Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s faculty is dedicated to the creation of new knowledge and technology and its rapid translation into the clinic to help patients. Our mission is to make this happen through innovative research. We strive to be the nation’s pre-eminent research center for the advancement of medicine and technology to conquer eye disease and prevent blindness.
Laboratory Researchers
Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, M. Tech., Ph. D., FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Delia C. DeBuc, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Giovanni Gregori, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Abigail S. Hackam, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Dmitry V. Ivanov, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Stefan Kurtenbach, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Darlene Miller, D.H.Sc., M.P.H., C.I.C.
Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Jean-Marie Parel, Ing.ETS-G, Ph.D., FAIMBE, FARVO
Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Daniel Pelaez, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Vittorio Porciatti, D.Sc.
Vice Chair of Research
Marco Ruggeri, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Valery I. Shestopalov, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Jianhua (Jay) Wang, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Rong Wen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Hong Yu, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Clinical Researchers
Mohamed F. Abou Shousha, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Guillermo Amescua, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Ta Chen Peter Chang, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Zelia M. Correa, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology - Pending Rank
Anat Galor, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Hong Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology
Byron L. Lam, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Richard K. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Felipe A. Medeiros
Professor of Ophthalmology
Carlos E. Mendoza-Santiesteban, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Philip J. Rosenfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Alfonso L. Sabater, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Swarup S. Swaminathan, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Zohar Yehoshua, M.D., M.H.A.
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Sonia H. Yoo, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology