Committees & Task Forces

• Federico Velez, MD – Chairman
• Hilda Capo, MD – Vice Chairman
• Moustafa Abdelhafez, FRCOphth             
• Shatha Alfreihi, MD       
• Luis Javier Cardenas Lamas, MD
• Stephen Christiansen, MD – Board Liaison
• Linda Dagi, MD – Consultant
• Fatema Ghasia, MD       
• Robert  Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Adriana Grigorian, MD  
• Maanasa Indaram, MD 
• Nittin Kalla, MD
• Melanie Kazlas, MD       
• Leila Khazaeni, MD        
• Laura Kueny, MD            
• Annie Kuo, MD 
• Edward Kuwera, MD      
• Nancy A Morrison, MD 
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Jason Peragallo, MD – Consultant
• Amar Pujari, MD             
• Erin Salcone, MD            
• Rohit Saxena, MD,PhD  
• Jasleen Singh, MD          
• Carlos Solarte, MD         
• Yi Ning Strube, MD, MS
• Mehdi Tavakoli, MD      
• Dimitra Triantafilou, CO
• Aldo Vagge, MD, PHD    

• Mohamad Jaafar, MD – Chairman
• Heather Smith, MD – Vice Chairman
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Stephen Lipsky, MD       
• Christie Morse, MD –  Executive Vice President
• Barry Wasserman, MD – Board Liaison
• Sylvia Yoo, MD

• Sylvia Kodsi, MD – Chairman
• Richard Lewis, MD– Vice Chairman
• Oscar Cruz, MD – Board Liaison
• Steven Rubin, MD – Consultant
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Aaron Miller, MD,MBA
• Benjamin Ticho, MD      
• Lauren  Ditta, MD          

Bylaws Committee:

The Bylaws Committee shall conduct an ongoing review of the Bylaws under the direction of the Board of Directors. At the direction of the Board, the Committee will prepare proposed revisions to the Bylaws for consideration.

Suggestions or comments related to the AAPOS Bylaws may be forwarded to aapos@aao.org.

• Deborah VanderVeen, MD – Chairman
• David Plager, MD – Vice Chairman
• Deborah Alcorn, MD      
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• David Rogers, MD – Consultant
• Paul Rychwalski, MD     
• Virginia Utz, MD             
• David Wallace, MD – Board Liaison

• Dolly Padovani-Claudio, MD, PhD – Chairman
• Ta Chang, MD – Vice Chairman
• Omondi Nyong'o, MD – Vice Chairman
• Carolina Adams, MD      
• Yasmin  Bradfield, MD – Board Liaison
• Kara Cavuoto, MD          
• Anne Dersch, MD           
• Isabelle Dortonne, MD  
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Daniel Greninger, MD   
• Alexander Khammar, MD            
• Jesus Melendez-Montanez
• Michael Puente, MD     
• Hawke Yoon, MD           

• Jennifer Galvin, MD – Chairman
• Rupa Wong, MD – Vice Chairman
• Shaza Al-Holou, MD       
• Allison Babiuch, MD      
• Basak Can, MD     
• Prashanthi Giridhar, MD             
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Bradley Henriksen, MD 
• Courtney Kraus, MD      
• Scott Larson, MD – Board Liaison
• Christine Law, MD    
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Orwa Nasser, MD           
• Jolene Rudell, MD          
• Heather Smith, MD        
• Maria Stunkel, MD         
• Jaspreet Sukhija, MD     
• Sylvia Yoo, MD 

• Phoebe Lenhart, MD – Chairman
• Erin Stahl, MD – Vice Chairman
• Nathalie Azar, MD
• Bashar Bata, MD          
• Marlet Bazemore, MD   
• Angela Buffenn, MD      
• Hilda Capo, MD
• Megan Collins, MD        
• Deborah Costakos, MD 
• Joseph Demer, MD, PhD             
• Brian Forbes, MD, PhD  
• Douglas Fredrick, MD    
• Sharon Freedman, MD  
• Matthew Gearinger, MD             
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• David Granet, MD          
• Kammi Gunton, MD       
• Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
• Honey Herce, MD           
• Erin Herlihy, MD             
• Richard Hertle, MD        
• Mary Ellen Hoehn, MD  
• Robert Hoffman, MD     
• Robert Koenekoop, MD, PhD                           
• Scott Lambert, MD        
• Scott Larson, MD – Board Liaison
• Alex Levin, MD – Consultant
• Allison Loh, MD
• Iason Mantagos , MD  
• Emily McCourt, MD   
• Brian Mohney, MD        
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• William Motley, MD      
• Faruk Orge, MD
• Evelyn Paysse, MD         
• Matthew Pihlblad, MD  
• David Plager, MD           
• Shreya Prabhu, MD, MPH           
• Leah Reznick, MD           
• David Rogers, MD          
• Leemor Rotberg, MD     
• Paul Rychwalski , MD     
•           
• Michael Struck, MD       
• Nasrin Tehrani, MBBCh, MSc, FRCS Ed (Ophth), FRCSC
• Elias Traboulsi, MD        
• Lawrence Tychsen, MD 
• David Weakley, MD       
• Christi Willen, MD          
• M Edward Wilson, MD  
• Janice Zeid, MD

