President
Takeshi Iwata, PhD, FARVO
Molecular and Cellular Biology Division, National Institute of Sensory Organs
National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Email: takeshi.iwata@kankakuki.jp

Patron, Past President
Gyan Prakash, MSc, MS, PhD, MBA, FAICO
International Programs, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Email: gyan.prakash@nih.gov

Vice President
Paul N. Baird, PhD
Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Email: pbaird@unimelb.edu.au

Vice President
Robert B. Hufnagel, MD, PhD
Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Email: robert.hufnagel@nih.gov

Vice President
S. Natarajan, MD
Aditya Jyot Foudation for Twinkling Little Eyes, Mumbai, India
Email: prof.drsn@gmail.com

Chief Scientific Officer
Calvin CP Pang, PhD, FARVO
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Email: cppang@cuhk.edu.hk

Secretary General
Shailja Tibrewal, MD
Pediatric Ophthamology, Strabismus, Neuro-ophthalmology and Ocular Genetics, Dr Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi, India
Email: shailja1408@gmail.com

GEGC Member by Nationality (alphabetical order)

AFGHANISTAN

Sayed Mansoor Sediqi, NOOR Eye Training Center, International Assistance Mission

ARGENTINA

Laura Echandi, Consultores Oftalmolgicos

AUSTRALIA

Paul N Baird, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne
Alex Hewitt, Faculty of Medicine. Discipline of Ophthalmology University of Tasmania

BANGLADESH

Mridul Kumar Sarkar, Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute & Hospital

BRASIL

Juliana Sallum, Instituto de Genetica Ocular
Eduardo Di Piero, Hospital dos Servidores do Rio de Janeiro
Monica Melo, Center for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
Jose Paulo Vasconcellos, University of Campinas
Rossen Mihaylov Hazarbassanov, Federal University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo

BULGARIA

Neda Sergeeva, University Hospital Alexandrovska

CANADA

Ajoy Vincent, Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of Toronto

CHINA

Calvin CP Pang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Qingjion Zhang, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Shi Ying Li, Third Military Medical University
Junwen Zeng, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Bo Lei, Chong Eye Inst., The First Hospital of Chongqing Medical Univ.
Zi-Bing Jin, The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
Hui Wang, Hangzhou Normal University

FRANCE

Christina Zeitz, Department of Genetics, Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne University
Isabelle Audo, Department of Genetics, Centre de Recherche Institut de la Vision, Université Pierre et Marie Curie

INDIA

S. Natarajan, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital
P. Sundaresan, Aravind Eye Hospital
Rajkumar Sankaranarayanan, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital
Shiddhita Nare, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital
Sunita Mohan, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital
Mohammad Javed Ali, LV Prasad Eye Institute
Deepshikha Agrawal, MGM Eye Institute
Harsha Bhattachjee, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya
Zia Chaudhuri, University of Delhi
Suneeta Dubey, Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital
Dipankar Das, UVEA Neuro-ophthalmology Services
Muneeb A. Faiq, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Abha Gour, Dr Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital
Noopur Gupta, Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS
Viney Gunpa, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
B. K. Jain, Shri Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust
Vikas Khetan, Sankara Nethralaya
Gautam Lokdarshi, Dr. R.P. Center, AIIMS
Sunita Mohan, Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eye
Umang Mathur, Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital
Shruti Nishanth, Medical Research Foundation
Abhishek Onkar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur
Preeti Paliwal, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Ch. Mohan Rao, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
Rohit Saxena, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS
Vivek Singh, LV Prasad Eye Institute
Arundhati Ssharma, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Radhika Tandon, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS
Ratnakar Tripathi, LV Prasad Eye Institute
Shailja Tibrewel, Dr. Shroff charity eye hospital
M. Vanathi, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Ishwar Chander Verm, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Arun Sethi, ADEH
Reena Sethi, ADEH
Vibha Jain, Institute of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Sir Gangsta Hospital New Delhi
Shubhangi Pimprikar, Pimprikar Hospital
Anshul Sharma, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Anisha Vijay Rathod, Dr. Karobi Lahiri Bombay Hospital, Mumbai
Sneha Makhija, KBH Bachooali Eye Hospital, Mumbai
Ritu Sumit Agarwal, Aditya Joth Eye Hospital, Mumbai
Samrudhi Makarand Dani, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital-A Unit of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Mumbai
Surya Prakash Goud Ponnam, Tezpur University, Napaam
Smita Rane Hegde, Nahar Medical Cntre, Chandivili Powai
Sarangapani Sripriya, Vision Research Foundation, Chennai
Abhishek Onkar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Deoghar, Deoghar
Santosh K Philip, Army Hospital, Delhi
Tanmayi Dhamankar, Hemdeep Clinic, Pune
Mèenakshi Wadhwani, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Delhi
Akshay Badakere, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

INDONESIA

Rita Sitorus, University of Indonesia

IRAN

Amir Hossein Mahmoudi, Iran RP Center, Iran
Fatemeh Suri, Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

ISRAEL

Dror Sharon, Hadassah Medical Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Orwa Nasser, Department of Ophthalmology, Ziv Medical center, Zefat
Ido Perlman, Israeli Consortium for Genetic of Inherited Retinal Dystrophy

JAPAN

Takeshi Iwata, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo
Akiko Suga, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo
Yang Pan, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo
Kaoru Fujinami, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo
Mineo Kondo, Mie University, Mie
Yoshihiro Hotta, Hamamatsu University of Medicine, Hamamatsu
Hiroko Terasaki, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya

MALAYSIA

Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajudin, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Jenny P. Deva, UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR)

