Mark Pennesi

Dr. Pennesi is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine and Division Chief of the Ophthalmic Genetics Service at the OHSU Casey Eye Institute.

Since joining the OHSU faculty, Dr. Pennesi has been a principal investigator on many first-in-human clinical trials including for: LCA Type II and Type 10, Usher Syndrome Type IB and 2A, Stargardt disease, X-linked Retinoschisis, X-Linked retinitis pigmentosa and achromatopsia.

Dr. Pennesi pursued combined at MD/PhD at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and residency in Ophthalmology at University of California – San Francisco, followed by an Ophthalmic Genetics Fellowship at Casey Eye Institute.