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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

COL Mark Reynolds, M.D., M.P.H. (Chair)
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Vision Center of Excellence

Arthi Amin, Ph.D.
Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program

COL James Auvil, O.D., M.B.A., M.S., FAAO
Army Public Health Center

David Eliason, M.D.
DoD Vision Center of Excellence, Department of Veterans Affairs

Steven Fliesler, Ph.D.
University of Buffalo

Natalya Merezhinskaya, Ph.D.
DoD Vision Center of Excellence

Lt Col Marcus Neuffer, M.D.
U.S. Air Force Academy

Michael Pattison, O.D., M.S., FAAO
U.S. Army Public Health Center

CAPT Walter Steigleman, M.D.
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Michael Steinmetz, Ph.D.
National Eye Institute

COL Kenneth Wells, O.D., M.A., M.S., FAAO
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

Tom Zampieri, Ph.D., P.A.
Blinded Veterans Association

CDR James Zimmerman, M.D., M.C.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Ad Hoc Programmatic Reviewers



Last updated Monday, September 8, 2025