Region to Region
AMD Alliance International
1929 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8
E-Mail: info@amdalliance.org
Tel: +1-416-486-2500 extension 7505
Fax: +1-416-486-8574
Toll-Free Hotline:
1-877-AMD-7171 (U.S./Canada)
THE AMERICAS
Argentina
Fundación Oftalmológica Hugo Nano
Dr. Hugo Nano
Director
Sarmiento 1431B
1663GFG-San Miguel, Buenos Aires
Argentina
E-Mail: alesakuda@clinano.com.ar
Tel: +54-4-451 4500
Fax: +54-4-451 4000
Brazil
Retina Brasil
Mrs. Maria Julia Araújo, President
Rua Copacabana,
415 ap92 - São Paulo - SP - Brasil 0261-000
Tel : +55-6976-7648
E-Mail: juliana@pobox.com
Juliana M. Ferraz Sallum, President Scientific Board
Av Indiano_polis, 1797 São Paulo - SP - Brasil 04063-003
Fax/Tel: +55-5585-1136
Canada
Canadian Association of Optometrists
Dr. Tony Cullen
c/o Mr. Glenn Campbell
Executive Director
234 Argyle Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1B9
E-Mail: Gcampbell@opto.ca
E-Mail: acullen@uwaterloo.ca
Tel: +1-888-263 4676 x 212
Fax: +1-613-235 2025
Website: www.opto.ca
CNIB
Board Member
Dr. Keith Gordon
1929 Bayview Ave.
Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8
E-Mail: keith.gordon@cnib.ca
Tel: +1-416-486-2500
Fax: +1-416-480-7677
Website: www.cnib.ca
Canadian Ophthalmological Society
Mr. Hubert Drouin
Executive Director
610-1525 Carling Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8R9
E-Mail: hdrouin@eyesite.ca
Tel: +1-613-729 6779
Website: www.eyesite.ca
The Foundation Fighting Blindness-Canada
Tamara Petrou
Director of Communications
890 Yonge Street, 12th floor
Toronto, ON, M4W 3P4
E-Mail: tpetrou@ffb.ca
Tel: 1-800-461-3331, 416-360-4200
Fax: 416-360-0060
Website: www.ffb.ca, www.rideforsight.com, www.comicvision.ca
International Federation on Ageing
Board Member Executive Committee, Vice Chair
Dr. Jane Barratt
Secretary General
4398 Boul. St-Laurent,
Montreal, QC H2W 1Z5
E-Mail: jbarratt@ifa-fiv.org
Tel: +1-514-396 3358
Fax: +1-514-396 3378
Website: www.ifa-fiv.org
National Coalition on Vision Health
Dr. Calvin Breslin, Chair
E-Mail: breslin@allstream.net
c/o Mrs. Charlene Muller - Executive Director
1929 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8
E-Mail: charlene.muller@sw.ca
Tel: +1-416-480 50 91
United States
Alliance for Aging Research
Debbie Zeldow, Sr. Director,
Strategies & Programs
2021 K Street N.W., Ste. 305
Washington, DC 20006
E-Mail: dzeldow@agingresearch.org or info@agingresearch.org
Tel: +1-202-293-2856
Fax: +1-202-785-8574
Website: www.agingresearch.org
American Optometric Association
Deicke Centre for Visual Rehabilitation
Board Member and Regional Council Representative to Americas
Dr. Tracy Williams
219 East Cole Avenue
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
E-Mail: rtw@deicke.org
Tel: +1-630-690-7115
Fax: +1-630-690-9037
Website: www.deicke.org
American Optometric Association-Low Vision Rehabilitation Section
Ms Stephanie Brown, Manager
243 North Lindbergh Blvd
Saint Louis, MO 63141
E-Mail: sdbrown@aoa.org
Tel: 1-800-365-2219 Ext. 4225
Fax: +1-314-991-4101
Website: www.aoa.org
American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses
Ms. Lisa Brown
P.O. Box 193030
San Francisco, California 94119
E-Mail: asorn@aao.org
Tel: +1-415-561-8513
Fax: +1-415-561-8531
Website: www.webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu.asorn
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.
