Louisiana State University Health New Orleans (LSU), School of Medicine
- Boyd Professor (Highest Rank in LSU System)
- Inaugural Founder, Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair for the Study of Retinal Degeneration
- Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Neurology
- Founding Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence
- Foreign Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden