Vision Discovery Institute Faculty

Sylvia B. Smith, PhD

• Department Chair,
• Cellular Biology & Anatomy
• Basic Science Co-Director

Steven Brooks, MD

• William S. Hagler, MD
• Chair in Ophthalmology
• Dept. Chair, Ophthalmology
• clinical Co-Director

Manuela Bartoli, PhD

• Professor, Ophthalmology

David Bogorad, MD

• Professor, Ophthalmology

Wendy Bollag, PhD

• Professor, Physiology & Endocrinology

Kathryn Bollinger, MD, PhD

• Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

Ruth B. Caldwell, PhD

• Professor,
• Vascular Biology Center

R. William Caldwell, PhD

• Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology

Atanaska Dobreva, PhD

• Assistant Professor,
• Department of Mathematics

Khaled ElMasry, MD, PhD

• Assistant Professor, Dental College of Georgia

Diego Espinosa-Heidman, MD

• Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

Amy Estes, MD

• Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

Xingjun Fan, PhD

• Associate Professor, Cellular Biology & Anatomy

Lin Gan, PhD

• Professor, Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine
• Director, Transgenic & Genome Editing Core

Stephanie Goei, MD

• Professor, Pediatrics

Yuqing Huo, PhD

• Professor, Vascular Biology Center

Yutao Liu, PhD

• Associate Professor, Cellular Biology & Anatomy

Zachary Lukowski, MD

• Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

Pamela Martin, PhD

• Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Priya Narayanan, PhD

• Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Experimental Therapeutics Program

Philip O'Herron, PhD

• Assistant Professor, Physiology & Endocrinology

Folami Lamoke Powell, PhD

• Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Andrea Prosser, MD

• Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

Ashok Sharma, PhD

• Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences

Shruti Sharma, PhD

• Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

Brian K. Stansfield, MD

• Associate Professor, Pediatrics Neonatology

Dilip A. Thomas, MD

• Professor, Ophthalmology

Menaka Thounaojam, PhD

• Assistant Professor, Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Marc Toeteberg-Harms, MD

• Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

Lane Ulrich, MD

• Professor, Ophthalmology

Mitchell A. Watsky, PhD

• Professor, Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Yisang Yoon, PhD

• Professor, Physiology

Ming Zhang, PhD

• Associate Professor, Cellular Biology & Anatomy