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  • Annual Meeting Program Committee

    The Annual Meeting Program Committee is responsible for the scientific program including instruction courses, symposia and the Spotlight on Cataracts session.

    Secretary for Annual Meeting

    Bennie H. Jeng, MD

    Associate Secretary for the Annual Meeting Program

    Sharon D. Solomon, MD

    Subcommittee for: Cataract

    Chair
    Surendra Basti, MBBS

    Subcommittee Members
    Brandon Ayres, MD
    Kourtney A. Houser, MD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Sumitra S. Khandelwal, MD
    Jeremy Z. Kieval, MD
    Bryan S. Lee, MD, JD
    Kamran M. Riaz, MD
    Anjali Tannan, MD

    Subcommittee for: Cornea, External Disease

    Chair
    Elmer Y. Tu, MD

    Subcommittee Members
    Vatinee Y. Bunya, MD
    Anat Galor, MD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Vishal Jhanji, MD, FRCOphth
    Christina R. Prescott, MD
    Christopher S. Sales, MD
    Zeba A. Syed, MD
    Peter B. Veldman, MD

    Subcommittee for: Glaucoma

    Chair
    Paula Anne Newman-Casey, MD

    Subcommittee Members
    Jenny Chen, MD
    John T. Lind, MD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Victoria M. Addis, MD
    Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer MD
    Ahmara G. Ross, MD
    Brian C. Stagg, MD
    Luis E. Vazquez, MD

    Subcommittee for: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Electronic Health Records/Information Technology, Ethics, General Medical, Global Ophthalmology, Medical Education, Ophthalmic History, Vision Rehabilitation and Wellness

    Chair
    Julie Falardeau, MD

    Subcommittee Members
    Nagham Al-Zubidi, MD
    John J. Chen, MD, PhD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Ore-Ofeoluwatomi O. Adesina, MD
    Jane A. Bailey, MD
    Amanda D. Henderson, MD
    Reid A. Longmuir, MD
    Madhura A. Tamhankar, MD

    Subcommittee for: Ocular Pathology, Oncology and Oculoplastics, Orbit

    Chair
    Michael K. Yoon, MD

    Subcommittee Members
    Steven M. Couch, MD, FACS
    Hakan Demirci, MD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Larissa A. Habib, MD
    Catherine J. Hwang, MD
    Daniel B. Rootman, MD, MSc
    Kenya M. Williams, MD
    Sandy X. Zhang-Nunes, MD

    Subcommittee for: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus

    Chair
    Federico G. Velez, MD

    Subcommittee Members
    Stacy L. Pineles, MD
    Tina Rutar, MD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Melinda Y. Chang, MD
    Ta Chen Peter Chang, MD
    Judith E. Gurland, MD
    Ujwala Saboo, MD
    Mitchell B. Strominger, MD

    Subcommittee for: Refractive Surgery and Optics, Refraction, Contact Lenses

    Chair
    Elizabeth Yeu, MD

    Subcommittee Members
    Edward E. Manche, MD
    Brian M. Shafer, MD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Gregory D. Parkhurst, MD
    Denise M. Visco, MD
    Nandini Venkateswaran, MD
    Caroline Watson, MD
    Dagny C. Zhu, MD

    Subcommittee for: Retina, Vitreous and Uveitis, Intraocular Inflammation

    Chair
    Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS

    Subcommittee Members
    Yannis Mantas Paulus, MD
    Jennifer E. Thorne, MD, PhD

    Subcommittee Reviewers
    Christopher J. Brady, MD
    Mark Philip Breazzano, MD
    Jay K. Chhablani, MBBS
    Vaidehi Shradha Dedania, MD
    John A. Gonzales, MD
    Jaclyn L. Kovach, MD
    Thellea K. Leveque, MD, MPH 
    Yasha S. Modi, MD
    Jessica D. Randolph, MD 
    Alice Zhang, MD

    Special Projects Committee

    The Special Projects Committee is responsible for developing programs to complement those that are submitted by members or societies.

    Associate Secretary

    Carolyn K. Pan, MD

    Committee Members

    John J. DeStafeno, MD
    Maanasa Indaram, MD
    Collin M. McClelland, MD
    Beeran B. Meghpara, MD
    Amina I. Malik, MD
    Kateki Vinod, MD