Global nature of the council
The International Council’s members are a global representation of prominent experts in Ophthalmology and Artificial intelligence. They represent 17 countries located on 5 continents.
Composition of the international council

Andrzej Grzybowski, MD, PhD, MBA, MAE
head
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chair of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Head of the Institute for Research in Ophthalmology

Lama Al-Aswad, MD, MPH
Professor of Ophthalmology
NYU Langone Health, New York

Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, FEBOphth
Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology Founder Vissum Miranza
University of Alicante

Renato Ambrósio, MD, PhD
Professor
Deferral University of the state of Rio de Janeiro

Sally Baxter, MD, MSC
Assistant Professor
University of California San Diego

J. Peter Campbell, MD, MPH
Member
Oregon Health & Science University

Rene Cano, MD
Former Chairmain
Instituto de Oftalmologia Conde De Valenciana

Béatrice Cochener – Lamard, MD, PHD
Professor
Laboratoire de Traitement de l’Information Médicale, Brest

Catherine Creuzot – Garcher, md, phd
Professor, Head of department
Department of ophthalmology, CHU Dijon

C. Gustavo De Morales, MD, PHD, MPH
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Alastair Denniston, MB, BChir, FRCOphth, MRCP, PhD
Consultant Ophthalmologist/Hon Professor
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust/University of Birmingham

Damien Gatinel, MD, PHD
Head, Dept of Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery
Rothschild Foundation Hospital

Ming He, MD
Professor Of Ophthalmic Epidemiology
University of Melbourne

D. Robert Iskander, PHD, DSC
Professor
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Dr Sheila John
Head of Teleophthalmology and E-Learning Department
Sankara Nethralaya a Unit of Medical Research Foundation

Ryo Kawasaki, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor
Artificial Intelligence Center for Medical Research and Application (AIM), Osaka University Hospital, Japan

Pearse Keane, MD, FRCOphth
Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence
University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology

John Ladas, MD, PHD
Surgeon/Director
Maryland Eye Consultants and Surgeons

T. Y. Alvin Liu, MD
Director of the Wilmer Precision Ophthalmology Center of Excellence
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Anat Loewenstein, MD, MHA
Director
Ophthalmology Division Tel Aviv Medical Center

Dan Milea, MD, PhD
Professor
Head, Visual Neuroscience Group
Singapore National Eye Centre

Sundaram Natarajan, MD, PHD
President and chief
Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society.
Vitreo Retinal Services – Global, Agarwal Group of eye Hospitals.

David E. Pelayes, MD, PHD
Chairman
Buenos Aires University, Maimonides University

GYAN “JOHN” PRAKASH, MSC, MS, PHD, MBA, FAICO
Director, Office of International Program Activities (OIPA)
Bethesda, MD USA

Pavel Rozsíval, MD, PhD, Prof, FEBO
Professor of Ophthalmology, Consultant
Charles University Prague, Dept. Ophthalmology, Teaching Hospital Hradec Kralove

Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Rangsit University

Jose-Alain Sahel, MD
Distinguished Professor and Chairman
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

leopold Schmetterer, PHD
Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna

Andreas Stahl, MD
Chair and Head of Ophthalmology
University Medicine Greifswald, Germany

JUAN YE, MD, PHD
Department of Ophthalmology
Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Ningli Wang, MD, PHD
Professor, director
Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology

Federico Grave Wiechers, MD
CEO
Instituto de Oftalmología Fundación Conde de Valenciana

Tien Yin WONG, MD, PHD
Founding Head and Chair Professor
Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University

Linda Zangwill, phd
Professor
University of California, San Diego

Xiulan Zhang, MD, PHD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University