Guest speakers at the 2nd International Symposium on Retinal and Choroidal Angiogenesis – Montreal, October 20th, 2022
International Speakers
Napoleone FERRARA, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor Ophthalmology of Pathology
Senior Deputy Director for Basic Sciences, UCSD Moores Cancer Center
Ben and Wanda Hildyard Chair Chair for Disease of the Eye
School of Medicine, University of California San Diego (UCSD)
La Jolla, California, USA
Title: The Key Role of VEGF in Ocular Angiogenesis
Francine BEHAR-COHEN, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology Professor at the University Paris Cité
Retina Specialist at the Cochin Hospital, Paris – Public Assistance for Paris Hospitals
Director of the research team Physiopathology of Ocular Diseases: Therapeutic Innovations, Inserm UMR1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Eyevensys, SAS, FRANCE
Co-Founder of EarlySight, SWITZERLAND
Title: Mineralocorticoid pathway activation in retinal pathology
Holger GERHADT, PhD
Professor for Experimental Cardiovascular Research at Charité
Professor at the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)
Spokesperson at the MDC Integrative Biomedicine
Head of Integrative Vascular Biology
Max-Delbrück-Centrum (MDC) for Molecular Medicine
Berlin, GERMANY
Title: Shaping the vascular tree – principles and regulation of endothelial behaviour
Maria GRANT, MD, FARVO
Professor
Eivor and Alston Callahan Endowed Chair
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Title: Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells mobilize from distinct bone marrow compartments in response to retinal injury
Marie Elizabeth HARTNETT, MD, FACS, FARVO
Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Calvin S. and JeNeal N. Hatch Presidential Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director of Pediatric Retina at Moran Eye Center
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and of Neurobiology
John A. Moran Eye Center – University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Title: Targeting pathologic signaling to restore homeostasis in age-related macular degeneration
Lois E. H. SMITH, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachussetts, USA
Title: Translational Studies in phase I ROP
Local Speakers
Christos BOUTOPOULOS, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
Researcher, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Title: Laser-assisted technologies enable precise subretinal drug delivery and spatially guided endothelial tubulogenesis
Gerardo FERBEYRE, MD, PhD
Tenured Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
CIBC Research Chair on Breast Cancer Causes, University of Montreal
Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Title: Cellular senescence, aging and the nucleolus
Ruben Marin JUEZ, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Cellular Biology, Faculty of medicine, University of Montreal
Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Title: Coronary Angiocrines to Stimulate Heart Regeneration
William D. LUBELL, PhD
Tenured Professor
Faculty of Arts and Sciences – Department of chemistry
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Title: Allosteric Modulators of Inflammatory Pathways As Treatments of Retinal and Choroidal Vascular Degeneration
Malika OUBAHA, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Senescence and Vascular Development
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)
Center of Excellence in Orphan Disease Research
Courtois Foundation (CERMO-FC)
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Title: Cellular Senescence and Endothelial Cell Function in Retinopathy
Ajitha THANABALASURIAR, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Title: Visualizing Neutrophil Dynamics on the Eye