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WHAT’S HAPPENING
The Academy and ASCRS Held Inaugural Eyecelerator Conference
Eyecelerator, an historic joint venture between the Academy and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) to accelerate innovation in ophthalmology, successfully launched its inaugural conference on Nov. 6, 2020. The Eyecelerator conference will be held twice a year, immediately prior to each society’s annual meeting.
A powerful platform for innovators and entrepreneurs. In addition to presentations by more than two dozen ophthalmic innovation companies, the virtual meeting included physicians and industry leaders who explored topics as diverse as brain-machine interfaces and start-up financing strategies. Keynote speakers included Karin Schetelig of the Boston Consulting Group and Frederic H. Moll, MD, often lauded as the “father of robotic surgery.”
Learn more about Eyecelerator at www.eyecelerator.com.
Star Award for Society’s Effort to Put Safe Surgery on Ballot
In October 2020, the Academy’s Secretariat for State Affairs recognized the Arkansas Ophthalmological Society (AOS) with its Star Award for its Safe Surgery Arkansas campaign.
AOS strives to put safe surgery on the ballot. Following enactment of optometric surgical legislation, AOS sponsored a state ballot issue that would let voters decide whether to allow optometrists to perform scalpel and laser surgery.
Spirited effort derailed by a technicality. While a September 2020 ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court on a technical matter blocked the issue’s inclusion on the November 2020 ballot, the Secretariat recognized AOS’ efforts as a first of its kind: No state society had ever sought to protect quality eye care by appealing directly to voters in this way. “Despite the loss,” said Academy Secretary for State Affairs John Peters, MD, “AOS proved that ophthalmologists can be energized to fight hard. The breadth of their sustained effort was commendable.”
Academy Honors N.J. and Vermont Society Directors
In October 2020, the Academy Secretariat for State Affairs recognized executives of two state ophthalmology societies for their exemplary work.
2020 Outstanding Executive Director: Organizational Development—Matthew S. Halpin, Executive Director, New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology (NJAO), for shepherding a variety of NJAO efforts, including maintaining strong state society membership; supporting volunteer leaders; providing a quality virtual annual meeting; and supporting member communication via the society’s newsletter and website.
2020 Outstanding Executive Director: Political Action—Stephanie Winters, Executive Director, Vermont Ophthalmological Society (VOS), for marshalling the resources of VOS to persuade an independent government body in Vermont to issue a report recommending against the expansion of the optometric scope of practice to include surgical procedures, and ensuring that Vermont regulators and legislators understood the significance of the report.
FOR THE RECORD
Honor Your Colleagues
To recognize the achievements of ophthalmologists who have made incredible contributions to ophthalmology, the Academy would like your help in nominating recipients for the Laureate Recognition Award.
This award honors an outstanding ophthalmologist whose significant contributions to the field have shaped modern ophthalmology. The Academy is accepting nominations through Feb. 1 for the 2021 award.
Nomination forms are available at aao.org/about/awards/laureate#nominations.
Election Results
On Nov. 16, 2020, voting opened for four positions on the 2021 Board of Trustees. On Dec. 17, the results were posted on aao.org/about/governance/elections.
For more information about the elections, visit aao.org/about/governance/elections.
Nominations for the Academy Board
By Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD
As Past President of the Academy, it is my privilege to serve as Chair of the Academy’s Nominating Committee in 2021. This committee represents a variety of interests within the Academy and is charged with identifying appropriate candidates for the open positions on the 2022 Board of Trustees.
The committee is interested in identifying leaders in our profession with experience in confronting the critical issues facing organized medicine and who reflect the strength and diversity of our members. The Academy’s leaders should be knowledgeable, experienced, and prepared to devote the time and energy required by a large organization in these challenging times. This work is both demanding and rewarding for those interested in helping to assure the Academy’s success and responsiveness to members.
