Arthur Brant, MD

CEO

Arthur led the deployment of the first diabetic retinopathy and sickle cell retinopathy screening network in West Africa (Africa Eye Imaging Center - Kumasi, Ghana) in 2023 and co-launched the first TeleROP screening center in SubSaharan Africa in 2024. Arthur attended Stanford University for undergrad (computer science), medical school, and ophthalmology residency. He also previously worked at Google as a Software Engineer for 6 years and a Clinical Researcher for 2 years. He will be attending Harvard for Vitreoretinal Surgical Fellowship.

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Sarthak Shah

COO

Sarthak co-launched the first TeleROP screening center in SubSaharan Africa in 2024. He has traveled to Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, and Zimbabwe to conduct needs assessments to better understand the challenges of ROP care. His personal connection to the disease comes from his uncle, who is bilaterally blind from ROP. Sarthak is a current CIGH Global Health Research Fellow and 4th year Medical Student at Stanford.

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Darius Moshfeghi, MD

CMA

Chief of the Retina Division and Professor at the Horngren Family Vitreoretinal Center, Byers Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a global leader in telemedicine for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and oversees the largest TeleROP screening network in the United States.

Akwasi Ahmed, MD

Africa Lead

Vitreoretinal Surgeon and CEO of Africa Eye Imaging Centre, leading all Diabetic Retinopathy and ROP screening and treatment efforts country wide in Ghana. Dr Ahmed is responsible for teaching ROP treatment techniques.

Imoro Braimah, MD

Accra Lead

Naana Brobby, MD

Lead Neonatologist, Kumasi

Head of Neonatal Care at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Oversees the ROP screening service.

Kwabena Onwona-Agyeman

Lead Neonatologist, Accra

Head of Neonatal Care at Greater Accra Regional Hospital. Oversees the ROP screening service.

Charlie Aaronson

Strategy Lead

Charlie leads Strategy for ZBB focusing on US operations, technology vision and opportunities to scale global impact. In addition, Charlie is Partner and Technology Director at Aevitas Property Partners and a Founding Venture Partner at Vela Partners. Prior to Aevitas and Vela, Charlie's held multiple roles at Google Cloud, Facebook, and Verily (Google X Life Sciences) in the United States and in Europe.

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Brandon Sprague

Technology Lead

Brandon leads software at ZBB, developing a state-of-the-art telemedicine system. Previously, Brandon was a staff software engineer at Google and started an NGO (Silicon Ally) dedicated to providing the highest quality of software engineering to NGOs.

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