National Eye Institute

Board of Scientific Counselors
Permanent Members

Board Members

Richard Lewis, M.D., M.S.
Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Medicine,
Pediatrics, and Molecular and Human Genetics
Faculty Associate, Huffington Center on Aging
Cullen Eye Institute NC-206
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, Texas 77030

David Epstein, M.D.
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Clinical Professor & Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Duke University Medical Center
Erwin Rd Box 3802
Durham, NC 27710-3802

Dusanka Deretic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology &
Cell Biology & Physiology
Division of Ophthalmology
Department of Surgery
Basic Medical Sciences Building, Rm 377
915 Camino de Salud, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131

Janis Lem, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Program in Genetics,
Director, Transgenic Core Facility
Ophthalmology & Cardiology
Tufts-New England Medical Center
750 Washington Street, Box 5045
Boston, MA 02111

Jim Rosenbaum, M.D.
Edward E. Rosenbaum Professor of Inflammatory Diseases
Chair, Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases
Vice-Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology, Medicine and Cell Biology
Head, Uveitis Clinic
Director, Inflammation Research
Oregon Health Sciences University
Casey Eye Institute
3375 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97239

Rohit Varma, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Ophthalmology and Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California
Doheny Eye Institute
1450 San Pablo Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089