With these characteristics in mind, please assist the committee by suggesting appropriate candidates for the following positions in 2022:
President-elect (to serve as President in 2023). Nominees should have leadership experience within the Academy as well as demonstrated leadership qualities in clinical practice, in their own ophthalmic communities, and in other medical or ophthalmological organizations.
Senior Secretary for Clinical Education (three-year term). This Senior Secretary coordinates the programs and activities of the Academy’s education division, including curriculum development, online education, lifelong learning and assessment, and educational publications. Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, is currently serving the third year of his term and is eligible for a second term.
Trustee-at-Large (four-year term). This individual should be an Academy Fellow who demonstrates strong leadership potential and would be able to represent and articulate the needs and concerns of the membership to the Academy board.
International Trustee-at-Large (three-year appointment). This individual should be an Academy International Fellow or Member who practices exclusively outside the United States and has a strong affinity for the Academy and broad experience and understanding of his or her region. This individual should be able to represent and articulate the perspective of international members to the Academy board.
Thank you for your interest and participation in this process. Membership participation is vital, not only for the Academy but also for our collective goals of being able to provide appropriate, accessible, and affordable eye care to the public. On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I look forward to receiving your suggestions as we seek to identify our profession’s future leaders.
Send your confidential suggestions by Feb. 1 to Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD; Nominating Committee Chair, American Academy of Ophthalmology, P.O. Box 7424, San Francisco, CA 94120-7424. Suggestions can also be e-mailed to nominate@aao.org or faxed to 415-561-8526.
For more information on the board nominations, visit aao.org/about/governance/board-nominations.
ABOUT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The Academy nominating process has been carefully crafted to be inclusive, fair, and efficient. This process encourages a broad base of nominations from the entire Academy membership. The Nominating Committee composition is delineated by the Bylaws, and it considers a number of factors when screening potential candidates including: integrity, ophthalmology leadership ability, special expertise, past committee and leadership experience and performance, and knowledge and interest in the multitude of issues currently faced by ophthalmologists. In addition to nominations from the current year, the committee reviews prior year nominations to ensure a wide range of potential candidates for each position. Following months of confidential deliberations, the committee presents final recommendations to the Board of Trustees for approval. This single candidate method avoids the loss of valuable future leaders, as there are no public “losers” in the election. Often those considered but not selected for an open position one year become the nominee of choice in a future year.
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Congratulations to Life Fellows/Members
The Academy is pleased to congratulate members who have achieved the status of Life Fellow/Member in 2021. The Academy commends them for their dedication to lifelong learning and advancing standards of care over their 35 years of membership and deeply appreciates their loyalty and long-standing support.
TAKE NOTICE
A Request From EyeNet
Next month, some of you may be invited to participate in a magazine readership survey conducted by Kantar Media. If you are a fan of EyeNet, please participate. Being ranked among the most widely and thoroughly read ophthalmic publications enables the magazine to secure funding for projects that help you in the clinical realm and in your practice.
Don’t Miss the Jan. 31 Deadline for 2020 MIPS
If you are using the IRIS Registry to report the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for 2020, Jan. 31 is a key date on three counts.
1. Finish manually entering your MIPS information. This deadline applies if you are using the IRIS Registry web portal to manually report quality measures, promoting interoperability (PI) measures, or improvement activities. If you successfully integrated your electronic health record (EHR) system with the IRIS Registry and if your EHR has 2015-edition certification, your MIPS quality data are automatically extracted from your EHRs, but you must report PI measures and improvement activities manually.
Manually report quality data. You can either enter patients one at a time or batch patients via a properly formatted CSV file.
Include the data-completeness totals. If you are manually reporting patients for a quality measure, you must submit to the IRIS Registry the total number of patients eligible and excepted from that measure.
Don’t “cherry-pick.” If you report a quality measure on less than 100% of eligible patients, CMS expects you to select patients who are representative of your performance for that measure. If CMS suspects that you have cherry- picked patients to boost your performance rate, it may audit your reporting.