Board Member and Regional Council Representative to Americas
Treasurer
Allie Laban-Baker,
Senior Director Communications and Marketing
11435 Cronhill Drive
Owings Mills, MD 21117-2220
E-Mail: alaban-baker@blindness.org
Tel: +1-410-568-0150
Fax: +1-410-363-3159
Website: www.FightBlindness.org
International Association for Audio Information Services
Mr. Ben Martin
Executive Director
c/o WVTF Public Radio
4235 Electric Rd. Suite 105
Roanoke, Virginia 24014
E-Mail: benm@vt.edu
Tel: +1-540-989-8900
Fax: (540) 776-2727
Website: www.iaaia.org
Lighthouse International
Board Member, Executive Committee
Dr. Bruce Rosenthal
Chief, Low Vision Programs
111 East 59th Street
New York, New York 10022
E-Mail: brosenthal@lighthouse.org
Tel: +1-212-821-9627
Fax: +1-212-821-9710
Website: www.lighthouse.org
The Association for Macular Diseases
210 East 64th Street
New York, New York 10021
E-mail: association@retinal-research.org
Tel: +1-212-605-3777, +1-212-605-3719
Fax: +1-212-605-3795
Website: www.macula.org
Mr. Nikolai Stevenson
Home address for emergency use:
4 Azalea Court
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Home: +1-609-919-0353
Fax: +1-609-919-9265
Lions Clubs International
Ms. Marilee Kadar, Manager
Health & Children’s Services Department
E-Mail: Marilee.Kadar@lionsclubs.org
Ms. Debbie O'Malley
Co-Ordinator Program Development Department
E-Mail: Debbie.O'Malley@lionsclubs.org
300 W. 22nd Street
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Tel: +1-630-571-5466
Fax: +1-630 571-1692
Website: www.lionsclubs.org
Macular Degeneration Partnership
Ms. Judith Delgado
Executive Director
8733 Beverly Blvd. Suite 201
Los Angeles, California 90048
E-Mail: jdelgado@discoveryeye.org
Tel: 1-888-430-9898
Fax: +1-310-623-1837
Website: www.amd.org
Macular Degeneration Support (MD Support)
Dan Roberts
3600 Blue Ridge, Grandview MO 64030
E-mail: director@mdsupport.org
Tel: +1-816-761-7080
Fax: +1-816-761-7080
Website: www.mdsupport.org
Prevent Blindness America
Board Member, Executive Committee
Mr. Daniel Garrett
211 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
E-Mail: dgarrett@preventblindness.org
Tel: +1-312-363-6032 - direct
Fax: +1-847-843-8458
Website: www.preventblindness.org
The Hadley School for the Blind
Charles Young
President
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, Illinois 60093
E-Mail: chuck@hadley.edu
E-Mail: cheryl@hadley.edu (send to Cheryl as well.)
Tel: 1-847-784-2760
Fax: 1-847-446-0855
Website: www.hadley.edu
The Seniors Coalition
Board Member, Executive Committee
Mr. David Herman, Chair
330 Sassafras Road
Rosewell, Georgia 30076
E-Mail: timewheel8@aol.com
Tom Moore, COO
E-Mail: tbmoore@senior.org
Tel: +1-770-329-6262 (cell)
Tel: +1-770-643-9748
Website: www.senior.org
Eye Care America
Ms Betty Lucas, Director
P.O. Box 429098
San Francisco, CA 94142-9098
E-Mail: pubserv@aao.org
Tel: +1-877 887 6327
Fax: +1-415 561 8567
Website: www.eyecareamerica.org
Asia & South Pacific
Australia
Macular Degeneration Foundation
Board Member and Regional Council Representative for Asia Pacific
Corporate Secretary
Julie Heraghty, CEO
Suite 302, Level 3, 447 Kent St
Sydney NSW
Australia 2000
Primary Contact: PR and Marketing Officer
E-Mail: info@mdfoundation.com.au
Julie Heraghty: ceo@mdfoundation.com.au
Tel: +61-9-261 8900
Fax: +61-9-261 8912
Website: www.mdfoundation.com.au
