Artur V. Cideciyan is a Research Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania where he co-directs the Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations at the Scheie Eye Institute. He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Miami in 1992 and started his professional career at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. His primary research interests involve understanding disease mechanisms in human hereditary retinal degenerations and the evaluation of gene-based treatments in these blinding conditions. He has has been principal or co-investigator to about a dozen clinical trials including RPE65-, CEP290-, GUCY2D-, LCA5-associated forms of LCA.