OUR TEAM
The Perfect OTC Eye care team
Our Leadership team is unparalleled with deep Eye care Expertise.
Patrick Smale, MBA
Cofounder, CEO
Experience
20+ yrs of commercial experience in Market Research, Marketing and Sales.
Accomplishments
- 26 Products launched in Eye Care
- Over $3B in cumulative sales
- IPO exit with SIGHT in 2021
Suchismita Acharya, PhD
Cofounder, Clinical Development Lead
Experience
20+ years of drug discovery and clinical trial expertise and a Serial Entrepreneur.
Accomplishments
- Serial Entrepreneur
- Led discovery in Glaucoma, AMD, and Conjunctivitis
- Current CEO of AyuVis Research, partnered with J&J
Nuria Jimenez, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Experience
Strategic Project Leader with 20+ years project/portfolio expertise.Â
Accomplishments
- PM and CMC Expertise
- Multiple breakthrough technologies
- 22 Ophthalmic products from the lab to launch
Our Scientific Advisory Board
Francis Mah, MD
Incoming President of the ASCRS
Co-chair of AAO PPP Conjunctivitis
Cathleen McCabe, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Eye Health America
President, Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS)
Jai Parekh, MD
Chief Commercial Officer, Nordic Pharma
Former Chief Medical Officer, Allergan (AbbVie)
Paul Karpecki, OD
Chief Clinical Editor, Review of Optometry
Selina McGee, OD
Past-President, Oklahoma Optometric Association (OAOP)
Ben Gaddie, OD
Past-President, Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS) Kentucky Optometric Association (KOA)
Mile Brujic, OD
Editorial Board,
Optometry Times
Optometry Times