Alex Anetakis, MD, MBA

Alex Anetakis, MD, MBA, joined UPMC Enterprises in March 2018, and serves as a physician advisor to the Translational Sciences team at UPMC Enterprises, with focus on ophthalmology-related investments. Dr. Anetakis is a vitreo-retinal surgeon who completed his training in 2006 and was initially in private practice in South Carolina for two years prior to joining UPMC’s Department of Ophthalmology in 2008. He has special interests in age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and diseases of the vitreo-retinal interface. Dr. Anetakis graduated from Northeastern Ohio, College of Medicine and completed his MBA at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.