Our team

  • Executive Director: Laura Erker, Ph.D.
  • Medical Director: Brandon Lujan, M.D.
  • IT Manager: Edye Parker, M.A.
  • IT Specialist: William Stanford
  • Senior Project Manager: Maria Parker, M.D.
  • Phenotype analysis: Richard Weleber, M.D.
  • Visual Field Technical Director: Richard Weleber, M.D.
  • OCT Angiography Technical Director: Yali Jia, Ph.D.
  • Retinal imaging: Mark Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D.; Brandon Lujan, M.D.; Maria Parker, M.D.; Ambar Faridi, M.D.
  • Retinal electrophysiology: Richard Weleber, M.D.; Mark Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D; Paul Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Quality control assessments: Ellie Chegarnov, C.O.T.; Peter Steinkamp, M.S.; Melissa Krahmer, M.S.; Maria Parker, M.D.; Edeleidys Sanchez, M.D.; Audra Miller, M.D.; Alex Tomlinson, B.S.; Jon Marquett; Trhas Sebhatu
  • Clinical trial design: Richard Weleber, M.D.,  Mark Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D.; Brandon Lujan, M.D.
  • Endpoint development: Richard Weleber, M.D., Mark Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D.; Brandon Lujan, M.D., Maria Parker, M.D.
  • Site certification and Training: Albert Romo, Ellie Chegarnov, Susan Nolte, Laura Erker, Ph.D.
  • Project managers: Mitra Adeli, M.S.; Jennifer Simer, B.S.; James Carroll, B.S.; Albert Romo
Casey Reading Center team