2. Sign the data-release consent form. Providers who are reporting as individuals should sign their own consent forms; providers who are reporting as a group can be included on a single consent form, which can be signed by the administrator. All your practice’s ophthalmologists must be up to date with their 2020 Academy membership dues. You must sign a new consent form each year and can do so via the IRIS Registry dashboard. For instructions, see aao.org/consent-form.
3. Submit your data to CMS. The final step is to confirm that your data are ready to send to CMS and click “submit.” You’ll know you are done when CMS sends a MIPS score estimate, which will display in your dashboard. (There is a limited exception to this Jan. 31 deadline: If you integrated your EHR system with the IRIS Registry, do not send your quality data to CMS until your dashboard indicates that you have a full year of data.)
Learn more about the IRIS Registry and MIPS at aao.org/iris-registry and aao.org/medicare.
See Where You Stand on the Physician Well-Being Index
Start the year by giving yourself a checkup. The Academy’s wellness resources (aao.org/wellness) include free access to the Physician Well-Being Index, a brief online assessment developed by Mayo Clinic in partnership with MedEd Solutions.
Goal. This tool is intended to help you better understand your overall well-being and areas of risk compared with other physicians across the nation.
Free member benefit. To take the assessment, Academy members will need to create an account at https://app.mywellbeingindex.org/landing-page/aao (use invitation code AAO2020).
Virtual Orbital Gala Raises $400,000 for Museum
Thanks to the generosity of the ophthalmic community, the 17th annual Orbital Gala during AAO 2020 Virtual was a huge success. The first-ever virtual Orbital Gala attracted more than 800 supporters from all over the world and raised more than $400,000 in support of the Academy’s Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye. David W. Parke II, MD, Academy CEO, encouraged guests to bid on unique items including vacations, jewelry, art, conversations with legends like Jane Goodall, and more. George A. Williams, MD, presented a matching gift of $50,000. The museum is set to open in 2021 at Academy headquarters, located in the heart of the tourist-rich Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood in San Francisco.
Visit the museum at aao.org/museum-of-the-eye or donate at aao.org/donate.
Support the Academy Foundation
Now is a great time to recommend a grant that will make an immediate impact on the success of Academy programs such as the ONE Network or IRIS Registry. If you don’t have a donor advised fund, discover the ease of opening one and learn about its advantages, such as a federal income tax charitable deduction.
Take action at aao.org/daf.
Volunteer: Write an Article for YO Info
Passionate about the future of ophthalmology? Invest in the education of young physicians by writing for YO Info, the Academy’s monthly online newsletter distributed to young ophthalmologists (Academy members in training and those in the first five years of practice).
All articles are published on aao.org, and the newsletter is distributed electronically to about 7,000 young ophthalmologists in the United States and around the world.
To get started, suggest a topic in practice management, clinical pearls, advocacy, or other issues relevant to young ophthalmologists. Your submission will be reviewed, and if your article topic is selected, you can expect a time commitment of three to six hours, including edits and reviews.
Learn more at aao.org/volunteering, then choose “Write an Article for YO Info.” (This is just one of many Academy volunteer opportunities.)
D.C. REPORT
What Does a Biden Administration Mean for Health Care?
Health care was one of the top issues in the 2020 election, and when President-elect Biden takes the oath of office in January, his administration will want to quickly deliver on some of his key campaign promises. However, the success of his health agenda could largely depend on which political party controls the Senate in the new Congress—a decision that, at time of press, hinged on the outcome of two runoff races in Georgia on Jan. 5.
So what will a Biden administration mean for health care policy?
COVID-19. Addressing the coronavirus pandemic will be an immediate focus of the next administration. As a candidate, Mr. Biden promised to implement a national system for testing and contact tracing, targeted business closures, and the promotion of mask-wearing as a patriotic act. His approach will be a sharp contrast to the Trump administration’s policy of leaving most decisions up to individual states.
