Philadelphia Retina Endowment Fund

Larry A. Donoso, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
Dr. Larry Donoso holds degrees in Chemistry (B.S.), Experimental Biology (M.S.), Biochemistry/Biology (Ph.D.), Medicine (M.D.), Law (J.D.), and business (M.B.A.). He completed an Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky in 1978; a Research Fellowship in Ocular Oncology in 1979 at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia; and a Retina Fellowship in 1980 at the Vitreo-Retinal Research Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee. Previously Dr. Donoso was named the Thomas D. Duane, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital and Jefferson Medical College.

In 1997, Dr. Donoso was honored by the Queens Medical Center at the University of Nottingham, one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious academic medical centers, with the establishment of the Larry A. Donoso Laboratory for Eye Research. He is the first American to be honored in such a way by the Queens Medical Center. This recognition of his long collaboration in the creation of the new laboratory and his efforts to advance eye treatment for patients around the world was cited in the First Session of the U.S. Congress in 1997, and remains a permanent part of the Congressional Record. Dr Donoso was recently named as an honorary member of the Finnish Eye Research Association.

Jay L. Federman, MD
Jay Federman, M.D. is an ophthalmologist subspecializing in the medical and surgical management of vitreo-retinal diseases with special interest in the management of macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. His research efforts are in the development of minimally invasive vitreo-retinal surgical techniques and instrumentation, and remote disease management via telehealth .

In 1970, Dr. Federman and co-workers developed the Suction Infusion Tissue Extractor (SITE instrument) vitrectomy machine, now used worldwide for ophthalmic microsurgery. He has been instrumental in the development of various laser technologies used in ophthalmology and other surgical specialties. He has received senior honor awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and several NIH grants. He has been responsible for the development of three companies in the medical industry (SITE, SLT and Escalon) and the largest private ophthalmologic eye care practice (Ophthalmic Partners of Pennsylvania) in the Delaware Valley tri-state region. He is well published.

Dr. Federman was Director of the Research Department of Wills Eye Hospital from 1987 to 1995 and Co-Director of the Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital from 1991 to 1999. He is a Director of the Vitreo-Retinal Research Foundation of Philadelphia. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, American Ophthalmological Society, Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Club Jules Gonin, Macula Society, and the Retina and Vitreous Societies. He has been listed as one of the Top Retina Doctors in the Philadelphia Magazine since the inception of the survey as well as in Best Doc’s in America.

Dean Nakamura
Dean H. Nakamura is a member of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd's Intellectual Property group resident in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He concentrates his patent practice in the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotech and nanotech arts.

Before practicing law, he served as the director of a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, was a scientist with an agricultural biotech company and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. He has lectured on emerging company, biotechnology and nanotechnology topics at Cornell University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Johns Hopkins University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Howard University Graduate School; and various trade organizations.

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