• Robert Wiggins, MD, MHA – Chairman
• Mary O'Hara, MD – Vice Chairman
• Deborah Alcorn, MD – Ex Officio
• Oscar Cruz, MD – Ex Officio
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• David Hunter, MD          
• Mohamad Jaafar, MD – Ex Officio
• Eric Lichtenstein, MD – Member at Large
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• David Plager, MD           
• Barry Wasserman, MD – Secretary/Treasurer

• Bradley Black, MD – President
• Pamela Williams, MD – Chairman
• David Brantley – Consultant
• Kara Cavuoto, MD          
• Jinali Diora, MD
• K David Epley, MD          
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Eugene Helveston, MD 
• Heidi Hertel – Consultant
• Sherwin Isenberg, MD   
• Stacey Kruger, MD         
• Joseph Marino – Consultant
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Louis O'Neil – Consultant
• Dimitrios Papadogonas  – Consultant
• Stacy Pineles, MD          
• Derek Sprunger, MD       
• Robert Walker – Consultant

• Alina Dumitrescu, MD – Chairman
• Virginia Utz, MD – Vice Chairman
• Deborah Alcorn, MD – Board Liaison
• Karthikeyan Arcot Sadagopan, MD       
• Jennifer Capsso, MD – Consultant
• Zia Chaudhuri, MD         
• Natario Couser, MD       
• Jefferson Doyle, MD      
• Arlene Drack, MD – Consultant
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Kathryn Haider, MD      
• Arif Khan, MD   
• Robert Koenekoop, MD   
• Alex Levin, MD 
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Aaron Nagiel, MD           
• Jaime Tejedor, MD         
• Matthew Weed, MD      
• Janice Zeid, MD
• Wadih Zein, MD – Consultant

• Mohamad Jaafar, MD – Chairman
• Paul Rychwalski , MD – Vice Chairman
• Shatha Alfreihi, MD       
• Erick Bothun, MD           
• Noha Ekdawi, MD          
• Sonal Farzavandi, FRCS 
• Douglas Fredrick, MD    
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Nikolaos Kozeis, MD      
• Scott Lambert, MD        
• Andrea Molinari, MD     
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Derek Sprunger, MD      
• Pamela Williams, MD – Board Liaison

• Mohamad Jaafar, MD – Chairman
• Paul Rychwalski , MD – Vice Chairman
• Moustafa Abdelhafez, FRCS
• Chrysavgi Adamopoulou, MD     
• Shatha Alfreihi, MD       
• Leslie Arguello, MD, MSC
• Vishaal Bhambhwani, MD           
• Lisa Bohra, MD 
• Erick Bothun, MD – Consultant
• Monte Del Monte, MD – Consultant
• Noha Ekdawi, MD          
• Ayman Elghonemy, MD
• Amr ElKamshoushy, MD
• Sonal Farzavandi, FRCS – Consultant
• Renata Friling, MD         
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Samiksha Jain, MD         
• Lingkun Kong, MD         
• Nikolaos Kozeis, MD      
• Scott Lambert, MD        
• William Madigan, MD, FACS       
• Cheryl McCarus, CO, COMT, OSA
• Andrea Molinari, MD     
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Evelyn Paysse, MD         
• Edward Raab, MD          
• Michael Repka, MD – International Meeting Coordinator
• Cristiana Ronconi, MD  
• Donny Suh, MD
• Jaspreet Sukhija, MD     
• Pamela Williams, MD – Board Liaison

• Linda Lawrence, MD – Chairman
• Lauren Ditta, MD – Vice Chairman
• Smith Ann Chisholm, MD            
• Alexander Christoff, CO
• Douglas Fredrick, MD    
• Jennifer Galvin, MD       
• Robert Gold, MD            
• Laura Heinmiller, MD, American Orthoptic Council    
• Amy Hutchinson, MD    
• Stacey Kruger, MD – Councilor to AAO
• Scott Larson, MD – Councilor to AAO
• Emily McCourt, MD       
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Sasapin Prakalapakorn, MD, MPH     
• Jordana Smith, MD – Legislative Chair
• Donny Suh, MD – AAP-SOOP Member

