Iveric Bio Forms Gene Therapy Inherited Retina Disease Scientific Advisory Committee

Iveric Bio has formed a “Gene Therapy Inherited Retina Disease Scientific Advisory Committee,” which will work closely with Iveric senior management to advance its gene therapy-inherited retinal disease programs. The members of the advisory committee include:

Elias Traboulsi, MD, MEd

• Head of the Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology
• Director of the Center for Genetic Eye Diseases
• Cole Eye Institute
• Professor of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine,
• Cleveland Clinic

Andreas K. Lauer, MD

• Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute
• Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Bart P. Leroy, MD, PhD,

• Head, Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital
• Senior Staff Member, Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University Hospital
• Professor of Ophthalmology & Ophthalmic Genetics, Ghent University
• Director of the Retinal Degenerations Clinic Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Mark Pennesi, MD, PhD

• Division Chief, Ophthalmic Genetics
• Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University

Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD., Director of Grading, Duke Reading Center

• Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center