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Leadership | NEI

NEI Director

Michael F. Chiang, M.D.

Director National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

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NEI Leadership

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Santa Tumminia, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, NEI

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Melanie Klazas

Deputy Director for Management/Executive Officer, NEI

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Sangeeta Bhargava, Ph.D.

Director, Division of Extramural Science Programs, NEI

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Anna Han

Anna Han, Ph.D.

Acting Director, Division of Extramural Activities, NEI

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Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.

Scientific Director, NEI

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Richard Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Director National, NEI

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Previous Directors

Name	In Office from	To
Carl Kupfer, M.D.	January 11, 1970	July 15, 2000
Jack A. McLaughlin, Ph.D. (Acting)	July 16, 2000	June 16, 2001
Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.	June 17, 2001	July 19, 2019
Santa Tumminia, Ph.D. (Acting)	July 20, 2019	November 15, 2020