• Laura Heinmiller, MD – Chairman
• Tammy Yanovitch, MD – Vice Chairman
• Lisa Abrams, MD            
• Deborah Alcorn , MD – Board Liaison
• James Bowsher, MD      
• Ta Chang, MD   
• Nicole DeLarato , MD     
• Kathryn DiMiceli, MD    
• Marina Eisenberg, MD  
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Sheryl Handler, MD – Consultant
• Jessica Harder, CO         
• Wendy Huang, MD        
• Sheryl Menacker, MD    
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Dimitra Triantafilou, MD             

• Michael Puente, MD– Chairman
• Michelle Falcone – Vice Chairman
• Steven Awner, MD         
• Genie Bang, MD             
• Geoffrey Bradford, MD 
• Julia Byrd, MD  
• Kenneth Cheng, MD – Consultant
• Alexander de Castro-Abeger, MD, MBA           
• Meghan Flemmons, MD
• Prashanthi Giridhar, MD             
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Stacey Kruger, MD – Board Liaison
• Jennifer Lambert, CO    
• Anne Langguth, MD       
• Robert Lowery, MD       
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Bob Palmer (AAO, State Affairs)
• Wanda Lynn Pfeifer, CO, COMT 
• David Silbert, MD           
• Casey Smith, MD
• Jordana Smith, MD (Consultant)            
• Michael Spedick, MD – Consultant
• Daniel Weaver, MD
• Dorothy J. Weinstein, Co-Liaison       

• Jeffrey Colburn, MD – Chairman
• Kara Cavuoto, MD – Vice Chairman
• Brenda Bohnsack, MD, PhD         
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Kathryn Haider, MD – Consultant
• Stacey Kruger, MD – Board Liaison
• Katherine Lee, MD, PhD
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Sudha Nallasamy, MD   
• Tehilla Steine, MD          
• Jitka Zobal-ratner, MD  

• Lauren Ditta, MD – Chairman
• Andrea Zin, MD – Vice Chairman
• Srijana Adhikari, MD      
• Deborah Alcorn, MD – Board Liaison
• Arvind Chandna , MD     
• Melinda Chang, MD       
• Wendy Chen, MD           
• Robert Enzenauer, MD  
• Ilana Friedman, MD       
• Judith Gurland, MD       
• Wendy Huang, MD        
• Priyanka Kumar, MD      
• Linda Lawrence, MD – Consultant
• Rebecca Leenheer, MD 
• Margaret McGlynn Reynolds, MD       
• Mary Lou McGregor, MD            
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Niranjan Pehere DNB, MD          
• Sonal Talsania, MD        

• Stefanie Davidson, MD – Chairman
• Kara Lamattina, MD – Vice Chairman
• Sheila Angeles-Han, MD, MS – Consultant
• Bashar Bata, MD            
• Ashley Cooper, MD – Consultant
• Mays El Dairi, MD           
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Laura Huang, MD           
• Catherine Jordan, MD – Board Liaison
• Jennifer Jung, MD          
• Melissa Lerman, MD, PhD – Consultant
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Bharti Nihalani-Gangwani, MD  
• Erin Stahl, MD  
• Virginia Utz, MD – Consultant

• Emily McCourt, MD – Chairman
• Phoebe Lenhart, MD – Vice Chairman
• Carolina Adams, MD      
• Mariam Ahmad, MD      
• Austin Bach, DO             
• Smith Ann Chisholm, MD            
• Catherine Choi, MD       
• Robert Clark, MD           
• Tracy Crnic, MD
• Alina Dumitrescu, MD   
• Michelle Falcone, MD   
• Ilana Friedman, MD       
• Prashanthi Giridhar, MD             
• Laryssa Huryn, MD             
• Alexander Khammar, MD – Consultant
• Eunice Kohara, DO         
• Euna Koo, MD  
• Sharon Lehma, MD        
• Lauren Mehner, MD, MPH          
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Julius Oatts, MD             
• Michael Puente, MD     
• Tina Rutar, MD  – Board Liaison
• Lance Siegel, MD            
• Jasleen Singh, MD          
• Casey Smith, MD            
• Robert Tauscher, MD    
• Hersh Varma, MD          

• David Wallace, MD – Chairman
• Rahul Bhola, MD            
• Hilda Capo, MD
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Kimberly Merrill, CO      
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Leah Reznick, MD           
• M Edward Wilson, MD  

