Miami Eye Team

The cross-campus Miami Eye Team is the umbrella component for research at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. It draws together all eye and vision researchers at the University of Miami and other local institutions to share in research activities, collaborative expertise, core resources, and educational programs. The Miami Eye Team is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through a core center grant (P30 EY14801) from the National Eye Institute (NEI).
The Miami Eye Team includes all faculty members with primary appointments in the Department of Ophthalmology. The following investigators come from other departments or organizations outside the University of Miami:

• Fotios M. Andreopoulos, PhD
  Associate Professor of Surgery
• Janet C. Blanks, PhD
  Adjunct Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy; Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
• Kermit L. Carraway, PhD
  Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy
• Sharon J. Elliot, PhD
  Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
• Jack W. Fell, PhD
  Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
• David J. Lee, PhD
  Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health
• Vance P. Lemmon PhD
  Professor of Neurological Surgery
• Peter J. Milne, PhD
  Professor, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
• Carlos T. Moraes, PhD
  Professor of Neurology
• Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, PhD
  Professor of Human Genomics; Director, John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
• Vladlen Z. Slepak, PhD
  Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
• Scheffer C. G. Tseng, MD, PhD
  Research & Medical Director, Tissue Tech, Inc.