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 Methodologist, David C. Musch, PhD, MPH.

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 www.cmss.org/codeforinteractions.aspx) in developing OTAs by following the Preferred Practice Patterns and Ophthalmic Technology Assessments New Relationship with Industry Procedures.

Cornea and Anterior Segment Disorders Panel

Roni M. Shtein, MD, MS, Chair and Methodologist
Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD 
Anthony N. Kuo, MD
Jennifer Y. Li, MD
Joanne F. Shen, MD
Mitchell P. Weikert, MD
W. Barry Lee, MD, Ex-officio member
Sophie Deng, MD, PhD, Ex-officio member

Glaucoma Panel

Teresa C. Chen, MD, Chair
Ambika Hoguet, MD
Sunita Radhakrishnan, MD
Arthur J. Sit, MD
Hana L. Takusagawa, MD
Darrell WuDunn, MD, PhD
Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, MD, MS, Methodologist
Philip P. Chen, MD, Ex-officio member
Anna K. Junk, MD, Ex-officio member

Oculoplastics and Orbit Panel

Louise A. Mawn, MD, Chair
Jill A. Foster, MD
Suzanne K. Freitag, MD
Rachel K. Sobel, MD
Jeremiah P. Tao, MD
Edward J. Wladis, MD
Vinay K. Aakalu, MD, MPH, Methodologist
Jurij R. Bilyk, MD, Ex-officio member
Elizabeth A. Bradley, MD, Ex-officio member
Michael T. Yen, MD, Ex-officio member

Pediatric Ophthalmology/Strabismus Panel

Scott R. Lambert, MD, Chair 
Gil Binenbaum, MD
Jennifer A. Galvin, MD
Gena Heidary, MD
Amy K. Hutchinson, MD
Stacy L. Pineles, MD
Deborah K. VanderVeen, MD
Raymond T. Kraker, MS, Methodologist
Lorri B. Wilson, MD, Ex-officio member

Refractive Mgmt/Intervention Panel

Ayad A. Farjo, MD, Chair 
Zaina N. Al-Mohtaseb, MD
Julie M. Schallhorn, MD
Walter Allan Steigleman, MD
Steven M. Verity, MD
Aaron N. Waite, MD
Roni M. Shtein, MD, Methodologist

Retina/Vitreous Panel

Steven Yeh, MD, Chair
Sophie J. Bakri, MD
Justis P. Ehlers, MD
Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS
Scott D. Schoenberger, MD
Justine R. Smith, MD
Jennifer E. Thorne, MD, PhD, Methodologist
Allen C. Ho, MD, Ex-officio member