• Sasapin Prakalapakorn, MD, MPH – Chairman
• Janine Collinge, MD – Vice Chairman
• Allison Babiuch, MD      
• Charline Boente, MD     
• Kathryn DiMiceli, MD    
• Abdelrahman Elhusseiny, MD    
• Amber Fenton, MD        
• Douglas Fredrick, MD    
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Charity Grannis, MD      
• Joseph Griffith, MD        
• Kammi Gunton, MD – Consultant
• Martha Howard, MD     
• Hilliary Inger, MD           
• Benjamin Jastrzembsk, MD        
• Catherine Jordan, MD – Board Liaison
• Priyanka Kumar, MD      
• Kelly Laurenti, MD
• Katherine Lee, MD             
• Stephen Lipsky, MD       
• Mehmet Cem Mocan, MD          
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• David Nash, MD
• Carla Osigian Probst, MD – Consultant
• Krupa Patel, MD             
• Rachel Reem, MD          
• Julia Reid, MD  
• Gavin Roberts, MD        
• Jonathan Taylormoore, MD        
• Steven Thornquist, MD 
• Allison Umfress, MD      
• Anusha Vasamsetti, MD
• Christiane E Al-Haddad, MD
• Alaa Bou Ghannam, MD              

• Yasmin Bradfield, MD – Chairman
• Frank Martin, MD – Vice Chairman
• Charline Boente , MD     
• Marina Eisenberg, MD  
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
• Honey Herce, MD
• Christie Morse, MD - Executive Vice President           
• Angeline Nguyen, MD   
• Jennifer Rossen, MD      
• Janine Smith-Marshall, MD        
• Ajay Soni, MD   
• Erin Stahl, MD  
• Robert Tauscher, MD
• Rupa Wong, MD    
• Hawke Yoon, MD 

• Stacy Pineles, MD – Chairman
• Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, MD – Vice Chairman
• Janet Alexander , MD     
• Maan Alkharashi, FRCSC,MD      
• Gil Binenbaum, MD – Consultant
• Kara Cavuoto, MD          
• Stephen Christiansen, MD – Board Liaison
• Sharon Freedman, MD  
• Ilana Friedman, MD       
• Eric Gaier, MD, PhD       
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Michael Gray, MD          
• Saurabh Jain, MB, BS, MS, FRCOphth          
• Salveen Kaur, MS           
• Eedy Mezer, MD             
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Isdin Oke, MD   
• Paul Phillips, MD            
• Rohit Saxena, MD, PhD 
• Veeral Shah, MD, PhD   
• Mary Whitman, MD, PhD            
• Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, MD    
• Anat Zipori, MD

• John Simon, MD – Chairman
• Alfred Cossari, MD – Vice Chairman
• John Baker, MD
• J Bronwyn Bateman, MD            
• Albert Biglan, MD           
• J Raymond Buncic, MD  
• Christine Burns, MD      
• Stephen Christiansen, MD – Board Liaison
• Richard Elliott, MD         
• Frederick Elsas, MD       
• Alistair Fielder, MBBS, FRCP, FRCS, FRCOphth             
• Walter Fierson, MD       
• R Scott Foster, MD         
• Thomas France, MD      
• Judith Gurland, MD       
• Stanley Hand, MD          
• Eugene Helveston, MD 
• N Warren Hindle, MD    
• Sherwin Isenberg, MD – Consultant
• Oscar Jackson, MD         
• Daniel Karr, MD
• Burton Kushner, MD      
• Martin Lederman, MD  
• Joel Leffler, MD
• Richard Lewis                  
• Charles Marshall, MD    
• Frank Martin, MD          
• Malcolm Mazow, MD    
• Robert McDonald, MD  
• James Mims, MD            
• Helen Mintz-Hittner, MD            
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Leon-Paul Noel, MD       
• Robert Petersen, MD    
• Zane Pollard, MD           
• Edward Raab, MD          
• P David Reese, MD         
• Richard Robb, MD          
• Steven Rubin, MD          
• Robert Sargent, MD       
• William Scott, MD          
• Ernest Shuckett, MD      
• Carolyn Skov, MD           
• David Smith, MD            
• Merrill Stass-Isern, MD 
• C Gail Summers, MD      
• Maynard Wheeler, MD 
• Johan Zwaan, MD, PhD 

