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Historical Listing of NAEC Members

Name Degree Date of Service Institution
Adams, Anthony B. O.D., Ph.D. 02/10/1997 - 11/30/2000 University of California, Berkeley
Adler, Ruben M.D. 12/01/2001 - 11/30/2005 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Anderson, Douglas R. M.D. 01/18/1983 - 02/28/1987 University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida
Atkins, Marian C.   10/28/1975 - 10/31/1979 Cincinnati, Ohio
Bassnett, Steven Ph.D. 10/08/2015 - 01/11/2019 Washington University School of Medicine
Bauer, Catherine B.   10/01/1971 - 09/30/1973 St. Marys, Pennsylvania
Beck, Roy W. M.D., Ph.D. 12/01/2002 – 11/30/2006 Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida
Becker, Bernard M.D. 02/17/1969 - 09/30/1973 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Beebe, David C. Ph.D. 07/20/1995 - 11/30/1998 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Berman, Bernard   12/14/1984 - 10/31/1988 National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation
Bhat, Suraj P. Ph.D. 12/01/2002 - 11/30/2006 University of Los Angeles, California
Birch, Eileen E. Ph.D. 12/03/2003 - 11/30/2007 Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas
Blodi, Frederick C. M.D. 03/18/1984 - 10/31/1984 University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa
Blount, Wilbur C.   03/18/1991 - 11/30/1993 Columbus, Ohio
Bok, Dean   01/31/1999 - 11/30/2002 University of California, Los Angeles
Bonanno, Joseph O.D., Ph.D. 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2012 Indiana University, Bloomington
Brown, Kenneth T. Ph.D. 03/06/1978 - 10/31/1981 University of California, San Francisco
Brubaker, Richard E. M.D. 01/31/1987 - 10/31/1997 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Burnside, Mary Beth Ph.D. 11/02/1991 - 09/28/1994 University of California, Berkeley
Carreon, Reynaldo J.   11/02/1970 - 09/30/1974 Pan American Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Cepko, Constance L. Ph.D. 12/01/1997 - 11/30/2001 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Chan, Tony Q. D.D. 10/28/1975 - 10/31/1979 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Chandler, John W. M.D. 01/06/1989 - 12/31/1992 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Chodosh, James M.D., M.P.H. 02/01/2009 - 11/30/2012 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Christensen, Jerry L. Ph.D. 01/24/1977 - 10/31/1980 University of Missouri, St. Louis School of Optometry
Cleary, Patricia A. M.A. 01/31/1999 - 11/30/2002 Georgetown, University, Washington, D.C.
Cleveland, Patrick H.
(Ex-Officio)
Ph.D. 06/01/1987 - 01/01/1994 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California
Cline, Hollis Ph.D. 07/28/2012 - Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
Cloud, Sanford Jr.   12/01/1997 - 05/22/2000 The National Conference
Cogan, David G. M.D. 02/01/1969 - 01/31/1972 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Conner, William C.   11/09/1981 - 10/31/1985 Health Hearing Group, Ft. Worth, Texas
Constantine-Paton, Martha Ph.D. 12/05/1999 - 11/30/2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Copenhagen, David Ph.D. 12/14/2009 - 11/30/2013 University of California, San Francisco
Cousins, Scott W. M.D. 04/01/2008 - 11/30/2011 Duke University Eye Center
Culver, James F.
(Ex-Officio)
M.D. 04/28/1969 - 04/18/1973 Office of the Surgeon General, USAF, Washington, D.C.
