Alan D. Proia is professor of pathology and ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center and professor and clinical chair of pathology at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Proia received his bachelor’s degree in biology from The Johns Hopkins University in 1973. He was a fellow in The Rockefeller University - Cornell University Medical College M.D.-Ph.D. Program in the Biomedical Sciences and received his Ph.D. in lipid metabolism in 1979 and his M.D. in 1980. He subspecialized in ophthalmic pathology during his residency in pathology at Duke University from 1980-1984. Dr. Proia has been on the faculty at Duke University since 1984 and the faculty of Campbell University since January 2019. Dr. Proia has been a member of the Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society since 1987 and the Verhoeff-Zimmerman Society since 1992. Dr. Proia’s research interests focus on the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and open-angle glaucoma.