2023 Speakers
2023 Speakers
Robert L. Avery, MD
California Retina Consultants
Laurent Attias
Executive Committee, SVP, Corporate Development Strategy, BD&L and M&A, Alcon
Caroline Baumal, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Kevin Cady
President & CEO, OnPoint Vision Inc.
Chris Calcaterra
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Operations, Glaukos Corporation
Tara Capalbo
General Manager, Glaucoma, Allergan, an AbbVie Company
Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane
Marie Csete MD, PhD
CEO, OkuloVision
Robert J. Dempsey
Chief Executive Officer, President, AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc
Lloyd Diamond
Chief Executive Officer, PIXIUM VISION
Andrew Douglas
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Megan Driscoll
CEO & Founder, EvolveMKD
Daniel Durrie, MD
Chairman, iOR Partners, Founder, Durrie Vision
David Esposito
CEO, ONL Therapeutics
Warren Foust
Chief Operating Officer, STAAR Surgical
Sanjeev Ganatra
Chief Commercial Officer, iuvo Biosciences
Michael Garanzini
Senior Director, Marketing, Sun Ophthalmics
Andrew Gitkin
Vice Chairman, Healthcare Investment Banking, Raymond James
Yehia Hashad, MD
Executive Vice President, R&D and Chief Medical Officer, Bausch + Lomb
Mike Hill
Managing Director, Octane Capital Markets
Allie Holmes
Senior Director of Marketing, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Surgical Vision
John Hovanesian, MD, FACS
Private Practice, Harvard Eye Associates, Laguna Hills, CA Clinical Faculty, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Kristen Ingenito, MBA
Vice President, Market Scope, LLC
Mark Kontos, MD
Empire Eye Physicians
Greg Kunst
Chief Executive Officer, Aurion Biotech
Baruch Kupperman, MD, Ph.D.
Steinert Endowed Professor, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine
Mark Leahey
President & CEO, MDMA
David LeCause
Vice President – US Eye Care & Marketing, Allergan, an AbbVie Company
Richard Lindstrom, MD
Minnesota Eye Consultants
Norbert Lowe
Vice President, Head of Commercial, Eyenovia
Jim Mazzo
Executive Chairman, Neurotech
Co-Founder, Octane
Selina McGee, OD, FAAO
BeSpoke Vision
Cindy Metrose
Senior Director, Strategic Accounts and Digital Business, Zeiss
Yari Mitchell
Tom Mitro
Previous President, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Aziz Mottiwala
Chief Commercial Officer, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Jeffrey Nau, PhD.
President, Viatris Eye Care Division
Marc Odrich, MD
Chief Medical Officer, LENZ Therapeutics
Max Ostermeier
Founder & CEO, Implandata Ophthalmic Products
Jai G Parekh, MD, MBA
EVP/Chief Innovation Officer, EyeCheq
Founder, EyeCare Consultants of NJ
Leslie Patch, MD
Medical Director, Johnson & Johnson Vision
John Pollack, MD
Chief Medical Officer, jCyte, Inc.
Timothy Pratt, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Global Head Medical Device & Diagnostics Research, ICON
Sheri Rowen, MD, FACS
NVision Eye Centers
Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS
CEO & Founder, Visionary Eye Institute
Luis Diaz Santana
Vice President Ophthalmology, Cambridge Consultants
Brent Saunders
Chairman and CEO, Bausch & Lomb
Omar Shakir, MD, MBA,
Coastal Eye Surgeons
Aimee Shimamoto
Director of Marketing, Americas, BVI
Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH
Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Glaucoma Service, Stanford University
Richard Small
CEO, Neurotech
Paul Smith
President & COO, Orasis Pharmaceuticals
Stephen Smith, MD
Founder & CEO, iRenix Medical, Inc.
Andrew Stewart
President, Ophthalmic Pharmaceuticals, Bausch + Lomb
Mike Sweeting
Founder & President, Viewpoint Therapeutics
Adam Szaronos
President & CEO, Trukera Medical
Ramin Valian
Vice President-US Eye Care
Luis G. Vargas, MD
Head Clinical Science, Johnson & Johnson Vision
John VeLure
CEO, I-Lumen
Marty Waters
Partner, Wilson Sonsini
Jeffry Weinhuff
Founder & Managing Partner, Visionary Venture Fund
James Williams
President & CEO, iOR Partners
Patrick Williams
Chief Financial Officer, STAAR Surgical
Elizabeth Yeu, MD
Partner, Virginia Eye Consultants
Dagny Zhu, MD
Medical Director and Partner, NVISION Eye Centers
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June 2023
Ophthalmology Tech Forum 2023
Join industry physicians and top ophthalmologists who are defining the future of the field at Octane’s Ophthalmology Technology Forum (OTF). The event is held annually in Orange County, the center for Ophthalmology in the US. We will be hosting Ophthalmology Tech Forum 2023 as a hybrid experience, which will allow our guests to attend in person or online. Learn more Register here
Find out more »July 2023
Women Leaders of Octane – July 2023 Quarterly Meeting
Register Here >> Please join Women Leaders of Octane for our virtual quarterly meeting, Wednesday, July 19th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm PST, featuring Thought Leader: Cynthia West, Ph.D. In addition to our thought leader, our committee chairs will share progress reports. Our Committees and Committee Chairs: Creating Women-led Businesses & LaunchPad Committee – Marinela Gombosev, SPARK Neuro Funding Committee – Delilah Panio, Toronto Stock Exchange Women on Boards Committee – Joyce Averna, JP Morgan Private Bank Resources & Communications – Nanneke Dinklo Plus, after…
Find out more »September 2023
Cardiovascular Tech Summit 2023
Octane’s Cardiovascular Tech Summit 2023 will synergize innovative solutions in cardiology with physicians, industry strategics, and investors convening together to advance patient care. The Summit will explore the unmet needs in cardiology, highlight current buying trends of strategics and investors, review current funding models of cardiology innovation, present innovation trends, and showcase top emerging cardiology companies to our ecosystem of strategics and investors.
Find out more »High Tech Awards 2023
The much-anticipated High Tech Awards celebrate the top innovators, entrepreneurs, and technology leaders in Orange County. Join us for the 2023 High Tech Awards to celebrate and recognize those individuals and companies who make Orange County a center of technology and medical technology innovation.
Find out more »October 2023
Octane’s Medical Innovation Forum 2023
Octane will host our Medical Innovation Forum 2023 as an in-person experience. Join us in collaborating with industry experts, strategics, physicians, entrepreneurs, and investors who have made significant strides toward an accelerated future in the medical industry. The Forum will highlight the wide-ranging impact of the most recent medical innovations and how the industry will adapt to enhance patient care.
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