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ISGEDR 2021 Lausanne – Meeting Language

The ISGEDR 2021 Joint Meeting with EURbG, SGOF and ERN-EYE will be held in English, EXCEPT for the part of the programme ran by la Société de la Génétique Ophtalmologique (SGOF), which will be held in French only, on Friday 3 September 2021.

Meeting Organisers

Prof Francis Munier, ISGEDR President & Local Organiser

Prof Isabelle Audo, SGOF President

Prof Guillermo Chantada, EURbG President

Prof Hélène Dollfus, Coordinator ERN-EYE

ISGEDR 2021 Lausanne – Jules François Lecturers

Dr. Jean Bennett is a world leader and pioneering physician-scientist in the field of retinal (eye) gene therapy.

Jean Bennett, M.D., Ph.D.

F.M. Kirby Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Dr. Albert Maguire is an ophthalmologist in Philadelphia. He diagnoses and treats diseases, injuries, or trauma of the eye.

Albert M. Maguire, MD

F.M. Kirby Professor of Molecular Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Robert Ellsworth Lecturer

David H. Abramson, is Chief of the Ophthalmic Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City

David H. Abramson, MD, FACS

Chief of the Ophthalmic Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center and Weill-Cornell Medical

Franceschetti Lecturer

Continues to work towards therapies for this condition and a better understanding of the pathophysiology of various retinal disorders, including occult macular dystrophy.

Ian M MacDonald, MSc, MD CM

Emeritus Professor (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta

ISGEDR 2021 Lausanne – Invited Speakers

My ongoing research as clinician-scientist is embedded in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and the Oxford Eye Hospital.

M. Dominik Fischer MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen

Guy Lenaers’s top areas of expertise are Optic Nerve Atrophy, Ganglion Cyst, Mitochondrial Complex 1 Deficiency, and Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.

Guy Lenaers

Principal Investigator, Université D'Angers

Stephen H. Tsang is an acclaimed clinical geneticist in the care of individuals with retinal degenerations, and is known worldwide for his pivotal research in reprogramming the metabolome as a therapeutic avenue.

Stephen H Tsang, MD

Laszlo T. Bito Professor of Ophthalmology, and Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University

Dr. Aleman cares for children and adults with retinal degenerations, hereditary or acquired, at Scheie Eye Institute and at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.

Tomas S. Aleman, MD

Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute at the PCAM

Botond Roska is the Group Leader of Central Visual Circuits & Human Retinal Circuit Groups

Botond Roska

Group Leader, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel

Dr. Paul A. Sieving specializes in identifying the genetic cause of blinding, inherited diseases of the retina and macula to bring gene and cell therapies to patients.

Paul Albert Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology, UC Davis Eye Center

Alberto Auricchio, MD is Full Professor of Medical Genetics at the Department of Advanced Biomedicine, “Federico II” University, and TIGEM in Naples, Italy.

Alberto Auricchio, MD

Full Professor of Medical Genetics, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM)

José-Alain Sahel is currently the chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, director of the UPMC Eye Center, and the Eye and Ear Foundation Chair of Ophthalmology.

José-Alain Sahel

Distinguished Professor and Chairman, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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