Committees, Workgroups and Task Forces

 ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE

• Jamie Schaefer, Chair
• Marcus Ko
• David Samimi
• Christina Choe
• Jason Sokol

AWARDS COMMITTEE

• Anne Barmettler, Chair
• Cameron Nabavi
• Hakan Demirci
• Louise Mawn
• Rich Allen, Immediate Past President
• Tal Rubinstein, Thesis Workgroup Chair (nonvoting)
• Bradford Lee, DEI Committee Chair (nonvoting)
• Robb Mazzoli, SASOPRS Representative and WHLA WG Chair (nonvoting)
• Jennifer Murdock, YASOPRS Representative (nonvoting)

Wendell Hughes Award Lecture Workgroup

• Robb Mazzoli, Chair
• Jeff Nerad
• Don Kikkawa

CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE

• Pete Setabutr, Continuing Education Director, Chair
• John Martin, Immediate Past Secretary of Meetings
• Jamie Schaefer, Accreditation Committee Chair
• Eric Steele, Scientific Symposia Director
• Industry Relations Workgroup Chair
• Steve Couch, AAO OPS Subspecialty Day Chair
• Lora Glass, Online Ed Center Workgroup Chair
• Grant Moore, Podcast Workgroup Chair
• Cat Burkat, WOC Chair
• Nick Mahoney, Spring Symposium Scientific Symposium Director
• Grace Lee, AAO-ASOPRS OPS Symposium Chair

Subspecialty Day Workgroup

• Steve Couch, Immediate Past Scientific Symposia Director, Chair
• Eric Steele, Scientific Symposia Director

Industry Relations Workgroup

Online Education Center Workgroup

• Lora Glass, Chair
• Peter Timoney
• Molly Fuller
• Dan Rootman
• Natalie Homer
• Viraj Mehta
• John Nguyen
• Ann Tran

Podcast Workgroup

• Grant Moore, Chair
• Pete Setabutr, Continuing Education Director
• Kian Eftekhari
• David Samimi
• Seanna Grob
• Cat Burkat
• Natalie Homer
• Lilangi Ediriwickrema
• Evan Kalin-Hadju

ETHICS COMMITTEE

• Ron Pelton, Chair
• John Ng, Vice President
• Elizabeth Bradley
• Keith Carter
• Kenn Cahill
• Ted Wladis

FELLOWSHIP EDUCATION COMMITTEE

• Cat Burkat, Fellowship Education Director, Chair
• Cameron Nabavi, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• Gary Lelli, Program Directors Committee Chair
• Evan Black, Membership Director 
• Cat Burkat, Fellowship Eval Workgroup Chair
• Cat Burkat, Program Director App Review Workgroup Chair
• Jeremiah Tao, Inservice Exam Workgroup Chair

Fellowship Evaluation Workgroup

• Cat Burkat, Fellowship Education Director, Chair
• Cameron Nabavi, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• Reza Vagefi, Immediate Past Fellowship Education Director
• Gary Lelli, Program Directors Committee Chair
• Ken Morgenstern, President 

Fellowship Application Review Workgroup

• Cat Burkat, Fellowship Education Director, Chair
• Cameron Nabavi, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• Reza Vagefi, Immediate Past Fellowship Education Director
• Gary Lelli, Program Directors Committee Chair
• Wendy Lee, Vice President
• Ron Pelton, Ethics Committee Chair

• Jeremiah Tao, Chair
• Louise Mawn
• Aaron Savar
• Hakan Demirci
• John Nguyen
• Robert Beaulieu
• Catherine Liu

PROGRAM DIRECTORS COMMITTEE

• Gary Lelli, Chair
• Cat Burkat, Fellowship Education Director
• Cameron Nabavi, Assistant Fellowship Education Director
• ASOPRS-approved Fellowship Program Directors

FINANCE COMMITTEE

• Scott Goldstein, Chair
• Assistant Finance Director
• Wendy Lee, President-Elect
• John Ng, Vice President

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

• Rich Allen, Chair, Immediate Past President
• Ken Morgenstern, President
• Wendy Lee, President-Elect
• John Ng, Vice President
• Mike Migliori 

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

• Mark Mazow, Chair
• Stuart Seiff, Advisor (Immediate Past Chair)
• Erin Shriver, AMA Delegate
• Neal Freeman, AMA CPT Delegate
• Javier Servat 
• Steve Couch
• Laryssa Dragan

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

• Evan Black, Membership Director, Chair
• Elizabeth Bradley, Immediate Past Exec Secretary
• Cat Burkat, Fellowship Education Director
• Tal Rubinstein, Thesis Workgroup Chair
• Fatemeh Rajaii, Oral Exam Workgroup Chair
• Vinay Aakalu, Written Exam Workgroup Chair

Thesis Workgroup

• Tal Rubinstein, Chair
• Matt Vicinanzo
• Rachel Sobel
• Neda Esmaili
• Brian Tse
• Alison Callahan
• Dan Rootman
• Gary Lelli, Advisor, Immediate Past Chair

Written Exam Workgroup

• Vinay Aakalu, Chair
• Roman Shinder, Assistant Chair

Oral Exam Workgroup

• Fatemeh Rajaii, Chair
• Peter Timoney, Assistant Chair
• Matt Vicinanzo
• Ashley Campbell
• Ali Mokhtarzadah
• David Samimi
• Jackie Carrasco
• Wesley Brundridge

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• Rich Allen, Immediate Past President, Chair
• Cat Burkat
• Peter Sneed
• Gary Lelli
• Neda Esmaili

PAST PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE

• 2023 Rich Allen
• 2022, Jennifer Sivak-Callcott
• 2021, Robert G. Fante
• 2020, Mark J. Lucarelli
• 2019, Daniel P. Schaefer
• 2018, Tamara R. Fountain
• 2017, Gerald J. Harris
• 2016, Robert A. Goldberg
• 2015, Kathleen F. Archer
• 2014, Don O. Kikkawa

SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA COMMITTEE

• Eric Steele, Scientific Symposia Director, Chair
• Steve Couch, Immediate Past Scientific Symposia Director
• Nick Mahoney (Spring), First Assistant
• Mike Yoon (Asst. Fall), Second Assistant
• Pete Setabutr, Continuing Education Director
• Jamie Schaefer, Accreditation Committee Chair
• Seanna Grob, YASOPRS Workgroup Chair

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION COMMITTEE

• Bradford Lee, Chair
• Don Kikkawa, Foundation Liaison
• Cesar Briceno
• Keith Carter
• Andrea Kossler
• John Ng
• Ana Carolina Victoria
• Chad Zatezalo 
• Tom Johnson
  
• Atif Collins
• Brittany Simmons
• Nickisa Hodgson
• Dave Lyon

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE

• Sara Wester, Chair
• Parag Gandhi, Assistant Chair

MARKETING COMMITTEE

• Jeremiah Tao, Chair
• John Ng, Vice President
• Scott Goldstein, Finance Director
• Maryam Nazemzadeh
• Grant Moore
• Kira Segal
• Keshini Parbhu
• Vik Durairaj
• Brian Willoughby 
• Kian Eftekhari

SASOPRS (Senior ASOPRS) COMMITTEE

• Mike Hawes, Chair
• Jeff Nerad, Assistant Chair

YASOPRS (Young ASOPRS) COMMITTEE

• Seanna Grob, Chair
• Chris Lo
• Ashley Campbell
• Jackson Lever
• Amy Patel Jain
• Roshni Ranjit-Reeves
• Robi Maamari
• Natalie Homer
• Ann Tran