Scientific & Medical Advisory Board (SMAB)
The SMAB is composed of scientists nominated from each member organisations’ scientific & medical advisory boards.
Its purpose is to
- help national research efforts to produce the best possible results through the exchange of information and co-operation
- inform and advise Retina International and national Retina International member societies in medical and research matters
SMAB Members
Chairmen:
- Prof. Eberhart Zrenner
University Eye Hospital, Tübingen - Prof. Joe G. Hollyfield
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
Secretary:
- Prof. Gerald J. Chader
Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Members:
- Australia
Prof. Erica Fletcher
University of Melbourne, Parkville Victoria
Dr. Michael Kalloniatis
University of New South Wales, Sydney - Belgium
Prof. Leroy Bart
Ghent
Prof. Karin Dehan
Bruxelles - Brazil
Dr. Juliana Maria Sallum
Sao Paulo
Dr. Rosane Resende
Rio de Janeiro - Canada
Dr. Elise Heon
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Dr. Robert S. Molday
University of British Columbia, Vancouver - China
Prof. Xia Xiaoping
Zhongshan University, Guangzhou - Denmark
Dr. Thomas Rosenberg
National Eye Clinic for Visually Impaired, Hellerup - Finland
Dr. Eeva-Marja Sankila
Helsinki University Eye Hospital, Helsinki
Prof. Hannu Uusitalo
Tampere University - France
Dr. Josseline Kaplan
Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris
Prof. Jean-Louis Dufier
Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades, Paris - Germany
Prof. Andreas Gal
Institut für Humangenetik, Hamburg
Prof. Eberhart Zrenner
Universitätsaugenklinik Tübingen - Greece
Ass. Prof. Miltiadis K. Tsilibaris
University of Crete, Crete
Dr. Kamakari Smaragda
University of Athens, Athens - Hong Kong
MD Stephen T.S. Lam
Clinical Genetics Service, Dept. of Health, Kowloon
Prof. She-ping Yip
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon - Iceland
Prof. Einar Stefansson
Depart. of Ophthalmology National Hospital Rykjavik, University of Iceland
Prof. Kristinn P. Magnusson
University of Iceland - India
Dr. S. Natarajan
Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Aashirwad, Mumbai - Ireland
Prof. Peter Humphries
Trinity College, Wellcome Ocular Genetics Unit, Dublin - Mr. David Keegan
- Consultant Ophthalmologist Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
- Italy
Prof. Francesca Simonelli
Universitâ Federico II, Napoli
Prof. Sandro Banfi
Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Napoli - Japan
MD,PhD Shuichi Yamamoto
Chiba University School of medecine, Chiba
Dr. Akira Murakami
Jyuntendo University School of Medecine, Tokyo - Lithuania
Ph. D. Julia Vidute Archiuliene
Laboratory of Visual Rehabilitation, Kaunas Medical Academy
Prof. Vaidutis Kucinskas
Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius - Netherlands
Dr. Caroline Klaver
Afd. Oogheelkunde, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
Dr. Arthur A.B. Bergen
The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam - New Zealand
Dr. Dianne Sharp
Auckland
Dr. Rachel Barnes
Auckland - Norway
MD, PhD. Cecilie Bredrup
Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen
Ragnheidur Bragadóttir
Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo - Pakistan
Dr. Bashir Ahmed Chohan
Chohan Eye Hospital, Islamabad
Dr. M. Mazhar Qayyum
Mazhar Eye Hospital, Saddar, Rawalpindi Islamabad - Portugal
Prof. Eduardo Silva - South Africa
Dr. Linda Visser
Natal Medical School, University of Natal, Congella
Prof. Raj Ramesar
UCT Medical School, Cape Town - Spain
Prof. Nicolas Cuenca Navarro
Alicante
Dr. Isabel Pinilla Lozano - Sweden
Prof. Sten Andréasson
University Hospital of Lund, Lund
Prof. Fredrik Ghosh
University of Lund, Lund - Switzerland
Prof. Charlotte E. Remé
Lab of Retinal Cell Biology, University of Zürich
Prof. Francis Munier
Clinique ophthalmique universitaire, Lausanne - United Kingdom
Prof. Paul Bishop
University of Manchester, Manchester
Prof. Andrew Dick
Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol - USA
MD. Alan M. Laties
University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia
Dr. Stephen M. Rose
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Owings Mills