Cyert, Lynn Ph.D.,O.D. 04/24/1992 - 11/30/1995 Northeastern State University, Oklahoma
Dauphin, Sue   01/26/1996 - 11/30/1997 National Sjögren's Syndrome Association
David, Nobel J. M.D. 03/17/1969 - 05/02/1980 Veterans Administration Hospital, Miami, Florida
Dowling, John E. Ph.D. 12/02/1985 - 10/31/1989 Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
Duane, Thomas D. M.D., Ph.D. 03/07/1978 - 10/31/1981 Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dunbar, Florence J.D. 10/25/1972 - 09/30/1976 Chicago, Illinois
Enoch, Jay M. Ph.D., O.D. 02/25/1975 - 09/30/1976, 12/20/1980 - 10/31/1984 University of California, Berkeley
Enroth-Cugell, Christina E. M.D. 12/03/1979 - 10/31/1983 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Farmer, James   12/02/1979 - 10/31/1983 Coalition of American Public Employees, Washington, D.C.
Faye, Eleanor E. M.D. 01/27/1984 - 10/31/1987 New York Association for the Blind, NYC, NY
Felix, Jeanette S. Ph.D. 01/20/1993 - 11/30/1996 Foundation Fighting Blindness
Ferree, John W. M.D. 02/14/1969 - 01/01/1970 National Society for the Prevention of Blindness
Fisher, Marian R. Ph.D. 07/16/1995 - 11/30/1998 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Flynn, John T. M.D. 12/01/1987 - 11/30/1991 University of Miami Medical School, Florida
Flynn, William J.
(Ex-Officio)
M.D. 12/01/1997 - 02/10/2000 Lackland, Air Force Base, Texas
Frishman, Laura Ph.D. 03/03/2013 - University of Houston, Texas
Fry, Glenn A. Ph.D., D.O. 03/01/1969 - 09/30/1973 Ohio State University College of Optometry, Columbus
Gagliano, Donald
(Ex-Officio)
M.D. 12/14/2009 - 11/30/2013 Washington, D.C.
Gardner, Ronald J. J.D. 04/01/2008 - 11/30/2011 National Federation for the Blind
Gilbert, Charles D. M.D., Ph.D. 04/01/2008 - 11/30/2011 Rockefeller University
Gilbert, Helen H.   01/02/1971 - 09/30/1974 Washington, D.C.
Godley, Bernard M.D., Ph.D. 12/14/2009 - 11/30/2013 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Gordon, Mae O. Ph.D. 05/01/2007 - 11/30/2010 Washington University St. Louis
Grant, Morton W. M.D. 1/13/1973 - 10/31/1977 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Gund, Gordon   01/09/1981 - 10/31/1984 National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation
Guyton, David L. M.D. 04/24/1992 - 11/30/1995 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Haegerstrom-Portnoy, Gunilla O.D., Ph.D. 01/03/2005 - 11/30/2005 University of California, Berkeley
Haik, Barrett G. M.D. 12/01/2003 - 11/30/2007 University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis
Haines, Jonathan Ph.D. 12/01/2011 - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Harris, John E. M.D. 02/07/1969 - 01/31/1972, 02/25/1975 - 10/31/1978 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Hartline, H. Keffer M.D. 03/14/1969 - 09/30/1973 Rockefeller University, New York, New York
Hatchell, Diane L.
