Dr. Neil Bressler has been a member of the Wilmer Eye Institute''s faculty since 1988 and is currently chief of the Retina Division and the inaugural James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Bressler's main research interests have been collaborative efforts in clinical trials of common retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, having chaired several NIH-sponsored and industry-sponsored multicenter randomized clinical trials and authored almost 300 peer-reviewed publications. He currently chairs the NIH-sponsored Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network as Principal Investigator of the Networks Operations Center, responsible for guidelines, policies, protocol development as well as implementation, and to facilitate Network operations in a way that maintains academic integrity and optimal clinical trial performance. He also chairs the National Eye Institutes Data and Safety Monitoring Committee for intramural clinical trials, and has chaired the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel.