Advisory Board

Executive Leadership

Professor Serge Resnikoff, PhD, MD

Chair, International Myopia Institute
Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales
Chair, Our Children’s Vision
President & Chair, Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité

Dr Nina Tahhan, PhD, MPH, GradCertOcTher, BOptom(hons)

Executive Director, International Myopia Institute
Director of Clinical Research, Brien Holden Vision Institute
Senior Conjoint Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales

TASKFORCES / IMI WHITE PAPERS

Defining and Classifying Myopia

Prof. Ian Flitcroft (Chair)

Taskforce members:

  • Prof. Kyoko Ohno-Matsui
  • Prof. Lawrence Yannuzzi
  • Prof. Jost Jonas
  • Prof. Jugnoo Rahi
  • Prof. Serge Resnikoff
  • Dr. Monica Jong
  • Prof. Mingguang He
  • Prof. Kovin Naidoo
  • Dr. Susan Vitale

Interventions for Myopia Onset and Progression

Prof. Christine Wildsoet ((Chair)

Taskforce members:

  • Dr. Klaus Trier
  • Prof. Seang Mei Saw
  • Prof. Padmaja Sankaridurg
  • Dr. Jeff Walline
  • Prof. Jez Guggenheim
  • Prof. Audrey Chia Wei Lin
  • Prof. Pei-Chang Wu
  • Dr. Scott Read
  • Dr. Pauline Cho
  • Dr. Jan Polling

Clinical Myopia Control Trials and Instrumentation Report

Prof. James Wolffsohn (Chair)

Taskforce members:

  • Dr. David Berntsen
  • Dr. Alexandra Benavente
  • Dr. Takohiro Hiraoka
  • Dr. Scott Read
  • Dr. David Atchison
  • Dr. Takashi Fujikado
  • Dr. Hetal Buckhurst
  • Dr. Pete Kolbaum
  • Dr. Arthur Bradley
  • Dr. Debbie Jones
  • Dr. Hidemasa Torii
  • Dr. Michael Collins
  • Dr. Nicola Logan
  • Dr. Linda Lundstrom
  • Masakazu Hirota

Industry Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Myopia Control

Prof. Lyndon Jones (Chair)

Taskforce members:

  • Dr. Fuen Vera-Diaz
  • Dr. Jacinto Santodomingo-Rubido
  • Dr. Timo Kratzer
  • Dr. Katrina Schmid
  • Prof. Jose Gonzales-Meijome
  • Dr. Stephanie Ramdass
  • Dr. Steve Newman
  • Prof. Jason Nichols
  • Dr. Bjorn Drobe
  • Dr. Lyle Gray
  • Prof. Donald Tan
  • Dr. Kah Ooi Tan
  • Dr. Arne Ohlendorf
  • Dr. Yee Ling Wong

Clinical Myopia Management Guidelines

Dr. Kate Gifford (Chair)

Taskforce Members:

  • Dr. Langis Michaud
  • Dr. Tom Aller
  • Dr. Pauline Kang
  • Dr. Kathryn Richdale
  • Prof. Carly Lam
  • Mr. Jeroen Mulder
  • Dr. Dirk Seidel
  • Dr. Kathryn Saunders
  • Dr. Maria Liu
  • Dr. Willem Tideman
  • Dr. Janis Orr
  • Prof. Kathy Rose

Experimental Models of Emmetropizationand Myopia

Prof. Earl Smith (Co-Chair)
Prof. David Troilo (Co-Chair)

Taskforce Members:

  • Prof. David Troilo
  • Prof. Siegfried Wahl
  • Dr. Lisa Ostrin
  • Dr. Kee Chea-su
  • Dr. Tim Gawne
  • Dr. Andrei Tkatchenko
  • Prof. Machelle Pardue
  • Dr. Regan Ashby
  • Dr. Debora Nickla
  • Dr. Jody Summers
  • Dr. Falk Schroedl

Myopia Genetics

Prof. Caroline Klaver (Chair)

Taskforce Members:

  • Dr. Virginie Verhoeven
  • Prof. Chris Hammond
  • Dr. Magda A. Meester-Smoor
  • Dr. Milly S. Tedja
  • Dr. Jaakko Kaprio
  • Dr. Annechien E.G. Haarman
  • Prof. David A. Mackey
  • Prof. Jeremy A. Guggenheim
  • CREAM Consortium

Harmonisation Committee

Prof. James Wolffsohn (Chair)

Taskforce Members:

  • Prof. Padmaja Sankaridurg
  • Prof. Serge Resnikoff
  • Prof. Earl L. Smith
  • Prof. Lyndon Jones
  • Prof. Kovin Naidoo
  • Dr. Kate Gifford
  • Dr. Monica Jong

Ambassadors

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The IMI Ambassador Program promotes IMI initiatives and membership across the globe, helping to make available the latest evidence based recommendations in myopia classifications, patient management, and research, in the form of the IMI White Papers.

The following clinicians are proud IMI Ambassadors, currently serving in their country or region.

Asia-Pacific, Oceania

Rasha Altaie

New Zealand

Jagrut Lallu

New Zealand

Xiangui (Hedy) He

China

Pavan Verkicharla

India

Huy Tran

Vietnam

Charlie L. Ho

Philippines
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Japan

Weizhong Lan

China

Pei-Chang Wu

Chinese Taipei

Minh Anh Tran

Vietnam

Middle East, Africa

Uğur Emrah Altiparmak

Turkey

Europe

Paolo Nucci

Italy

Rigmor Baraas

Norway

Mukharram Bikbov

Russia

Elena Tarutta

Russia

Elena Iomdina

Russia

Giancarlo Montani

Italy

Elena García Rubio

Spain

Nicola Logan

United Kingdom

Irina Smirnova

Russia

Klaus Trier

Denmark

Sotiris Plainis

Greece

Arnaud Sauer

France

Jost Jonas

Germany

North America

Maria Liu

USA

Dwight Akerman

USA

Stephanie Ramdass

Canada

Latin America

Silvia Moguel-Ancheita

Mexico

Francisco Pérez

Mexico

Josias Rodriguez

Dominican Republic

Angel Macedo Mariano

Peru
Rafael Iribarren

Rafael Iribarren

Argentina
Edson dos Santos-Neto

Edson dos Santos-Neto

Brazil

Maria Marta Galan

Argentina

Edgar Dávila-García

Puerto Rico

Patricia Ioschpe Gus

Brazil

Luisa Casas Luque

Colombia

Ariolfo G. Vazquez

Ecuador
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