A Conversation with José-Alain Sahel, MD on Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Lawton Snyder, CEO of the Eye & Ear Foundation, speaks with José-Alain Sahel, MD, Distinguished Professor and the Eye & Ear Foundation Endowed Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as well as an Exceptional Class Professor of Ophthalmology at the Sorbonne Université in Paris. He is the Director of the UPMC Eye Center, UPMC. Dr. Sahel founded and still leads the Institut de la Vision in Paris and is a pioneer in the field of vision restoration therapies. He authored over 40 patents and 600 peer-reviewed publications. He co-founded several start-up companies. Visit https://eyeandear.org to learn more about the research initiatives at the University of Pittsburgh and to support the Department of Ophthalmology.