ACA. During the campaign, Mr. Biden proposed a health care agenda that focuses on fixing and expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This includes offering a new public option for those in the individual market or with employer coverage and increasing premium subsidies. While a Republican Senate may make it harder to achieve that public option, Mr. Biden can act to shore up the ACA through the use of executive orders.
Medicare. The Academy is closely watching for potential changes to Medicare policies as a Biden administration has many reasons to stabilize the program. During the campaign, Mr. Biden did not support Medicare-for-All, instead opting to support reducing the Medicare age from 65 to 60 and establishing a new long-term care tax credit.
Prescription drugs. The Academy will also be watching to see how the new administration seeks to tackle high prescription drug prices. Mr. Biden supports legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate prices for government programs. He also supports prohibiting drug companies from raising prices faster than inflation for people covered by Medicare and other federal programs. He has proposed creating an independent review board to determine a drug’s price for those cases in which new specialty drugs are launched without competition, using what other countries pay to determine a “reasonable price.” A Republican Senate, however, would limit achievement of many of these policies.
Implementing these plans. To finance the cost of his health care plans, Mr. Biden supports using savings from reducing prescription drug prices, lowering other health care costs, and raising taxes on capital gains and ordinary income for high earners and heirs.
A Biden administration could move quickly to implement regulatory changes to support his policy priorities. But if control of the Congress remains divided, backing those changes up with legislation where necessary could be challenging. He may also face challenges overcoming some of the divisions within the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives.
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Troutman Prizes
Troutman Cornea Prize for Young Clinician Investigators—Drew Salisbury, MD, of Premier Medical Group in Mobile, Alabama, for his paper, “Increasing Povidone-Iodine Exposure in Endothelial Keratoplasty Tissue Processing and Fungal Infection Impact.” Dr. Salisbury was awarded a $5,000 honorarium from the Troutman Endowment and presented his work at the Cornea and Eye Banking Forum, which took place virtually prior to AAO 2020 Virtual.
Dr. Salisbury commented, “It is a tremendous honor to be the 2020 recipient of the Troutman Cornea Prize. The results from this study have changed the way that eye banks process corneal tissue across the United States. The new processing method is proving to be a safe and cost-effective measure to significantly decrease the number of postoperative fungal infections that occur after all types of cornea transplantation. Postkeratoplasty fungal infection is one of the biggest fears of a cornea specialist, and our study protocol significantly decreases the probability of this dreaded complication. I want to thank my mentors at Eye Consultants of Atlanta and the staff at the Georgia Eye Bank for allowing me to be a part of this remarkable project.”
This award, established by a Castroviejo Cornea Society Founder, Richard C. Troutman, MD, DSc (Hon), is awarded annually to the investigator under 41 years of age who authored the best paper published in Cornea the year before.
Suzanne Véronneau-Troutman Award—Julia A. Haller, MD, was presented this award at the Women in Ophthalmology (WIO) Reception and Awards Ceremony held virtually during AAO 2020 Virtual. The award recognizes an ophthalmologist who has done the most in the preceding year to advance and enhance the position of women in ophthalmology.
Dr. Haller, who is ophthalmologist-in-chief at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, has strongly advocated for women ophthalmologists throughout her career. In the past year alone, she has written two articles emphasizing the inequities in treatment of women ophthalmologists at the podium and in the operating room. Locally, she is involved in Women of Wills and in mentoring college students, medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty.
The Suzanne Véronneau-Troutman Award, established by Suzanne Véronneau-Troutman, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, is awarded annually by WIO.
ACADEMY RESOURCES
Access Ophthalmology Retina, Focal Points, and Other Free Member Benefits
All Academy members now have online access to Ophthalmology Retina’s current, past, and in-press articles for free at ophthalmologyretina.org. This journal was previously available only as a paid print subscription. In addition, another member benefit becomes available this month: the full Focal Points archive of 100+ digital issues (aao.org/focalpoints).
