Scientific Advisory Panel

The AMD Alliance International has the privilege of being able to call on the expertise of the world's most eminent researchers in the area of Age-related macular degeneration. Our Scientific Advisory Panel is chaired by Dr. Bruce Rosenthal, Chief of Low Vision Programs at the Lighthouse International and past Chairman of the Alliance.

Any information on this site that deals with medical information, and in particular information on prevention and treatment are peer-reviewed by the Advisory Board to ensure that it is scientifically sound.

The truth, accuracy and quality of information published on this site is of utmost importance. Too often, scientific findings are taken out of context, data is misinterpreted resulting in the announcement of false medical breakthroughs, or unsubstantiated recommendations regarding the latest in AMD treatments and prevention. These become sources of hopes and expectations that are all too often shattered.

The role of the Scientific Advisory Panel is to ensure that the AMD Alliance International provides up-to-date and quality-assured background information, brochures, alerts, and position statements on AMD and vision loss.

The members of the Scientific Advisory Panel are:

Dr. Bruce Rosenthal
Chairman
Chief Low Vision Services
Lighthouse International
111 East 59th Street
New York, New York 10022-1202
E-Mail: brosenthal@lighthouse.org
Tel: 212-821-9627
Fax: 212-821-9710
Website: www.lighthouse.org

A/Prof Au Eong Kah Guan
MBBS(S'pore), MMed(Ophth)(S'pore), FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glasg), DRCOphth(Lond), FAMS(Ophth)
Medical Director & Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist
Singapore International Eye Cataract Retina Centre
Add: 3 Mount Elizabeth #07-04, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore 228510
Tel: +65 6887 2020
Fax: +65 6887 2021
E-Mail: aekg@eyecataractretina.com Website: www.eyecataractretina.com

Professor Alan Bird
Moorfields Eye Hospital
City Road
London, England EC1V 2PD
E-Mail: alan.bird@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 44-207-253-3411
(Secretary: Delna 44-207-566-2254)
Fax: 44-207-253-4696
Website: www.moorfields.org.uk

Dr. Gerald Chader
Chief Scientific Officer
Doheny Retina Institute
USC Medical School
1450 San Pablo St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
E-Mail: gchader@dohenyeyeinstitute.org
Tel: 1+323-442-6767
Fax: 1+323-442-6460
Website: www.usc.edu/hsc/doheny/

Dr. Gilles Chaine
Hôpital Avicenne
Service d'Ophtalmogie
125 Route de Stalingrad
93009 Bobigny
Cedex, France
Tel: 33-5-48-95-52-11
E-Mail: gilles.chaine@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr

Professor Usha Chakravarthy
Ophthalmology & Vision Science
Institute of Clinical Science
Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor Road
Belfast BT12 6BA
Northern Ireland
E-Mail: u.chakravarthy@queens-belfast.ac.uk
Tel: 44-2890-240-503 ext. 3954
(Secretary tel: 44-2890-633-152)
Fax: 44-2890-330-744
Website: www.qub.ac.uk/cm/oph

Dr. Emily Chew
Deputy Director
Division of Epidemiology
National Eye Institute
31 Center Drive MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
E-Mail: echew@nei.nih.gov
Tel: 301-496-6583 (Secretary: Iris)
Fax: 301-496-2297
Website: www.nei.nih.gov

Dr. Alan Cruess
District Chief, Capital Health Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Dalhousie University
1278 Tower Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2Y9
E-Mail: alan.cruess@dal.ca
Tel: 902-473-4343
Fax: 902-473-2839
Website: www.dal.ca

Dr. Francisco Borja Corcóstegui Guraya
Instituto de Microcirugí a Ocular de Barcelona
C/Munner, 10
08022 Barcelona, Spain
E-Mail: imo@imo.es
Tel: 34-93-253-15-00
Fax: 34-93-417-13-01
Website: www.imo.es

Dr. Chi Kin HO
Chief of Service, Department of Ophthalmology
Tuen Mun Hospital
E-Mail: ckho@ha.org.hk

Professor Frank Holz
Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Bonn
Sigmund-Freud Str. 25
D-53105 Bonn
Germany
E-Mail: frank.holz@ukb.uni-bonn.de
Tel: 49-228-287-5647
Fax: 49-228-287-5603
Website: www.uni-bonn.de

Dr. Carel B. Hoyng
President Dutch Macular Society
UMC St. Radbound
Afdeling oogheelkunde
Postbus 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen
The Netherlands
E-Mail: C.Hoyng@ohk.umcn.nl
Tel: 31-24-361-5161

Professor Peter Humphries
Wellcome Ocular Genetics Unit
Smurfit Institute of Genetics
Trinity College
Dublin 2 Ireland
E-Mail: pete.humphries@tcd.ie
Tel: 35-3-1-608-2484
Fax: 35-3-1-679-8558
Website: www.tcd.ie/Genetics

Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Director, Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service
Tufts-New England Medical Center
New England Eye Center
750 Washington St. #450
Boston, MA 02111
E-Mail: JSeddon@tufts-nemc.org

Dr. Jason Slakter
Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York
519 East 72nd Street
Suite 203
New York, NY 10021
E-Mail: jslakter@aol.com
Tel: 212-861-9797
Fax: 212-628-0698
Website: www.VRMNY.com

Professor Mario Stirpe
Casa di Cura San Domenico
Piazza Sassari #5
6-00161 Rome, Italy
E-Mail: eyefoundbietti@eyefoundbietti.it
or: MD2177@Mclink.it
Tel: 39-06-440-4459
Fax: 39-06-440-3800
Website: www.eyefoundbietti.it

Prof. Yasuo Tano
Professor & Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Osaka University Medical School
Rm E-7, 2-2 Yamadaoka
Suita, Osaka 565-0871 JAPAN Tel: +81-6/6879-3450
Fax: +81-6/6879-3459
E-Mail: ytano@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Dr. Hugh Taylor
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Melbourne
Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA)
Locked Bag 8, East Melbourne 8002
Tel: 61 3 9929 8368
Fax: 61 3 9662 3859
E-Mail: h.taylor@unimelb.edu.au