About NeoVista, Inc.

Board of Directors

Andy Corley
  • Andy Corley
  • Chairman, NeoVista Inc.,
    Yelroc Consulting Inc.

Andy Corley

Biography

Andy Corley co-founded eyeonics, Inc. in 1998. eyeonics developed and gained approval of a new category of intraocular lenses, the accommodating IOL. Mr. Corley spearheaded a 5-year effort to change CMS policy to allow Medicare beneficiaries a choice in their selection of intraocular lenses associated with cataract surgery. eyeonics was sold to Bausch and Lomb in 2008 where Mr. Corley served as President of the Surgical Division.

He was co-founder of Chiron Ophthalmics, where he was General Manager of the Refractive Surgery Division until 1997. During his term at Chiron, he played a key role in the introduction of LASIK. In 2005 he was the Orange County Entrepreneur of the Year and the Crystalens was declared the AeA Technology of the Year.

In 2011 Mr. Corley formed Yelroc Consulting Inc. He currently serves as Senior Consultant to Bausch and Lomb, Chairman of the Board of Technolas Perfect Vision, Executive Chairman of NeoVista Inc., and Venture Partner at One Focus Ventures. He serves on the advisory boards of the UCI School of Biomedical Engineering and the Scripps Genomic Institute. He is a graduate of Georgia Southern University.