KIORA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Kiora Pharmaceuticals has appointed Roger A. Goldberg, MD, MBA, a vitreoretinal surgeon at Bay Area Retina Associates (BARA) to its Scientific Advisory Board. As an advisor, Dr. Goldberg will contribute scientific insights and valued clinical perspectives to aid Kiora's development of new therapeutics to address retinal diseases with high unmet needs. Dr. Goldberg has been an investigator in dozens of interventional retinal therapeutic clinical trials.
His research has been published extensively including first-author publications in The New England Journal of Medicine, Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, and American Journal of Ophthalmology (AJO). He serves as a reviewer for the AJO and Retina, and regularly serves as faculty at national and international meetings. Additionally, Dr. Goldberg co-founded and is currently on the board of directors of Emmecell.
Dr. Goldberg graduated from both college and medical school at Yale University. He completed his residency in Miami at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, one of the nation's premier eye hospital and residency-training programs. He completed a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery at Tufts University and Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston. Dr. Goldberg is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is an active member of the American Society of Retinal Specialists, the Retina Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr Goldberg joins the existing members of Kiora's Scientific Advisory Board, including the following key thought leaders: Dr Robert Casson, MD, PhD Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Head of the Ophthalmic Research Lab, University of Adelaide. Dr Allen Ho, MD Attending Vitreoretinal Surgeon and Director of Research at the Wills Eye Hospital, Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University and partner of Mid Atlantic Retina. Dr Christine Kay, MD, PhD Inherited Retinal Disease specialist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Vitreoretinal Associates in Gainesville, FL and Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida.
Dr Mark Pennesi, MD, PhD Inherited Retinal Disease specialist and Director of Ophthalmic Genetics at Retina Foundation of the Southwest. Dr Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington, and a past president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD Vitreoretinal Surgeon and Director of Research at the Retina Consultants of Texas, and Chairman of the Research and Clinical Trials Subcommittee at the Retina Consultants of America.