As a reminder, the popular resource Wills Eye Manual is also available as a member benefit (aao.org/wills-eye-manual/index).
And in the next few months, the Academy’s new, open access journal, Ophthalmology Science, will join the 16 publications on aao.org/journals.
Join Now and Retain Access to AAOE Resources
In 2020, the American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives (AAOE), the Academy’s practice management affiliate, extended some of its valuable membership benefits to every Academy member for free.
If you join AAOE now, you’ll get uninterrupted access to these important resources as well as several other benefits, including:
- real-time support and advice through the E-Talk listserv;
- members-only coding and practice management resources; and
- strategic business intelligence from Academy experts.
Learn more at aao.org/aaoe.
MEETING MATTERS
Plan to Attend AAO 2021 in New Orleans
Mark your calendar for AAO 2021. It takes place Nov. 13-15, 2021 (with Subspecialty Day meetings beginning on Friday, Nov. 12), at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
For details, visit aao.org/2021.
2021 Abstract Deadline Is Jan. 12
Want to create content for AAO 2021? Submit an Academy or AAOE instruction course or new Skills Transfer lab abstract between Dec. 10, 2020, and Jan. 12, 2021.
Learn more at aao.org/presentercentral.
Incoming Life Members for 2021
Aziz Samir Abdul-Rahim, MD
Donald Andrew Abrams, MD
John Howard Abrams, MD, FACS
Frank Acevedo, MD
Alejandro Acosta-Rivera, MD
Marwa Adi, MD, FACS
Peter J. Agapitos, MD
W. Nicholson Ainsworth, MD
Ronald Lee Allen, MD
Omar F. Almallah, MD
Gustavo M. Alvira, MD
Leonardo M. Antaris, MD
Michael V. Antworth, MD
Rona Appel, MD
Patrice Archambault, MD
James B. Arthur, MD
Thomas J. Ashley, MD
Milhim I. Aswad, MD
James Drake Auran, MD
Duane Francis Austin, MD
Kristina Heidi Austin, MD
Darrell R. Avram, MD
Brock K. Bakewell, MD
Larry Bryan Baldwin, MD
Emilio Balestrazzi, MD
Ray M. Balyeat, MD
Laurie Gray Barber, MD
Nicholas Barna, MD
Kenneth J. Baum, MD
Mark Gregory Bearman, MD
Richard Francis Beatty, MD
Thomas J. Beggins, MD
Robert E. Benedett, MD
Steven Roy Bennett, MD
Susan M. Berberich, MD
Richard O. Bessent, MD
Alexander A. Bialasiewicz, MD, PhD
William J. Bigham, MD
Susanne Binder, MD
Lee Birchansky, MD
Robert D. Blasberg, MD
Alan F. Bloom, MD
Myron Eugene Bodnar, MD
H. Culver Boldt, MD
Carl P. Bontempo, MD
John Matthew Boozan, MD
Jose Manuel Borges, MD, PhD
Charles S. Bouchard, MD
Keith A. Bourgeois, MD
Harrison N. Bowes Jr., MD
David Franklin Box, MD
Cynthia Ann Bradford, MD
Robert G. Brame, MD
James D. Brandt, MD
Neil M. Bressler, MD
Brian Michael Brown, MD
Bruce Brown, MD
Donna Dodson Brown, MD
Michael F. Brown, MD
Robert L. Brownlow, MD
James A. Bryan III, MD
