To advise the PBA board of directors and staff on matters relating to pediatric eye disease, including:

• How PBA should undertake the fight against vision loss from pediatric eye disease
  
• Expanding the existing base of knowledge about services for patients
  
• Guiding PBA’s efforts to increase public and professional awareness of pediatric eye disease and the potentially beneficial outcome of early medical treatment
  
• Guiding PBA’s efforts to inform the public about emerging research on pediatric eye disease

Members

Joseph M. Miller, M.D., Chair
Professor and Head
Ophthalmology and Vision Science
The University of Arizona

Sandra S. Block, O.D., M.Ed.
Professor of Optometry
Illinois College of Optometry

Susan A. Cotter, O.D., M.S.
Professor of Optometry
Southern California College of Optometry

M. Susan Jay, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin

Alex R. Kemper, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University
Duke Clinical Research Institute

Renée Mika, O.D.
Associate Professor of Optometry
Michigan College of Optometry
Ferris State University

Graham E. Quinn, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Pediatric Ophthalmologist
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Michael X. Repka, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Ex-officio Members

PBA Scientific Committee Chair
James M. Tielsch, PhD
Department of International Health
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene

PBA Board Chair
John D. O’Neill, Jr., Esq.
Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams

Staff

Mary Bregantini
Director of Screening Initiatives
Prevent Blindness America

Jeff Todd
Senior Vice President
Prevent Blindness America

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