(Ex-Officio)
Ph.D. 05 /30/1994 - 11/30/1998 Veterans Affairs Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
Heath, Gordon G. O.D., Ph.D. 01/21/1977 - 10/31/1980 University of Indiana, Bloomington
Hellner, Richard T.   02/05/1997 - 11/30/2000 Prevent Blindness America
Hernandez M. Rosario D.D.S. 06/07/1999 - 11/30/2002 Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Higginbotham, Eve J. M.D. 07/18/1995 - 11/30/1998 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
Hill, Richard M. O.D., Ph.D. 11/01/1982 - 02/28/1987 Ohio State University, Columbus
Hillis, Argye Ph.D. 06/25/1991 - 11/30/1994 Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas
Holck, David E. M.D. 05/27/2005 -  Wilford Hall Medical Center
Holmes, Sadako S. M.P.H. 05/06/1992 - 11/30/1995 National Black Nurses Association
Horwitz, Joseph Ph.D. 05/14/1991 - 11/30/1994 University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine
Hubel, David H. M.D. 01/24/1996 - 11/30/1999 Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Jameson-Hurvich, Dorothea B.A. 12/17/1984 - 01/31/1989 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Jampolsky, Arthur M.D. 01/31/1984 - 10/31/1987 Smith Kettlewell Institute, San Francisco, California
Johnson, Douglas H. M.D. 04/01/2007 - 07/26/2007 Mayo Clinic
Johnson, Lenworth N. M.D. 12/29/2004 - 11/30/2008 University of Missouri, Columbus
Kaufman, Herbert E. M.D. 11/01/1978 - 10/31/1982, 01/20/1993 - 11/30/1996 Louisiana State University Eye Center, New Orleans
Kaufman, Paul L. M.D. 03/18/1991 - 11/30/1994 University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kinsey, V. Everett M.D. 02/01/1969 - 09/30/1970 Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Knight, Millicent L. O.D. 01/24/1996 - 11/30/1999 North Shore Eye Center, Evanston, Illinois
Korenbrot, Juan I. Ph.D. 12/01/2005 - 11/30/2009 University of California, San Francisco
Krajczar, Norma F. M.A. 11/21/1979 - 10/31/1983 New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Newark, New Jersey
Laties, Alan M. M.D. 01/31/1979 - 10/31/1982 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
Legge, Gordon E. Ph.D. 12/05/1999 - 11/30/2003 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Leske, M. Cristina M.D., M.P.H. 02/16/1987 - 10/31/1990 State University of New York, Stony Brook
Liddicoat, Douglas A. M.D. 01/26/1984 - 10/31/1987 Watsonville, California
Lolley, Richard N.
(Ex-Officio)
M.D. 08/20/1979 - 10/10/1984 Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, California
Lurie, Erwin J.   02/11/1988 - 11/30/1991 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of America
Maumenee, A. Edward M.D. 02/17/1969 - 06/09/1970, 02/25/1975 - 10/31/1978 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Margolis, Todd P. M.D., Ph.D. 01/11/2005 - 11/30/2008 Proctor Foundation, San Francisco, California
Mazur, David O. M.D. 01/09/1994 - 11/30/1997 National Naval Research and Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
McGahan, Mary C. Ph.D. 05/01/2007 - 11/30/2010 North Carolina State University
Morgan, Meredith Ph.D. 02/07/1969 - 01/31/1971 University of California, Berkeley
Morrison, John C. M.D. 04/01/2010 - Oregon Health and Science University
Mountcatle, Vernon B. Jr. M.D. 01/21/1971 - 09/30/1974 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Nakayama, Ken Ph.D. 09/15/1995 - 11/30/1997 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nesburn, Anthony M.D. 02/05/1997 - 11/30/2000 Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, California
Newell, Frank B. M.D. 12/06/1971 - 09/30/1975 University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois
Norton, Edward W. D. M.D. 03/03/1978 - 10/31/1981 University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
O'Connor, G. Richard M.D. 11/12/1973 - 10/31/1977 Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco
Olivier, Mildred G. M.D. 12/30/2000 - 11/30/2004 Midwest Glaucoma Center, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Orr, Alberta   12/01/2009 - 11/30/2012 Dallas, Texas
Petrauskas, Raymond R. (Ex-Officio) M.D. 05/08/1974 - 09/20/1979 Andrews Air Force Base, USAF, Maryland
