A. Price, MD, PA
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Reeves
Retina Associates of Sarasota, PA
Sarasota Retina Institute
Bonnie Shelton
Ursula W. Sparkman
John Thompson, MD
Paul Tornambe, MD
University Glaucoma Centre
G. S. Webb
Elwood W. Wingeier
Miriam B. Zack
The Foundation of the American Society of Retina Specialists is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization.
Tax ID #:74-2955964
Foundation Contact
Shelly Vanover
Shelly.Vanover@asrs.org
The Foundation of the American Society of Retina Specialists is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization.
Tax ID #:74-2955964