Elena Sturman is the President and CEO of The Glaucoma Foundation. Ms. Sturman immigrated to the United States from Kiev as a young woman. In 1996, after graduating from Brooklyn College, CUNY with a BA in Psychology, she joined the Jewish Theological Seminary as Assistant Director for Grassroots Development. In 2000, she was hired as the Director of Donor Relations
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Gregory K. Harmon, MD
Chairman of The Glaucoma Foundation since 1999, and a Board Member since 1993, Dr. Harmon is in private practice in Manhattan, specializing in glaucoma and cataract surgery. His voluntary faculty positions include Clinical Associate Professorof Ophthalmology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital and Associate Adjunct Surgeon at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. In addition,
Jillia E. Bird, OD, MS (Vision Sciences)
World Glaucoma Patient Association, President; Caribbean Optometrists Association, President; Antigua/Barbuda Glaucoma Support Group, President/ Milburn House, St. John's, Antigua
Balwantray C. Chauhan, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University
Philip P. Chen, MD
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical Center; Chief of Ophthalmology, UW Medical Eye Institute Seattle, Washington
Robert D. Fechtner, MD
Empire Innovation Scholar and Chair in the Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University Executive Vice President, World Glaucoma Association
Murray Fingeret, OD, FAAO
Dr. Murray Fingeret, a graduate of the New England College of Optometry, completed a residency at the Joseph C. Wilson Health Center in Rochester, New York. Dr. Fingeret is a Clinical Professor at the State University of New York, College of Optometry and a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. Dr. Fingeret is a member of the American Glaucoma
David Greenfield, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine
Jost Jonas, MD, FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Ruprecht-Karls University
Paul L. Kaufman, MD
Dr. Kaufman is the Ernst H. Bárány Professor of Ocular Pharmacology and Chair-Emeritus of the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a physician-scientist, specializing in glaucoma and studying the mechanisms of aqueous humor formation and drainage, the regulation of intraocular pressure, and the age-related