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
David F. Chang, MD, Chair
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
Ayman Naseri, MD
Audrey R. Talley-Rostov, MD
Andrew J. Velazquez, MD
Jayne S. Weiss, MD
David C. Musch, PhD, MPH, Methodologist
Glaucoma Panel
Bruce E. Prum, Jr., MD, Chair
David S. Friedman, MD, MPH, PhD, AGS Representative
Steven J. Gedde, MD
Leon W. Herndon, MD
Young H. Kwon, MD, PhD
Michele C. Lim, MD
Lisa F. Rosenberg, MD
Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, Methodologist
Pediatric Ophthalmology/Strabismus Panel
Patrick J. Droste, MD
Sheryl M. Handler, MD, AAPOS Representative
Chip Harbaugh, MD, FAAP, AAP Representative
Donya A. Powers, MD, FAAFP, AAFP Representative
Richard A. Saunders, MD
R. Grey Weaver, Jr., MD
Susannah G. Rowe, MD, MPH, Methodologist
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, CLAO Representative
Allan R. Rutzen, MD, FACS
John A. Vukich, MD, ASCRS Representative
Susan Vitale, PhD, MHS, Methodologist
Retina/Vitreous Panel
Emily Y. Chew, MD, Chair, Macula Society and Retina Society Representative
Barbara A. Blodi, MD
H. Culver Boldt, MD
Timothy W. Olsen, MD
Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS
Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH
William E. Benson, MD, Consultant
Timothy G. Murray, MD, Consultant and ASRS Representative
Leslie Hyman, PhD, Methodologist