Yair Alster

Yair Alster, MD, co-founder of Azura Ophthalmics serves as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. Yair did his residency in Ophthalmology at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center. His entrepreneurial career started at Notal Vision, now a commercial stage company developing home diagnostics for age-related macular degeneration (ADM). In 2008 Yair joined Forsight Labs in California, where he served as CTO of Nexis Vision, a contact lens developer for post-surgical treatment and astigmatism. He was also CMO and co-founder of Forsight Vision 4 (acquired by Roche-Genentech) and Forsight Vision 5 (acquired by Allergan). In 2013 Yair returned to Israel where he co-founded Forsight Vision6, makers of intraocular lens (IOL), Pres-By Vision, an accommodating contact lens developer and Azura Ophthalmics.