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Jose Sahel MD Upp

Board Member and Dept Chair · Group Return

Board Member and Dept Chair at Group Return. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$1.0M

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as Board Member and Dept Chair of Group Return, based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Received $1.0M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

José-Alain Sahel is a French ophthalmologist and international expert in retinal diseases and vision restoration research. He serves as Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Director of the UPMC Vision Institute, and was appointed Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises in 2025.

He has published over 700 peer-reviewed articles, holds 90+ patents, and has conducted more than 80 clinical trials on retinal conditions including pioneering work in artificial retina and gene therapy.

Compiled from public web sources (3 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
UPMC Ophthalmology Chair; EVP UPMC Enterprises (2025–)

Affiliations

Organizations

Group Return Board Member and Dept Chair · $30.3B revenue · Pittsburgh, PASEE SCHEDULE Opay $753K → $1.0MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.0Mreported comp

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

L
President & CEO · FY2024
$12.6M
J
Former President & CEO · FY2023
$12.1M
D
EVP & Chief of Staff · FY2024
$4.4M
S
Former EVP & Chief Med & Sci O · FY2022
$4.0M
F
Neurosurgeon · FY2024
$3.7M
A
Transplant Surgeon · FY2024
$3.2M
F
EVP & CFO · FY2024
$3.0M
M
Neurosurgeon · FY2024
$2.7M
C
Former EVP & Pres Int'l · FY2024
$2.5M
V
Board Member · FY2024
$2.4M
C
Orthopaedic Surgeon · FY2023
$2.4M
J
EVP & Pres, Upmc Enterprises · FY2024
$2.3M

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org