Frank A. Bucci, MD
Daniel Joseph Buckley, MD
Robert M. Budd, MD
Robert H. Bullington, MD
Lisa Sharon Bunin, MD
Lucio Buratto, MD
Sharon Burke, MD
James Anthony Busack, DO
Thomas J. Byrd, MD
James Brennen Byrne Jr., MD
Douglas M. Campbell, DO
John Capino, MD
Hilda Capo, MD
Antonio Capone Jr., MD
Fernando Caride, MD
Daniel Scott Casper, MD
Alberto J. Castro, MD
Thomas Y. Chandler, MD
Scott A. Cherne, MD
Robert J. Chestler, MD
Li-Li S. Chia, MD
Sophia Mihe Chung, MD
Arnaldo P. Cialdini, MD
Robert J. Cionni, MD
Gregory T. Clariday, MD
Harold W. Climenhaga, MD
Martin Steven Cogen, MD
Leeber Cohen, MD
Nancy H. Coles, MD
Irvin Collado, MD
Luis E. Colon, MD
Geoffrey Guy Cooper, MD, FACS
George F. Corrent, MD, PhD
John B. Cox, MD
Paul Craven, MD
J. Curtis Creed, MD
Andrew Crichton, MD
Carolyn A. Cruvant, MD
Jose R. Cumba, MD
Louis Dalaveris, MD
Jose Dalma-Weiszhausz, MD
Stewart A. Daniels, MD
Ronald Peter Danis, MD
Karen Fung Dante, MD
Jack S. Daubert, MD
James L. Davidian, MD
Charles Davis, DO
Richard M. Davis, MD
Thomas Moore Davis, MD
John T. Dawson, MD
Marc Dominique De Smet, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FRCOphth
Gary Glenn Deckelboim, MD
Philip James Deer, MD
Doug O. Dehning, MD
David E. Denlinger, MD
Patrick H. Dennis Jr., MD
Patrick A. DeRespinis, MD
Wayne Roger DeVantier, MD
Shashi K. Dharma, MD
Silvino Diaz-Mendoza, MD
Alberto Diaz-Saldana, MD
D. L. Chris Diehl, MD
Mark Alan DiPillo, MD
Jean Alyse Disseler, MD
Gregory Doren, MD
R. Philip Doss, MD
Aspasia E. Draga, MD
Michael J. Drinnan, MD
David N. Drucker, MD
Anne Marie Drysdale, MD
James Philip Dunn Jr., MD
Julie R. Durand, MD
Alan R. Ecker, MD
Patricia Anne Ecker, MD
Jane C. Edmond, MD
Alvin G. Edwards, MBBS
R. Lynn Ehrhardt, MD
Richard Mark Eisenberg, MD
Fadi Z. El Baba, MD
Eugene John Eldridge, MD
Ross D. Elliott, MD
E. Trevor Elmquist, DO
Mary J. Elnick, MD
Randy Mark Ennen, MD
Barry M. Epstein, MD
Richard Andrew Erdey, MD
Amy B. Eston, MD
John Stuart Ettenson, MD
Charles Douglas Evans, MD
Daniel Alan Ewen, MD
G. Reed Failing, MD, FACS
David A. Faris, MD
Leonard A. Feiner, MD
Robert E. Feinfield, MD
Marianne E. Feitl, MD
Stephen M. Felton, MD, PhD
James T. Finegan, MD
Alan J. Fink, MD
Philip Mark Fiore, MD
Larry Alan Fish, MD, PhD
Richard H. Fish, MD
Peggy H. Fishman, MD
Kevin Thomas Flaherty, MD
Michael H. Foerster, MD
Jeffrey S. Forman, MD
Come Fortin, MD, FRCSC
Lawrence Keith Fox, MD, FACS
Paul F. Francke, MD
Philip Anthony Fraterrigo, MD
Mark Ian Freedman, MD
L. Neal Freeman, MD, MBA, FACS
Richard S. Freeman, MD
Jeffrey Samuel Frieling, MD
Thomas B. Friman, MD
Sandford C. Frisch, MD
Mark D. Fromer, MD
Samuel F. A. Fulcher, MD
Ira E. Gaddy, MD
John Charles Galanis, MD
Frank W. Garber, MD
Andrew Garfinkle, MD
Paul E. Garland, MD
J. Michael Geiger, MD
