Faculty Profiles

Arnoldi-Jolley, Kyle

CO

Clinical Assistant Professor, Program Director, Ross Eye Institute Orthoptic Fellowship

Specialty/Research Focus: Pediatric Ophthalmology
DeAngelis, Margaret

M.S., Ph.D

Endowed Chair Professor Department of Ophthalmology

Farkas, Michael

PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Gene Expression; Gene Therapy; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; RNA; Stem Cells; Vision science
Fliesler, Steven

PhD

SUNY Distinguished Professor; Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor, Vice-Chair and Director of Research

Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Transgenic organisms; Vision science
Lillvis, John

MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Gene Expression; Gene Sequencing; Genome-wide Screening; Genomics and proteomics; Vision science; Ophthalmology; Pediatric Ophthalmology
Madow, Brian

M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Director Retina Service, Department of ophthalmology, Retina specialist, Vitreoretinal surgeon, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

Specialty/Research Focus: Retina
Mu, Xiuqian

MD, PhD

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Developmental Biology; Epigenetics; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Models - cell and animal; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Transcription Factors; Transcriptomics; Vision science
Patel, Sangita

MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Cornea & External Eye Disease; Vision science; Ophthalmology
Ramachandra Rao, Sriganesh

MS, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Biomedical Imaging; Cell Metabolism; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Developmental Biology; Inflammation; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Lipid Homeostasis; Lysosomal Storage Diseases; Models - cell and animal; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Pathophysiology; Protein Function and Structure; Retina – retinal disease and therapy; Team Science; Transgenic organisms; Translational Research; Vision science; Genetics; Retinopathy
Reynolds, Andrew

MD

Clinical Associate Professor/Residency Program Director

Specialty/Research Focus: Ophthalmology; Pediatric Ophthalmology
Reynolds, James

MD

Jerald and Ester Bovino Professor & Chairman

Specialty/Research Focus: Vision science; Ophthalmology; Pathophysiology; Pediatric Ophthalmology; Retina
Sieminski, Sandra

MD

Clinical Associate Professor. Director, Glaucoma Services, Clinical Vice Chair

Specialty/Research Focus: Clinical Research; Ophthalmology
Sullivan, John

M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Biophysical Modeling; Computational Drug Discovery; Drug Design; Drug Development; Drug Discovery; Electrophysiology; Gene Expression; Gene Therapy; Imaging In Vivo; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Membrane Biophysics; Metalloenzymes; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; Multimodal Imaging Technology; Nanoparticles; Protein Folding; Retina – retinal disease and therapy; RNA; Transcription and Translation; Vision science; Gene Delivery; Gene Therapy; Molecular diagnostics; Neurodegenerative disorders; Ophthalmology; Pathophysiology; Pediatric Ophthalmology; Retina
Zhang, Sarah

M.D.

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Gene Expression; Gene Therapy; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Protein Folding; Signal Transduction; Vision science; Ophthalmology; Retina

Collaborating Faculty

Blader, Ira

PhD

Professor HS

Specialty/Research Focus: Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Immunology; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Signal Transduction; Vision science
Parker, Mark

PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; Transgenic organisms; Vision science

Volunteer Faculty

Anderson, Daniel, MD
Dave, Avani, OD
Everett, Sandra, MD
Gonzalez-Fernandez, Federico, MD
Gutsin, Benjamin
Ihrig, Carolyn
Mattern, Ruth, MD
May, Chelsea
McGraw, Allison, OD
Owen, Leah, MD
Rux, James
Singh, Mankiran, OD
Stenz, Juliette, MD
Temple, Sally
Thoman, Marie-Eve
Udin, Susan, PHD
Vilardo, Michael, MD