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, Stephen J. Kim, 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 interacations 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
Ying Han, MD, PhD
Yvonne Ou, MD
Grace M. Richter, MD
Arthur J. Sit, MD
Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, Methodologist
Hana L. Takusagawa, MD, ex-officio member
Oculoplastics and Orbit Panel
Edward J. Wladis, MD, Chair
Jill A. Foster, MD
Suzanne K. Freitag, MD
Timothy J. McCulley, MD
Jeremiah P. Tao, MD
M. Reza Vagefi, MD
Vinay K. Aakalu, MD, MPH, Methodologist
Pediatric Ophthalmology/Strabismus Panel
Stacy L. Pineles, MD, Chair
Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE
Kara M. Cavuoto, MD
Melinda Y. Chang, MD
Gena Heidary, MD
David G. Morrison, MD
Rupal Trivedi, MBBS, MS, Methodologist
Refractive Mgmt/Intervention Panel
Julie M. Schallhorn, MD, Chair
Kathryn M. Hatch, MD
Charles C. Lin, MD
Zaina N. Al-Mohtaseb, MD
Seth M. Pantanelli, MD, MS
Marcony R. Santhiago, MD
Walter Allan Steigleman, MD
Jennifer R. Rose-Nussbaumer, MD, Methodologist
Retina/Vitreous Panel
Steven Yeh, MD, Chair
Christina J. Flaxel, MD
Nieraj Jain, MD
Leo A. Kim, MD
Justine R. Smith, MD
Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA
Maureen G. Maguire, PhD, Methodologist