Todd W. Geisert, MD
Craig Erwin Geist, MD
Bruce A. Germer, MD
James W. Gigantelli, MD
Jason M. Gilbert, MD
Michael L. Gilbert, MD, OCS
Paul Gilwit, MD, FACS
Herbert Jeffrey Glatt, MD
Gary M. Glickman, MD
Stephen A. Godlewski, MD
Evan B. Gold, MD
Michael B. Gold, MD
Mark I. Golden, MD
Timothy Edward Gordon, MD
Robert Jay Granadier, MD
Glenn E. Graves, MD
Jacqueline D. Green, MD
Scott Greenbaum, MD
Christopher A. Greer, DO
Linda Greff, MD
Craig M. Greven, MD
David S. Grey, MD
Paul B. Griggs, MD
Joseph Michael Gunn, MD
Debra Sharon Guthrie, MD
Jeffrey R. Haag, MD
Daniel S. Haddad, MD
Brian Ira Haft, MD
M. Kenny Hall, MD
Lawrence S. Halperin, MD, FACS
Michael A. Halsted, MD
Anne Marie Hanneken, MD
Lori A. Harkins, MD
Walter P. Harris, MD
Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, FACS
Kay Hazelett, MD
Jay E. Hellreich, MD
David C. Herman, MD
Stephen E. Higgins, MD
Edward J. Holland, MD
Richard H. Hopp, MD
Cheryl Horton, MD
Jonathan C. Horton, MD, PhD
Andrew J. W. Huang, MD, MPH
Harry Huang, MD
Suber S. Huang, MD
Stephen A. Hudock, MD
Jerry D. Hunsaker, MD
Judy Diane Hustead, MD
David G. Hwang, MD
John E. Imhoff, MD
Mark Alan Jackowitz, MD
Arthur Jacobson, MD
Lawrence Joseph Jaeger, MD
John Steven Jarstad, MD
Shyun Jeng, MD
Thomas J. Jennings, MD
Jaime Jimenez-Agosto, MD
David W. Johnson, MD
Mark W. Johnson, MD
Paul N. Joos, MD
Paul A. Jorizzo, MD
Jonathan M. Joseph, MD
Richard H. Jozkowski, MD
Peter H. Judson, MD
Emilio M. Justo, MD
Fawaz W. Kaba, MD
Masanori Kado, MD
Geoffrey R. Kaplan, MD
Stefan Edwin Karas, MD
Laurence J. Karns, MD
Andrea Fran Katz, MD
Randy Steven Katz, MD
Kenji Kawai, MD
Jeffrey S. Kay, MD
Michael Kazim, MD
Tosca M. Kekish, MD
Richard Galen Kemp, MD
Vincent Andrew Keszei, MD
Cheryl L. Keys, MD
Guy M. Kezirian, MD, FACS
Kassim A. Khan, MD
Glenn P. Kimball, MD
Mark B. Kislinger, MD
Motohiro Kiyosawa, MD
Gregg T. Kokame, MD
Ildiko T. Kondray, MD
Richard Kootman, MD
Scott Kortvelesy, MD
Marilyn K. Kosier, MD
Randall John Kresie, MD
Sidney Herman Kriger, MD
Paul A. Kuck, MD
Philip J. Kurica, MD
Sheridan Lam, MD
Kenneth E. Langley, MD, FACS
Earl Edward Lanter, MD
Wayne I. Larrison, MD
LeAnn J. Larson, MD
Harry A. Lebowitz, MD
Y. C. Lee, MD
Sharon S. Lehman, MD
David M. Lehmann, MD
Eligijus P. Lelis, MD
Gary John Lenth, MD
Russell Stefan Lents, MD
Nicholas J. Leonardy, MD
Richard J. Leung, MD
Jeffrey H. Levenson, MD
Alex V. Levin, MD
Ira K. Levine, MD
Lawrence M. Levinson, MD
Mark Levitan, MD
H. Robert Liao, MD
Peter E. Liggett, MD
John M. Lim, MD
Richard Ling, MD
Mark A. Lister, MD
Mary Ann Lloyd, MD
Garlan G. Lo, MD
Michael Loeffler, MD
Franklin Benjam Longo, MD
Salvatore J. Loporchio, MD
Gregory John Louis, MD
David M. Lubeck, MD
Anthony J. Lubniewski, MD
Brian D. Lueth, MD
Miguel Lugo, MD
Jay M. Lustbader, MD
