Nadia Waheed, M.D. has served as our Chief Medical Officer since June 2024. Since 2011, Dr. Waheed, who is a board-certified retina specialist, has been Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University Medical School, where she maintains her appointment. Dr. Waheed also serves as a member of the board of directors for the Boston Image Reading Center, as well as on the board of directors of iOlyx Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Waheed previously served as Chief Medical and Development Officer at Beacon Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on serious diseases of the eye that cause vision loss and blindness, from November 2022 to June 2024. Prior to joining Beacon, she served as Chief Medical and Development Officer, Head of Clinical Development at Gyroscope Therapeutics, a biotechnology company working on ophthalmic gene therapies, from December 2019 to July 2022. Dr. Waheed received her M.D. from the Aga Khan University Medical School in Pakistan and her M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Waheed completed her residency and retina fellowship at the Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.