Jesse Lee Berry, MD

Jesse L. Berry, MD is Professor Ophthalmology, Director of Ocular Oncology and Chief of Ophthalmology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) Roski Eye Institute. She received her undergraduate and medical degree from Harvard University followed by ophthalmology and fellowship training at CHLA+USC under the mentorship of A. Linn Murphree, MD. Dr. Berry is the founder of Women in Ocular Oncology, President of the International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO, 2024-26) and treasurer of the American Association for Ophthalmic Oncology and Pathology (AAOOP, 2023-2025). Her clinical expertise focuses on retinoblastoma and uveal melanoma. She holds the A. Linn Murphree, MD Chair in Retinoblastoma and the Berle and Lucy Adams Chair in Cancer Research. She has pioneered development of the aqueous humor as a liquid biopsy for retinoblastoma and other ocular tumors; this research is supported by the National Cancer Institute.