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Renowned researcher José-Alain Sahel to lead UPMC’s ophthalmology department
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has tapped retinal disease expert and founder of the Vision Institute in Paris José-Alain Sahel, MD, to chair its department of ophthalmology, the university announced.
Sahel will also become the director of the UPMC Eye Center and the Eye and Ear Foundation Chair of Ophthalmology as he joins UPMC’s faculty, according to a press release from UPMC.
José-Alain Sahel
The co-inventor named on more than 40 patents and co-founder of GenSight Biologics and Pixium Vision, Sahel is known for his “expertise in vision restoration techniques” and “brings a neuroscience perspective to ophthalmology research,” according to the release.
“Dr. Sahel is a gifted physician-scientist with a heartfelt dedication to his patients and a broad intellectual reach,” Arthur S. Levine, MD, University of Pittsburgh’s senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen dean of medicine, said in the release. “His work will soon have great impact on the ophthalmology department, on bench-to-bedside treatments for patients and also on Pitt as a whole.”
Sahel will continue his work with the Vision Institute through a partnership with the institute, the Sorbonne University of Paris, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC.
As director of the UPMC Eye Center, he will also see patients, particularly those with complex disease, as well as help colleagues diagnose and treat eye disorders.
“I am very impressed with the strong support and energy at UPMC and Pitt, and share their objectives of developing creative new treatments and diagnostic tools to better serve patients,” Sahel said in the release.