David B. Lyon, MD, FACS
William Thomas Mabrey, MD
Ben B. Mahan, MD
Robert A. Mallette, MD
Robert K. Maloney, MD
George S. Malouf, MD
Alan J. Margolis, MD
Lina M. Marouf, MD
Hugo Martinez Rodriguez, MD
Steven L. Maskin, MD, FACS
Thomas R. Mather, MD
Thomas Harold Matsko, MD, PhD
Richard C. Mauer, MD
Thomas F. Mauger, MD
Donna L. Maxfield, MD
William May, MD
Robert A. Mazzoli, MD
Douglas E. Mazzuca Sr., DO
Ian L. McAllister, MD
Polly L. McCormack, MD
Donald McCurdy, MD
Ronald E. McFarland, MD
Brian J. McKee, MD
James Neil McManus, MD
William E. McRee, MD
David Joel Medford, MD
Claire Meehan, MD
Peter L. Menger, MD
Dale R. Meyer, MD, FACS
Larry A. Meyer, MD
Mark Michels, MD, FACS
James H. Miller Jr., MD
Carl A. Minning Jr., MD
Jose R. Miranda, MD
Cheryl Marie Mitchell, MD
David J. Mitchell, MD
Althea Blones Molarte, MD
Malcolm Sidney Moore, MD
Kirk P. Morey, MD
Jeffrey B. Morris, MD
William David Mosier, MD
Paul Rush Moulton, MD
Paul Murphy, MD
Timothy G. Murray, MD, MBA
Anne M. Nachazel, MD
Norman Crooks Nelson, MD
William Brian Neusidl, MD, FACS
David M. Newman, MD
Donald A. Newman, MD
Charles R. Niles, MD
Okihiro Nishi, MD
Janis R. Nobe, MD
Jean M. Amrien Noll, MD
Kimberly Jean Norris, MD, OCS
Jeffrey S. Nudelman, MD
Dale C. Oates, MD, PhD
Daniel M. O’Brien, MD
Terrence P. O’Brien, MD
Marc G. Odrich, MD
Gerald P. O’Hanley, MD
John Olkowski, MD
Carlos A. Omphroy, MD
Ira K. Orgel, MD
George G. Ortiz, MD
Glenn E. Ostriker, MD, FACS
Kenneth A. Otto, MD
Randall R. Ozment, MD
Mark F. Ozog, MD
Wonkyu Pak, MD
Millicent Palmer, MD
Avi K. Pandey, MD
Victor Gayle Pang, MD
Prior L. Parker, MD
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Matthew D. Paul, MD
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Jorge L. Perez, MD
Scott A. Perkins, MD
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John V. Petro, MD
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Taylor G. Poole, MD
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Martin Richler, MD
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James A. Roberts, MD
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J. Peter Roll, MD
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Lisa Fran Rosenberg, MD
Richard Alan Rosenberg, MD
Harry Rosenthal, MD
J. Gregory Rosenthal, MD
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Charles Rothberg, MD
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Jay Michel Rubin, MD
Roy Scott Rubinfeld, MD
Mark H. Rubinstein, MD
A. Joseph Rudick Jr., MD
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Malaz Safi, MD
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Edward F. Smith, MD
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Thomas G. Ward, DO
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