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John Kempen, MD, MPH, MHS, PhD is an internationally renowned academic ophthalmologist and researcher

specializing in inflammatory disorders of the eye (a specialty completely unrepresented in sub-Saharan Africa

including South Africa). His research has resulted in over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and he

continues to lead multiple large-scale US and international research projects.

Dr Kempen formerly directed the Public Health Ophthalmology Program at Johns Hopkins, one of the two

leading international ophthalmology programs in the world. He serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief of

Ophthalmic Epidemiology and on three additional editorial boards, including as Executive Editor emeritus for

the ocular inflammation section of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Dr Kempen is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania where he

serves as Division Director for Ocular Inflammation and for Ophthalmic Epidemiology and International

Ophthalmology.