Dr. Michael Telias is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience with a primary appointment at the Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, and secondary appointments at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience and the Dept. of Pharmacology. He is also a member of the Center for Visual Science, where he serves as the Co-Director for the Imaging Module, and a member of the Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center.

Dr. Telias obtained his B.Sc. in Medical Sciences and M.Sc. in Medical Neurobiology from the Hadassah Medical School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and his Ph.D. in Cell & Developmental Biology from the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, Israel. As a doctoral student, he pioneered the use of human stem cells in the study of cognitive impairment and autism (Fragile X Syndrome). As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, he investigated the molecular and cellular mechanisms behind inner retinal remodeling in degenerative blinding diseases.

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Dr. Telias has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed articles, as well as several book chapters. He serves as reviewer and guest editor for internationally-recognized journals. Throughout his career so far, he has delivered dozens of oral and poster presentation in local and international scientific meetings, in a wide range of topics.