Eric Pierce is the Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute in the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Pierce received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MD from Harvard Medical School.  He did his residency in Ophthalmology at Harvard and fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at Children’s Hospital, Boston where he also took his first faculty position.  He was then recruited to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.  He returned to Harvard in 2011 to establish the Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI).  The mission of the OGI is to translate the promise of precision medicine into clinical care for patients with inherited eye diseases.  Dr. Pierce’s research program is focused on improving our understanding of the genetic causality of  inherited retinal degenerations, and developing genetically informed therapies for these disorders.