Petrillo, Kathleen J.D. 07/28/2012 - St. Louis, Missouri
Pierce, Eric M.D., Ph.D. 07/28/2012 - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Polse, Kenneth A. O.D. 01/21/1987 - 10/31/1990 University of California, Berkeley
Powell, C. Clayton. O.D. 12/04/1971 - 09/3/1975 Atlanta, Georgia
Rabb, Maurice F. M.D. 12/18/1990 - 11/30/1993 Chicago, Illinois
Reddy, Venkat N. Ph.D. 11/01/1982 - 02/27/1987 Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Reed, J. Brian M.D. 05/17/2002 - 02/28/2005 Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Rhee, Douglas M.D. 10/08/2015 - 01/11/2019 Case Western Reserve University Hospitals Eye Institute
Riggs Lorrin A. Ph.D. 02/02/1977 - 10/31/1980 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Ryan, Ralph W. M.D. 02/03/1979 - 10/31/1982 Morgantown, West Virginia
Ryan, Stephen J. M.D. 01/22/1982 - 10/31/1985 Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Salem, Richard J. J.D. 12/01/2001 - 11/30/2004 Tampa, Florida
Schepens, Charles L. M.D. 11/21/1973 - 10/31/1988 The Retina Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
Schultz, Richard O. M.D. 12/19/1984 - 10/31/1988 Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sharma, Krishna K. Ph.D. 04/01/2010 - University of Missouri-Columbia
Sheffield, Val C. M.D., Ph.D. 05/01/2007 - 11/30/2010 University of Iowa
Shipp, Melvin D. O.D., Ph.D. 01/10/1989 - 12/31/1992 University of Alabama, Birmingham
Shovlin, Joseph P. O.D. 01/25/1993 - 11/30/1996 Northeastern Eye Institute, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Smelser, George K Ph.D. 02/07/1969 - 01/31/1972 Columbia University, New York, New York
Smith, Earl L. O.D., Ph.D. 12/20/2004 - 11/30/2008 University of Houston, Texas
Smith, Lois E. H. M.D., Ph.D. 12/01/2002 - 11/30/2006 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Soni, P. Sarita O.D. 12/05/1999 - 11/30/2003 Indiana University, Bloomington
Sparks, David L. Ph.D. 01/10/1989 - 12/31/1992 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Sperling, Harry G. Ph.D. 10/28/1975 - 10/31/1979 University of Texas, Houston
Spivey, Bruce E. M.D. 12/01/1987 - 11/30/1991 Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Stein, Jules M.D., Ph.D. 02/07/1969 - 01/31/1971 Universal City, California
Steinberg, Roy H. M.D., Ph.D. 07/17/1995 - 07/26/1997 University of California, San Francisco
Stone, Richard A. M.D. 04/14/2008 - 11/30/2011 University of Pennsylvania
Straatsma, Bradley R. M.D. 12/10/1989 - 10/31/1989 , 11/02/1972 - 09/30/1976 Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
Streilein, J. Wayne M.D. 12/03/2000 - 11/30/2004 Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Sur, Mriganka Ph.D. 12/01/2003 - 11/30/2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sutphin, John E. M.D. 10/09/1991 - 01/10/1994 Naval Hospital, San Diego, California
Swan, Kenneth C. M.D. 02/07/1969 - 01/31/1971 University of Oregon Medical school, Portland, Oregon
Takemoto, Larry J. Ph.D. 01/31/1999 - 11/30/2002 University of Kansas, Lawrence , Kansas
Tredici, Thomas J. Col. (Ex-Officio ) M.D. 12/10/1979 - 04/01/1991 Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
Weeks, David F.   12/27/1985 - 10/31/1989 Research to Prevent Blindness
Weiss, Jayne M.D. 03/03/2013 - Louisiana State University, New Orleans
West, Sheila K. D.S.C., Ph.D. 04/01/2010 - Johns Hopkins University
Wiesel, Torsten N. M.D. 01/29/1981 - 10/31/1985 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Wiggs, Janey L. M.D., Ph.D. 12/01/2002 - 11/30/2006 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston
Worthen, David M. M.D. 10/11/1984 - 05/31/1987 Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Young, Tommie A. Ph.D. 02/25/1975 - 10/31/1978 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro North Carolina
Yuste, Rafael M.D., Ph.D. 03/03/2013 - Columbia University, New York City
Zadnik, Karla O.D., Ph.D. 12/03/2000 - 11/30/2004 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Zarbin, Marco A.
(Ex-Officio)
M.D., Ph.D. 12/01/1998 - current New Jersey VA Hospital, Newark
Zee, David S. M.D. 01/23/1996 - 11/30/1999 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Last updated: July 8, 2019