Gregory S. Hageman

John A. Moran Presidential Professor, Executive Director, Sharon Eccles Steele Center for Translational Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, USA

What is a little-known fact about you?

I started my career as a marine biologist.

Make a bold prediction for the future of ophthalmology.

We will develop effective therapies and greatly reduce vision worldwide loss caused by devastating diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist, what would you be doing instead?

A farmer or astronaut.