Distinguished Lecture Series February 2026 — David Gamm, MD, PhD

Distinguished Lecture Series February 2026 — David Gamm, MD, PhD

Our 2026 Doheny Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) February lecture was delivered by David Gamm, MD, PhD, on Friday, February 27, 2026. Please refer to the lecture details below.

• Date: 2/27/26
• DLS Speaker: David Gamm, MD, PhD
  Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
  University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  
• Presentation Title: “Designing Stem Cell-Based Potency Assays to Advance Retinal Gene Therapies”
• Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
• Location: Doheny Eye Institute, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 150 North Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena, CA

Bio:
Dr. David M. Gamm’s work focuses on harnessing human pluripotent stem cell technologies to understand and treat retinal degenerative diseases. His lab creates “mini-retinas” or three-dimensional retinal tissues in vitro, containing functional photoreceptors, to model human retinal development and disease. In his more recent seminal work, he explores cell- and gene-based therapies to replace or preserve photoreceptors in conditions like retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and Choroideremia.