Retina Australia
Mail to be sent in care of
Mrs. Betty Ghent, RA Secretary
28 Station Street
Thornleigh, Australia NSW2120
Administration E-Mail: admin@retinaAustralia.com.au
Tel: +61 8-9493 1858
Fax: +61-7-3229 0482
Website: www.retinaaustralia.com.au
Vision Australia Foundation
Board Member
Trish Egan
General Manager, Marketing
4 Mitchell Street
Australia
E-Mail: trish.egan@visionaustralia.org
Tel: +61-2-9334 3310
Fax: +61-2-9334 3345
Website: www.visionaustralia.org.au
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Mrs. Grace Chan
Chief Executive
248 Nam Cheong Street
Shamshuipo, Kowloon, Hong Kong
E-Mail: ce@hksb.org.hk
Tel: +852-2778 8332 Ext. 301
Fax: +852-2778 0040
Website: www.hksb.org.hk
Retina Hong Kong
Mr. Kin P. Tsang
Board Member and Regional Council Representative for Asia Pacific
No.101, Lai Huen House
Lai Kok Estate
Kowloon, Hong Kong
E-Mail: kptsang@retina.org.hk
Tel: +852-27-089363
Fax: +852-27-088915
Website: www.retina.org.hk
India
LV Prasad Eye Institute
Sarfaraz A. Khan, MD,
Director Vision Rehabililtation Centres
LV Prasad Marg, Road #2
Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034 India
E-Mail: sarfarazkhan.sak@gmail.com
Tel: 91-40-23542790 / 30612345 / 30612820
Fax: 91-40-23548271
Website: www.lvpei.org
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness - India
Dr. S. K. Nair
Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India
110 029
E-Mail: sightforall@nspb.in
Tel: +91-26-588-812
Fax: +91-25-162-7930
New Zealand
Retina New Zealand Inc.
PO Box 2232,
Raumati Beach Paraparaumu 5255,
New Zealand
E-Mail: retina@retina.org.nz
Elizabeth East, Membership Secretary: secretary@retina.org.nz
Tel: +644 299 1801 or 0800-233-833
Website: www.retina.org.nz
The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
Ms. Chris Inglis Divisional Manager Blindness Awareness and Prevention
P.O. Box 99941
Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand
E-Mail: cinglis@rnzfb.org.nz
Tel: +649-355-6592
Mobile: +64-274-755 634
Fax: +649-366-0099
Website: www.rnzfb.org.nz
Europe, South Africa & Middle East
Austria
EURAG: European Federation of Older Persons
Mr. Gerhard Teissl
Assistant Executive Secretary
Wielandgasse 9, A-8010
Graz, Austria
E-Mail: teissl@eurag-europe.org
Tel: +43-316-81 4608
Fax: +43-316-81 4767
Website: www.eurag.europe.org
Belgium
Belgian Organization for the Prevention of Blindness
Prof. Philippe Kestelyn
Chairman
P/A University Hospital Gent
Pintelaan 185
9000 Gent, Belgium
E-Mail: philippe.kestelyn@ugent.be
Tel: +32-9-332 25 99
Fax: +32-9-332 49 63
Medical management assistant Prof. Dr. Ph. Kestelyn:
Martine Coppens martine.coppens@ugent.be
Finland
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
Dr. Sirkka Liisa Rudanko, M.D.
Chief Ophthalmologist
Marjanimentie 74
Fin-00030 IIRIS
Helsinki, Finland
E-Mail: ffvi@nkl.fi
Tel: +358-9-396 041
Fax: +358-9-3960 4625
Website: www.nkl.fi
Please e-mail any information on the EAM Regional Council to:
sl.rudanko@nkl.fi
France
Retina France
Board Member, Executive Committee
Mr. Luc Licari
Acting General Manager
Communication Director
2 chemin du Cabirol, Boîte Postale 62
31771 Colomiers Cedex, France
E-Mail: luc.licari@retina.fr
Tel: +33-8-10-302050
Fax: +33-5-61-789100
Website: www.retina.fr
Germany
Werner Lechtenfeld
(Geschäftsf_hrer)
Pro Retina Deutschland e.V.