MEXICO

Bethania Dolores Lopez-Star, Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmologia, Mexico City
Tania Barragán Arévalo, Star Médica Hospital Infantil Privado, Mexico City
Jibran Mohamed-Noriega, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL), Mexico City

MONGOLIA

Anarsaikhan Narmandakh, State Central Hospital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

NETHERLANDS

Susanne Roosing, Radbound University Medical Center
Suzanne de Bruijn, Radbound University Medical Center

NIGERIA

Musa Abubakar Kana, Center for Research in Developmental and Life Course Epidemiology (CREDLE), Kaduna
Bola Josephine Adekoya, Lagos State unniversity Teaching Hospotal / College of Medicine, Lagos
Onochie Ike Okoye, University of Nigeria, Enugu
Bawa Yusuf Muhammad, Nasarawa State University, Nasarawa

NEW ZEALAND

Andrea L. Vincent, NZ National Eye Center, The University of Auckland

OMAN

Ahmed M. Reda

PAKISTAN

Abdullah Naeem Syed, Alshifa trust eye hospital
Ambreen Akhtar, Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital, Rawalpindil
Maleeha Azam, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad
Raheel Qamar, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad

PHILIPPINES

Patricia Cabrera, Philippine Eye Research Institute, Philippines
Eward Ryan Collantes, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Harvard University, USA

SAUDI ARABIA

Ahmed Mousa Abdul Rahim, College of Medicine, King Saud University, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital
Selwa A.F. Al-Hazzaa, Alfaisal University -Saudi Arabia

SINGAPORE

Clement WT Tan, National Univeristy of Singapore
Graham Holder, National Univeristy of Singapore
Hwei Wuen, National Univeristy of Singapore
Eavin Tan, National Univeristy of Singapore
Audrey Chia Wei Lin, Singapore National Eye Center
Wong Tien Yin, National Univeristy of Singapore
Chung-Yu Cheng, Singapore National Eye Centre
Chan Choi Man, Singapore National Eye Centre
Ting Aung, Singapore Eye Research Institute
Eranga Nishanthie Vithana, Singapore Eye Research Institute
Raj Patil, Singapore Eye Research Institute
Pall Singh, The Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital

SOUTH AFRICA

Raj S. Ramesar, University of Cape Town and Affiliated Hospitals
Lisa Roberts, University of Cape Town and Affiliated Hospitals

SOUTH KOREA

Tae Kwann Park, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University
Hyeong Gon Yu, Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital
Se Joon Woo, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Soon Hyun Kim, The Korean Retinal Society, Nune Eye Hospital
Hee-Seung Chin, Department of Ophthalmology Inha University Hospital
Heeyoon Cho, Retina and Uveitis Service, Hanyang University College of Medicine
Yu Cheol Kim, Department of Ophthalmology, Keimyung University School of Medicine
Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Department of Ophthalmology, National Yang-Ming University
Min Kim, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital

SRI LANKA

Deepanee Wewalwala, National Eye Hospital, Colombo
Muthusamy Malaravan, Department of Ophthalmology , Teaching of Jaffna , Colombo

SYRIA

Dana Sultan, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo

TAIWAN

Ta-Chi Chen, National Taiwan University Hosptual
Vian Hsu, National Taiwan University Hospital
Ding-Siang Huang, National Taiwan University Hospital
Ta-Ching Chen, National Taiwan University Hospital
Yu-Ting Hsiao, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Jong-Jer Lee, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

THAILAND

Paisan Ruamviboosuk, Rajavithi Hospital
Puwat Charukamnoetkanok, Mahidol University
Sirithorn Rutnin, ASEAN Association of Eye Hospitals
Tharikarn Sujirakul, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Nida Wongchaisuwat, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok

TURKEY

Ayse Turan, Turkish Eye Genetics Group, Ministry of Health
Ahmet M Hondur, Retina Department at Gazi University
Fulya Yaylacıoğlu Tuncay, Health Institutes of Turkey, Biotechnology Institute
Gungor Sobachi, Hacettepe Univerisity Medical School

UKRAINE

Mykola Panchenko, Kharkiv National Medical University
Olena Honchar, Kharkiv National Medical University

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Avinash Gurfbaxani, Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai

UNITED KINGDOM

Andrew Webster, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL
Gavin Arno, Moorfields Eye Hosptial, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gyan Prakash, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
J Fielding Hetjmancik, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Santa J Tumminia, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Kerry Goetz, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Chi-Chao Chan, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Pamela Sieving, National Institutes of Health Library
Margaret M. DeAngelis, University at Buffalo/State University of New York (SUNY)
Janey Wiggs, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School
Mones Abu-Asab, National Institutes of Health
Richard Alan Lewis, Baylor College of Medicine 
Rajiv R Mohan, University of Missouri-Columbia
Robert Wojciechowski, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Radha Ayyagari, Shiley Eye Institute, UCSD
Kenneth P. Mitton, Eye Research Institute, Oakland University
Manuel Benjamin Ibanez IV, Wills Eye Hospital
Ratnakar Tripathi, University of Missouri
Hemant Khanna, UMASS Medical School
Alex V. Levin, University of Rochester Medical Center
John Paul SanGiovanni, Center for Study of Nutrient-Responsive System, Rockville, MD
Robert Barrett Hufnagel, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Hinaben Patel, HelpMeSee Inc., New York
Claire Barnes, Intelon Optics, Woburn
Sushma Kalmodia, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Universisty of South Calfornia, Los Angeles
Anne Slavotinek, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

VIETNAM

Hoang Cuong, Vietnam National Eye Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
Chau Minh Pham, Vietnam National Eye Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hà Hai Nguyen, Institute of Genome Research (IGR) Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi, Vietnam