• Eric Packwood, MD – Chairman
• Traci Fritz – Vice Chairman
• Austin Bach, MD             
• Michael Bartiss, MD – Consultant
• John Bishop, MD            
• Angela Buffenn, MD      
• Christopher Gappy, MD
• Jonathan Go, BBA          
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Charlotte Gore, MD       
• Rachael Jenkins , CO      
• Sudhi Kurup, MD            
• Carolyn Lederman, MD 
• Danielle Ledoux, MD     
• Stephen Merriam, MD  
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Nils Mungan, MD, FRCSC            
• Maria Patterson, MD     
• Jennifer Rossen, MD      
• Lance Siegel, MD            
• Barry Wasserman, MD – Board Liaison
• George Whitehead, MD
• Hawke Yoon, MD           

• Sherwin Isenberg, MD – Chairman
• Scott Lambert, MD – Chairman
• Adedayo Adio – Consultant
• Robert Arnold, MD        
• Michael Blair – Consultant
• Erick Bothun, MD           
• Campbell, MD MPH
• Wally Carlo – Consultant
• Robison Chan, MD         
• Eniolami Dosunmu, MD
• Danielle Ehret – Consultant
• Anna Ells, MD FRCS        
• Sonal Farzavandi, FRCS 
• Alistair Fielder, MBBS, FRCP, FRCS, FRCOphth       
• Armie Harper, MD – Consultant
• Marijean Miller, MD      
• Andrea Molinari, MD     
• Anthony Murray, MBChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth          
• Oscar Onyongo – Consultant
• Faruk Orge, MD
• Dimitrios Papadogonas – Consultant
• Sasapin Prakalapakorn, MD        
• Graham Quinn, MD,MSCE          
• Sarah Rodriguez, MD     
• John Sloper, FRCOphth 
• Linda Visser – Consultant
• David Wallace, MD        
• Pamela Williams, MD – Board Liaison

• Maanasa Indaram, MD – Chairman
• Ankoor Shah, MD – Vice Chairman
• Raymond Areaux, MD   
• Madhuri Chilakapati, MD            
• Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, MD       
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Scott Larson, MD – Board Liaison
• Eedy Mezer, MD             
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Darius Moshfeghi, MD  
• Sudha Nallasamy, MD   
• Julius Oatts, MD             
• Michael Repka, MD       
• Christina Scott, MD        
• David Silbert, MD           
• Rupa Wong, MD             
• Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, MD    

• Amy Hutchinson, MD – Chairman
• Jennifer Davidson, MD – Vice Chairman
• Robert Arnold, MD        
• Huban Atilla, MD            
• Yasmin Bradfield, MD – Board Liaison
• Geoffrey Bradford, MD – Consultant
• Kirsta Brummel, DO       
• Carlos Emmanoel Chua, MD       
• Beth Colon, CO, COT
• Patricia Davis, MD          
• Fatema Ghasia, MD       
• Robert Gold, MD – Ex Officio
• Daniel Greninger, MD – Consultant
• E Eugenie Hartmann, MD            
• Monica Khitri, MD          
• John Lillvis, MD, PhD     
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Darius Moshfeghi, MD  
• P Kay Nottingham-Chaplin, Ed.D – Consultant
• Carla Osigian Probst, MD            
• Bahram Rahmani, MD  
• Jill Rotruck, MD
• Shaival Shah, MD           
• Mitchell Strominger, MD            
• Ann Vines, MD 
• Natalie Weil, MD            
• Alvit Wolf, MD  

• Bradley Black, MD – Chairman
• Scott Larson, MD – Chairman
• David Brantley – Consultant
• Katie Brantley – Consultant
• Wendy Chen, MD, PhD 
• Susan Day, MD 
• R Scott Foster, MD         
• Bill Gensch – Consultant
• David Goldstein – Consultant
• Miguel Paciuc Beja, MD
• Rachel Reem, MD          
• Joshua Schliesser, MD   
• Pamela Williams, MD – Board Liaison
• Helen Yeung, MD          

• Smith Ann Chisholm, MD – Chairman
• Sasha Strul, MD – Vice Chairman
• Carolina Adams, MD      
• Shaza Al-Holou, MD       
• Bashar Bata, MD            
• Jana Bregman, MD         
• Rachel Cooley, MD         
• Abdelrahman Elhusseiny, MD    
• Zachary Elkin, MD          
• Marcela Estrada, MD     
• Mariana Flores Pimentel, MD    
• Rachel Fuerst, MD         
• Michelle Guo, MD              
• Andrew Lee, MD            
• Lauren Mehner , MD     
• Jesus Melendez-Montanez, MD
• Christie Morse, MD – Executive Vice President
• Tina Rutar, MD  Board Liaison
• Heather Stiff, MD           
• Maria Stunkel, MD         
• Alison Teo, MD 
• Sravanthi Vegunta, MD