Board of Directors
Grant A. Justin, MD
President
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD, USA
Allison E. Rizzuti, MD
Vice President
SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Boonkit Purt, MD
Secretary
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD, USA
Ankoor S. Shah, MD, PhD
Treasurer
Boston Children’s Hospital
Massachusetts Eye and Ear (MEE)
Boston, MA, USA
James Auran, MD
Executive Vice President
Columbia University
New York City, NY, USA
Fasika Woreta, MD, MPH
Immediate Past President
Wilmer Eye Institute
Baltimore, MD, USA
Jules Winokur, MD
Education Chair
Northwell Health
Greatneck, NY, USA
Jennifer Yu, MD
Policy Chair
UW Medicine
Seattle, WA, USA
Marisa Tieger, MD
Membership Chair
Massachusetts Eye and Ear (MEE)
Boston, MA, USA
Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH
Industry Relations
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston, MA, USA
Christopher Rapuano, MD
Director At-Large
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Amy Coburn, MD
Program Chair
Houston Methodist Eye Associates
Houston, TX, USA
Zeba Syed, MD
Research Chair
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Brittany (Bree) Powell, MD
Society of Military Ophthalmology Representative
Naval Medical Center
San Diego, CA, USA
Ravi Pandit, MD, MPH
Natural Disaster Chair
Red Reflex, LLC
Fargo, ND, USA
Max Scoville, MD
IT Chair
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
Annette Hoskin, PhD
Adjunct Member Representative
Save Sight Insitute, University of Sydney
Lions Eye Insitute, University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia
Andres M. Rousselot, MD
International Member Representative
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kristen Hawthorne, MD
Member at Large
Howerton Eye Center
Austin, TX, USA
Jennifer Hu, MD
Resident Member Representative
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Boston, MA, USA
Melissa Yuan, MD
Resident Member Representative
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Sitara Hirji
Resident Member Representative
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA
Gabriella Schmuter, MD
Resident Member Representative
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York City, NY, USA
Jonah Blumenthal
Student Member Representative
Harvard Medica School
Boston, MA, USA
Sruti Rachapudi
Student Member Representative
MS4 at University of Texas Medical Branch; Incoming PGY1 at Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
Columbia, MD, USA
Jared Tuttle
Student Member Representative
Long School of Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX, USA
Executive Office Staff
Monae Redmond
Executive Director
Nicole La Vigne
Client Relations Specalist
Past Board of Directors Members
2022 – 2023
President: Fasika Woreta, MD, MPH
Vice President: Grant A. Justin, MD
Secretary: Allison E. Rizzuti, MD
Treasurer: Ankoor S. Shah, MD, PhD
Executive Vice Presdient: James D. Auran, MD
Education Chair: Marcus Colyer, MD
Policy Chair: Robert A. Mazzoli, MD, FACS
IT Chair: Boonkit Purt, MD
Membership Chair: Marisa Tieger MD
Industry Relations: Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH
Program Chair: Danielle Trief, MD
Natural Disaster Chair: Amy Coburn, MD
Research Chair: Zeba Syed, MD
Society of Military Ophthalmology Representative: Lucas L. Groves, MD
Director-at-Large: Christoper J. Rapuano, MD
Director-at-Large: Gary Legault, MD
International Member Representative: Andres M. Rousselot, MD
Adjunct Member Representative: Annette Hoskins, PhD
Resident Member Representative: Saghar Bagheri, MD, PhD
Medical Student Representative: Rachel Israilevich
2020 – 2021
President: James Auran, MD
Vice President: Fasika Woreta, MD, MPH
Secretary: Grant Justin, MD
Past President: Ferenc Kuhn, MD, PhD
Education Chair: Marcus Colyer, MD
National Disaster Chair: Amy Coburn, MD
Policy Chair: Robert A. Mazzoli, MD
Treasurer: Ankoor S. Shah, MD, PhD
SMO Representative: Gary Legault, MD
At-Large Representative: Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD
At-Large Representative: Brett Davies, MD
At-Large Representative: Allison E Rizzuti, MD
At-Large Representative: Bartlett Hayes, MD
Resident Representative: Boonkit Purt, MD
Resident Representative: Cherie Fathy, MD
International Member Representative: Andres M. Rousselot, MD
Adjunct Member Representative: Annette Hoskins, PhD
2021 – 2022
President: Fasika Woreta, MD, MPH
Vice President: Grant A. Justin, MD
Secretary: Allison E. Rizzuti, MD
Treasurer: Ankoor S. Shah, MD, PhD
Past President: James D. Auran, MD
Education Chair: Marcus Colyer, MD
Policy Chair: Robert A. Mazzoli, MD, FACS
IT Chair: Boonkit Purt, MD
Membership Chair: Marisa Tieger MD
Industry Relations: Cherie Fathy, MD
Program Chair: Danielle Trief, MD
Natural Disaster Chair: Amy Coburn, MD
Research Chair: Zeba Syed, MD
Society of Military Ophthalmology Representative: Lucas L. Groves, MD
Director-At-Large: Christoper J. Rapuano, MD
Director-At-Large: Gary Legault, MD
International Member Representative: Andres M. Rousselot, MD
Adjunct member Representative: Annette Hoskins, PhD
Resident Member Representative: Saghar Bagheri, MD, PhD
Student Member Representative: Rachel Israilevich