Vaalser Str. 108
52074 Aachen
Germany
E-Mail: pro-retina@t-online.de
Telefon: +49 2 41 87 00 18
Fax: +49 2 41 87 39 61
Web: www.pro-retina.de
Dr. Rainald von Gizycki
Board Member
Honorary President Pro Retina
Charité
Lutherstr.4
D-61231 Bad Nauheim
E-mail: rainald.vongizycki@charite.de
Telefon: +49-6032 306690 or
Fax Number: +49-6032-306691
Website: www.amdalliance.de or www.pro-retina.org
Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands
Prof. Dr. Bernd Bertram
Tersteegenstraße 12
D-40474 Düsseldorf
E-Mail: k.heckmann@augenarzt-heckmann.de
Tel: +49-211-430-374
Website: www.augeninfo.de
Dr. Freidrich Flohr
Tengstedter Landstr. 28
22415 Hamburg
Tel: +49-40-531-5688
Fax: +49-40-542-5646
E-Mail: f.flohr@gmx.de
(fax and email to ensure he receives information sent)
Frank G. Holz, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Bonn
Ernst-Abbe-Strasse 2
D-53127 Bonn
Germany
E-Mail: frank.holz@ukb.uni-bonn.de
Tel.: +49-228-287 5647
Fax: +49-228-287 5603
Ireland
Fighting Blindness Ireland
Avril Daly
Head of Public Affairs
1 Christchurch Hall
High Street
Dublin 8, Ireland
E-Mail: avril.daly@fightingblindness.ie
Tel: +353 1 709 3050
Fax: +353 1 709 3010
Website: www.fightingblindness.ie
Israel
ESHEL: The Association for the Planning and
Development of Services for The Aged in Israel
Prof. Dr. Yitzhak Brick
Director General
JDC Hill, PO Box 3489
Jerusalem 94034, Israel
E-Mail: brick@jdc.org.il
Tel: +972-2-65 7128 (ext. 1)
Fax: +972-2-56 2716
Website: www.jdc.org.il/eshel/eshelhom.htm
International Federation on Ageing
Dr. Yitzhak Brick
President IFA, Director General ESHEL
JDC Hill, PO Box 3489
Jerusalem 94034
Israel
E-Mail: brick@jdc.org.il
Tel: +972-2-65 7128
Fax: +972-562-716
NAMAG - Association of AMD Patients in Israel
Dr. Gideon Naor
Sokolov 37
Ramat-Hasharon 47236
Israel
E-Mail: Dr.Naor: devor@bezeqint.net plus office@namag.org.il (send to both)
General E-Mail:
Tel: +972-3-5472-751
Fax: +972-3-5477-648
Website: www.namag.org.il
Italy
International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness - Italian Branch
Board Member
Mr. Giuseppe Castronovo
National President
Via G.Vico n. 1-00196
Rome, Italy
E-Mail: sezione.italiana@iapb.it
Tel: +39 06 36 00 49 29
Fax: +39 06 36 08 68 80
Website: www.iapb.it
Retina Italia Onlus
Mrs. Assia Andrao
Piazza IV Novembre 4
20124 Milano, Italy
E-Mail: assiaandrao@retinaitalia.org
Tel: +39026691744
Fax: +390267070824
Website: www.retinaitalia.org
Società Italiana Retina
Mr. Bruno Lumbroso
Past President
Via Brofferio, 700195
Rome, Italy
E-Mail: bruno.lumbroso@libero.it
Tel: +39-06-3751 8008
Fax: +39-06-3720 453
Netherlands
Macula Degeneratie Vereniging
Dr. Ir. Marijn J. Gelten, Chairman
Mail address (except for large items)
P.O. Box 2034
3500 GA Utrecht
Netherlands
For visitors and mailing of large items:
Federatie SB- Belang
Attn. MD Vereniging
Jaarbeursplein 17 - 7 hoog
3521 AN Utrecht
Netherlands
E-Mail: mdvereniging@sb-belang.nl
Also to: famallin@xs4all.nl
Tel: +31-30-298 0707
Website: www.mdvereniging.nl
Poland
Polish Association of the Blind
Ms. Malgorzata Pacholec
Director
Konwiktorska 9
00-216 Warsaw
Poland
E-Mail: pzn@pzn.org.pl
Tel: +48 22 831 33 83
Fax: +48 22 635 76 52
