John Hetling, PhD
Chief Executive Officer

John is a leader and expert in electrophysiology of vision, with many publications in the field. As a Co-Founder and CEO, John leads tech/product development; leads fundraising / team-building efforts and conveys RetMap’s vision. He is also an Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the Director of the Neural Engineering Vision Laboratory, where the RetMap technologies were invented. 

John Major, JD, MBA
Board Member

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Safa Rahmani, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Safa was trained as a biomedical engineer at the University of Illinois at Chicago. During her Masters at UIC, she made the initial discoveries that led to the invention of the CLEAr Lens. Her interest in helping patients with visual impairments led her to pursue a career in medicine. She earned her MD and completed an ophthalmology residency program at Northwestern University and went on to complete her surgical vitreoretinal fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear at Harvard University. Safa's clinical work was recently highlighted by Chicago's WGN News and by the UIC College of Engineering.  

Jailene Silveri
Operations Intern

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Micah Litow, MBA
Advisor, Commercialization strategy

Micah brings with him more than 10 years of experience in the medical device and diagnostic market. He is extremely dynamic and has a passion for commercialization. During his career Micah has launched over a dozen products ranging from Class I to Class III.