GENE THERAPY TREATS CONGENITAL LEBER’S AMAUROSIS
Interview: ALBERT M. MAGUIRE,MD
ALBERT MAGUIRE,MD is a Clinical Associate of the Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Retina Service of the Division of Ophthalmology.
ELEANOR E. FAYE, MD, FACS, has served as Medical Director of Lighthouse International since 1956. She also served as Director of Lighthouse Low Vision Services from 1965 to 1992. Dr. Faye has been Internationally-recognized as an outstanding pioneer, doctor, and researcher in low vision. She is the author of the text, Clinical Low Vision. She has received numerous awards for distinguished service, from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Optometric Association, the State University of New York, and many other organizations.
Scheffer C.G. Tseng, M.D., Ph.D., is the Director of Research and Development at Tissue Tech, Inc.; he is also Medical Director and Consultant for Bio-Tissue, Inc., and the Director of Ocular Surface Research and Education Foundation. He has been credited as the inventor of Corneal Stem Cell Transplantation. Loss of clarity to the cornea is one of the most common causes of blindness around the world.
Dong Feng Chen, Ph.D., M.D. is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and is the lead investigator in the optic nerve regeneration study at the Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston MA.
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