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Annual Meeting Program Committee
The Annual Meeting Program Committee is responsible for the Annual Meeting Scientific Program, including symposia and the Spotlight on Cataracts session.

Secretary for Annual Meeting
Jonathan B. Rubenstein, MD

Associate Secretary for the Annual Meeting Program
Cynthia Mattox, MD, FACS

Subcommittee for: Cataract
Chair
William J. Fishkind, MD

Subcommittee Members
Steven Henry Dewey, MD
Mitchell P. Weikert, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
George Beiko, MD
Nicole R. Fram, MD
Luther Fry, MD
Colleen P. Halfpenny, MD
Kevin M. Miller, MD

Subcommittee for: Cornea, External Disease
Chair
Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD

Subcommittee Members
Bennie H. Jeng, MD
Shahzad I. Mian, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
Jessica B. Ciralsky, MD
Darren G. Gregory, MD
Christina R. Prescott, MD
Robert L. Schultze, MD
Sonal S. Tuli, MBBS

Subcommittee for: Glaucoma
Chair
Carla J. Siegfried, MD

Subcommittee Members
Malik Y. Kahook, MD
Molly Walsh, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
Husam Ansari, MD, PhD
Steven J. Gedde, MD
Martha Motuz Leen, MD
Steven L. Mansberger, MD, MPH
Thasarat S Vajaranant, MD

Subcommittee for: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Computers/Information Technology, Ethics, General Medical Care, International Ophthalmology, Medical Education, Ophthalmic History and Vision Rehabilitation
Chair
Jacqueline A. Leavitt, MD

Subcommittee Members
Sophia Mihe Chung, MD
Michael S. Lee, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
Madhu R. Agarwal, MD
John B. Kerrison, MD
Howard D. Pomeranz, MD
Kenneth S. Shindler, MD, PhD
Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD

Subcommittee for: Ocular Tumors, Pathology and Orbit, Lacrimal Plastic Surgery
Chair
Keith D. Carter, MD, FACS

Subcommittee Members
Don O. Kikkawa, MD
Matthew W. Wilson, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
Vikram D Durairaj MD
Bobby S. Korn, MD, PhD, FACS
Jill S Melicher Larson MD
Julian D. Perry, MD
Erin M. Shriver, MD

Subcommittee for: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus
Chair
Terri L. Young, MD

Subcommittee Members
Hilda Capo, MD
Michael F. Chiang, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
Arlene V. Drack, MD
Judith E. Gurland, MD
Anthony Pruett Johnson, MD, FACS
Natalie C. Kerr, MD
Martha P. Schatz, MD

Subcommittee for: Refractive Surgery and Optics, Refraction Contact Lenses
Chair
Sonia H. Yoo, MD

Subcommittee Members
Karl G. Stonecipher, MD
John Allan Vukich, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
David A. Goldman, MD
Daniel F. Goodman, MD, FACS
Rajesh K. Rajpal, MD
William B. Trattler, MD
Elizabeth Yeu, MD

Subcommittee for: Retina, Vitreous and Intraocular Inflammation, Uveitis
Chair
John T. Thompson, MD

Subcommittee Members
Janet Louise Davis, MD
Srinivas R. Sadda, MD

Subcommittee Reviewers
Ron Afshari Adelman, MD, MPH
J. Fernando Arevalo, MD
Alay S. Banker, MD
Sharon Fekrat, MD
Christina J. Flaxel, MD
Mathew W. MacCumber, MD, PhD
Colin A. McCannel, MD
Dante Pieramici, MD
Sharon D. Solomon, MD
Homayoun Tabandeh, MD, MS, FRCP, FRCOphth

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

Associate Secretary
Maria M. Aaron, MD

Committee Members
Ali R. Djalilian, MD
Jill S. Melicher Larson, MD
Scott C. Oliver, MD
Douglas J. Rhee, MD
Nicholas J. Volpe, MD
Tammy L. Yanovitch, MD

Skills Transfer Advisory Committee
The Skills Transfer Advisory Committee is responsible for selecting the Skills Transfer courses and labs.

Associate Secretary
Thomas W. Samuelson, MD

Advisory Committee
Iqbal K. Ahmed, MD
Susan R. Carter, MD
Jack A. Cohen, MD, FACS
William Barry Lee, MD
Kevin M. Miller, MD
David D. Verdier, MD