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Michelle de Elizalde, DVM

Michelle de Elizalde, DVM

Director, Research and Patient Programs

Michelle leads the program content and manages speakers for our events including the Glaucoma 360 New Horizons Forum, Annual Gala, Glaucoma Patient Summit, and our webinars. In addition, she works closely with our current Catalyst for a Cure research teams and their scientific advisors to lead their annual and semi-annual research meetings and engages the team in various webinars and other speaking opportunities to highlight the impact of their work. Michelle joined Glaucoma Research Foundation after 11 years of working as a doctor of veterinary medicine in Argentina. She moved to California to pursue her interest in nonprofit organizations and put her medical background to good use managing research and patient education programs.