The Ophthalmic Technology Assessment Committee (OTAC) scientifically evaluates new and existing ophthalmic tests and procedures to provide evidence-based information to ophthalmologists, the private sector and the government, ensuring that appropriate eye care is provided to the public.
The OTAC is comprised of six subspecialty panels the Committee Chair, Stacy L. Pineles, MD, and the Committee Methodologist, Tianjing Li, MD, MHS, PhD.
Disclosures of OTA authors are published with the OTAs. Authors and reviewers of OTAs are volunteers and do not receive any financial compensation for their contributions to the documents. The OTAs are developed by the Academy without any external financial support and are externally reviewed by experts and stakeholders before publication.
The Academy complies with the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Code for interactions with Companies (available at https://cmss.org/code-signers-pdf/) in developing OTAs by following the Preferred Practice Patterns and Ophthalmic Technology Assessments New Relationship with Industry Procedures.
Cornea and Anterior Segment Disorders Panel
Joanne F. Shen, MD, Chair
Maria S. Cortina, MD
Mark A. Greiner, MD
Darby D. Miller, MD, MPH
Peter B. Veldman, MD
Jia Yin, MD
Roni M. Shtein, MD, MS, Methodologist
Anthony N. Kuo, MD, ex-officio member
Jennifer Y. Li, MD, ex-officio member
Glaucoma Panel
Darrell WuDunn, MD, PhD Chair
Vikas Chopra, MD
O'Rese J. Knight, MD
Yvonne Ou, MD
Grace M. Richter, MD
David Sola-Del Valle, MD
Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, Methodologist
Hana L. Takusagawa, MD, ex-officio member
Oculoplastics and Orbit Panel
Edward J. Wladis, MD, Chair
Lora R. Dagi Glass, MD
Seanna R. Grob, MD
Timothy J. McCulley, MD
M. Reza Vagefi, MD
Michael Yoon, MD
Vinay K. Aakalu, MD, MPH, Methodologist
Jill A. Foster, ex-officio member
Suzanne K. Freitag, MD, ex-officio member
Jeremiah P. Tao, ex-officio member
Pediatric Ophthalmology/Strabismus Panel
Melinda Y. Chang, MD, Chair
Kara M. Cavuoto, MD
Sudha Nallasamy, MD
Julius Oatts, MD
S. Grace Prakalapakorn, MD, MPH
Rupal Trivedi, MBBS, MS, Methodologist
Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE, ex-officio member
Gena Heidary, MD, ex-officio member
David G. Morrison, MD, ex-officio member
Refractive Mgmt/Intervention Panel
Julie M. Schallhorn, MD, Chair
Kathryn M. Hatch, MD
Charles C. Lin, MD
Seth M. Pantanelli, MD, MS
Claudia E. Perez-Straziota, MD
Marcony R. Santhiago, MD
Jennifer R. Rose-Nussbaumer, MD, Methodologist
Zaina N. Al-Mohtaseb, MD, ex-officio member
Retina/Vitreous Panel
Leo A. Kim, MD, PhD, Chair
Christina J. Flaxel, MD
Nieraj Jain, MD
Eric D. Nudleman, MD
Justine R. Smith, MD
Daniel Ting, MD, PhD
Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA
Maureen G. Maguire, PhD, Methodologist