Website: www.pzn.org.pl
South Africa
Retina South Africa
Regional Council Representative for Europe Africa Middle East
Ms. Claudette Medefindt
PO Box 40432
Cleveland 2022
Johannesburg
South Africa
E-Mail: medefindt@intekom.co.za
E-Mail: national@rpsa.org.za
Tel: +27-11-622 4904
Fax: +27-11-622-6277
Website: www.rpsa.org.za
Spain
Organización Nacional De Ciegos Españoles (ONCE)
Sr. Vincente Ruiz
Associate General Manager, Member Social Affairs
C.Ortega Y Gasset, 1828006
Madrid, Spain
E-Mail: dgassadg@once.es
Ms. Elvira Martin Hernandez
E-Mail: emh@once.es
Tel: +34-91-589-4600
Fax: +34-914-365354
Website: www.once.es
Spanish Vitreous and Retina Society
Dr. Francisco Borja Corcóstegui Guraya
President
Dr. Francisco Gomez Ulla
Urbanización Maracaibo
28230 Madrid
E-Mail: imo@imo.es
Tel: +34-91-640-62-94
Fax: +34-91-637-19-45
Website: www.imo.es
Switzerland
Retina International
Board Member
Christina Fasser, President
c/o Retina Suisse
Ausstellungsstrasse 36
CH-8005 Zurich
Switzerland
E-Mail: cfasser@e-link.ch
Tel: +41-44-444-1077
Fax: +41-44-444-1070
Website: www.retina-international.org
Retina Suisse
Ms. Christina Fasser, President
Ausstellungsstrasse 36
CH-8005 Zurich
Switzerland
E-Mail: cfasser@e-link.ch
Tel: +41-44-444-1077
Fax: +41-44-444-1070
Website: www.retina.ch
Assistant: Mrs. S. Peereboom - E-Mail: info@retina.ch
Tunisia
Nadi al Bassar, African Centre for Sight and Visual Sciences
Dr. Ahmed Trabelsi
Publi-Poste Cité Olymipique BP 13
1003 Tunis Tunisia
E-Mail: atrabelsi@ophtalmo.com.tn nadi.albassar@ophtalmo.com.tn
Tel: +216-22-962-974
Fax: +216-71-793-397
Website: www.planet.tn/nadialbassar
United Kingdom
Age Concern England
Ms. Vanda Brown
Head - ActivAge Unit
Martindale
Hawks Green Lane
Cannock
Staffordshire
England WS11 7XN
E-Mail: vanda.brown@ace.org.uk
Tel: +44-1543-578 925
Fax: +44-1543-500-940
Web address: www.ageconcern.org.uk
Fight for Sight
Michele Acton
Chief Executive
1st Floor, 36-38 Botolph Lane
London EC3R 8DE
England
E-Mail: michele@fightforsight.org.uk
Tel: +44-207-929-7755
Fax: +44-207-929-4341
Macular Disease Society
Board Member
MDS staff: Mr. Tom Bremridge
Chief Executive Officer
P.O. Box 1870
Andover, Hampshire
SP10 9AD
England
E-Mail: tom@maculardisease.org
Tel: (within the UK) 01264 350551
(Outside UK) +44-1264-350551
MDS representative to AMDAI,
Volunteer Mr. Don Curran, Chair,
Representative of MDS, Executive Committee
E-Mail: ukcurran@msn.com
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Board Member
Mr. Stephen Winyard,
Head, Public Policy
105 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9NE
England
E-Mail: SWINYARD@rnib.org.uk
Assistant E-Mail: SONeill@rnib.org.uk
Tel: +44-207-391 2082
Fax: +44-207-388 2706
Website: www.rinb.org.uk
Wales Council for the Blind
Miss Vanessa Webb
Director
Shand House 3rd Floor
20 Newport Road
Cardiff, CF24 0DB
Wales
E-Mail: vanessa@wcb-ccd.org.uk
Tel: +44-2920-473 954
Fax: +44-2920-433 920
Website: www.wcb-ccd.org.uk
Dr. Bob Thompson, Honourary Life Chair
Ex officio to Executive Committee
The Kennels, Middle Lane, Hutton Buscel
Scarborough, N. Yorkshire UK YO13 9LS
E-Mail: drbob@yorkshire.net
Telephone: +44 (0)1723 863594
Cell: +44 (0)7801 923 713
