Stephen J. Ryan, MD is President of the Doheny Eye Institute and Grace and Emery Beardsley Chair of Ophthalmology. He has also served Dean of the Keck School of Medicine and Senior Vice President for Medical Care of the University of Southern California. An internationally recognized expert in the field of retinal diseases and ocular trauma, he has authored over 250 scientific publications and has delivered over 20 named or memorial lectures. He is author of the text Retina, 5th Edition.

Dr. Ryan is a member of numerous ophthalmologic organizations and has served in leadership roles in several. He has also served as a Member of the NIH National Advisory Eye Council and as a Member of the Visual Sciences “A” Study Section in the Division of Research Grants at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Ryan’s numerous awards include the Louis B. Mayer Scholar Award from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Senior Honor Award, and the Fight for Sight/Mildred Weisenfeld Lifetime Research Achievement Award.