Meet the Experts and Related Reading

Meet the Experts

Janey Wiggs, MD, PhD

Janey Wiggs, MD, PhD
Associate Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute at Mass. Eye and Ear
Paul Austin Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School

Dr. Wiggs is a board-certified medical geneticist specializing in the genetics of glaucoma with particular interest in complex and advanced glaucoma, and inherited ocular disorders. She directs the CLIA-certified clinical diagnostic genetic laboratory at Mass. Eye and Ear, where patients are tested for mutations in genes that can cause inherited retinal disorders, early-onset glaucoma, or primary optic neuropathy.

Eric Pierce, MD, PhDEric Pierce, MD, PhD
Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute at Mass. Eye and Ear
Sol and Libe Friedman Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School

Dr. Pierce seeks to improve our understanding of the molecular bases of inherited retinal degenerations so that rational therapies can be developed for these diseases. As a clinician scientist, he conducts clinical research and laboratory-based investigations of retinal biology and disease, and provides clinical care for children and adults with retinal degenerative disorders. He is currently working to develop gene therapy for several forms of inherited retinal degenerations.

Related Reading

  1. Stone EM, Aldave AJ, Drack AV, Maccumber MW, Sheffield VC, Traboulsi E, Weleber RG. Recommendations for genetic testing of inherited eye diseases: report of the American Academy of Ophthalmology task force on genetic testing. Ophthalmology. 2012 Nov;119(11):2408-10.
  2. Wiggs JL, Pierce EA. Genetic testing for inherited eye disease: who benefits? JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013 Oct;131(10):1265-6.