The PPPC develops guidelines for the pattern of practice, not for the care of a particular individual, based on the best available scientific data.
The PPPC is comprised of six subspecialty panels and the Chair of the Committee, Sid Mandelbaum, MD.
Cataract/Anterior Segment Panel
Samuel Masket, MD, Chair
David F. Chang, MD
Stephen S. Lane, MD
Richard H. Lee, MD
Kevin M. Miller, MD
Roger F. Steinert, MD
Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, Methodologist
Cornea/External Disease Panel
Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, Chair
Robert S. Feder, MD
Matthew R. Jones, MD
Francis S. Mah, MD
David C. Musch, PhD, MPH, Methodologist
Ayman Naseri, MD
Audrey R. Talley-Rostov, MD
Andrew J. Velazquez, MD
Jayne S. Weiss, MD
Glaucoma Panel
Douglas E. Gaasterland, MD, Chair
R. Rand Allingham, MD
Mae O. Gordon, PhD, Methodologist
Ronald L. Gross, MD
Henry D. Jampel, MD
Young H. Kwon, MD, PhD
Bruce E. Prum, Jr., MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology/Strabismus Panel
Linda M. Christmann, MD, Chair
Patrick J. Droste, MD
Sheryl M. Handler, MD
Chip Harbaugh, MD, FAAP
Donya A. Powers, MD, FAAFP
Susannah G. Rowe, MD, MPH, Methodologist
Richard A. Saunders, MD
R. Grey Weaver, Jr., MD
Refractive Mgmt/Intervention Panel
Stephen D. McLeod, MD, Chair
Roy S. Chuck, MD, PhD
D. Rex Hamilton, MD
James A. Katz, MD
Srilata S. Naidu, MD
Allan R. Rutzen, MD, FACS
Susan Vitale, PhD, MHS, Methodologist
John A. Vukich, MD
Retina/Vitreous Panel
Emily Y. Chew, MD, Chair
William E. Benson, MD
Barbara A. Blodi, MD
H. Culver Boldt, MD
Leslie Hyman, PhD, Methodologist
Timothy G. Murray, MD
Timothy W. Olsen, MD
Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS
Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH