Michael A. Callahan, mD, President
Dr. Michael A. Callahan served as secretary of the International Retinal Research Foundation from its inception in 1997 until elected as its president in 2004 and again for 2009-10. He has continued a tradition of excellence in providing eye care to Birmingham, the State of Alabama, and the adjacent southeastern states...
Mr. Marx is President of Hugo Marx & Company, Inc., one of Alabama's oldest investment banking firms with over 100 years of continuous operations. Hugo Marx & Company has specialized in the area of public finance, focusing on such municipal improvements as roads, schools, jails, city halls, airports, convention centers, and...
Larry A. Donoso, MD, PhD, JD, SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
With over three decades of bench and clinical research experience, Dr. Larry Donoso adds an important component to the combined talents of the IRRF Board of Directors, acting as Scientific Director. Dr. Donoso holds degrees in Chemistry (B.S.), Experimental Biology (M.S.), Biochemistry/Biology (Ph.D.), Medicine (M.D.), and...
John S. Parker, MD, Vice President
John Steven Parker, M.D. serves as Treasurer of the International Retinal Research Foundation. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1955, Dr. Parker received a B.S. degree from Cornell University's College of Engineering in 1976, and was employed as an engineer while pursuing a medical degree...
For additional information or other inquiries, please write to:
The International Retinal Research Foundation, Inc.
1720 University Boulevard
Birmingham, Alabama 35233
Attn: Sandra Blackwood, MPA
Executive Director
Phone: 205-325-8103
Fax: 205-325-8394
Or by email: sblackwood@irrfonline.org
The 2010 Board of Directors for
The International Retinal Research Foundation:
Paul Sternberg, Jr., MD, George W. Hale Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has served on the Board of Directors of the International Retinal Research Foundation since 2005 and is currently the Research Director. In addition to the above,...

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