Senior Medical Director

David Hoelscher, MD

David Hoelscher, MD

Dr. Hoelscher is based in Austin, Texas with 24 years of CRO industry experience in a wide variety of therapeutic areas, most recently in the past 16 years focusing on medical monitoring in ophthalmology indications including:

  • Retinal:  dry/wet AMD, Non-infectious Uveitis, DME, Macular edema in uveitis, Vitreomacular traction, Proliferative/non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
  • Anterior indications:  dry eye, Glaucoma/POAG
  • Gene therapy:  wet AMD, Batten’s disease
  • Rare disease:  Batten’s disease, choroideremia, Stargardt’s disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Leber’s amaurosis

 

While in medical school, he participated in Parkland Hospital’s “Mavericks in Ophthalmology” program, leading to a long fascination with research and the clinical practice of vision care.