Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Francis Mah, M.D., as Chief Medical Advisor. In this newly established role, Dr. Mah will provide support for Kalas clinical development and medical activities and will play a key role in interactions with eye care professionals. Dr. Mah will serve in this role on a part time basis while continuing his ongoing position as Director of Cornea and External Disease and the Co-Director, Refractive Surgery at Scripps Clinic.

Dr. Mah brings over 20 years of clinical practice as a board-certified ophthalmologist and is an esteemed educator who has disseminated his expertise through more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and various book chapters on his research and has delivered presentations in more than 20 countries on 6 continents. Dr. Mah specializes in advanced corneal, cataract and refractive surgery, and is currently the Director of Cornea and External Disease and the Co-Director, Refractive Surgery at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, CA. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, his M.D. from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo and completed a residency in ophthalmology and a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Mah has an extensive background in translational research and has been a principal investigator for many clinical trials and investigator-initiated studies. Dr. Mah is past Chair of the Corneal Clinical Committee, current committee member on the FDA Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is also Co-Chair of the Preferred Practice Patterns for Cornea and External Disease, and member of the cornea section of the Basic and Clinical Science Course for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.