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, Christopher J. Rapuano, MD.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - PPPCAuthors and reviewers of PPPs are volunteers and do not receive any financial compensation for their contributions to the documents. The PPPs 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 Interactions with Companies (available at
www.cmss.org/codeforinteractions.aspx) in developing PPPs by following the
Preferred Practice Patterns and Ophthalmology Technology Assessments: New Relationship with Industry Procedures.
Cataract/Anterior Segment Panel
David F. Chang, MD, Chair, ASCRS Representative
Bonnie A. Henderson, MD
Richard H. Lee, MD
Louis D. "Skip" Nichamin, MD, International Society of Refractive Surgery Representative
Randall J. Olson, MD
Mark Packer, MD
Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, Methodologist
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - Cataract/Anterior Segment Panel
Cataract/Anterior Segment Review Panel
Thomas A. Oetting, MD, Chair
Maria M. Aaron, MD
James C. Bobrow, MD
Sherleen Huang Chen, MD
Cynthia S. Chiu, MD, FACS
Jessica B. Ciralsky, MD
Thomas P. Kidwell, MD
Donna H. Kim, MD
Sid Mandelbaum, MD
Stephen K. Sauer, MD
Patricia Walsh Smith, MD
Michael W. Smith-Wheelock, MD
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - Cataract/Anterior Segment Review Panel
Cornea/External Disease Panel
Robert S. Feder, MD, Chair
Steven P. Dunn, MD
Francis S. Mah, MD
Leslie A. Olsakovsky, MD
Audrey R. Talley-Rostov, MD
Andrew J. Velazquez, MD
David C. Musch, PhD, MPH, Methodologist
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - Cornea/External Disease Panel
Glaucoma Panel
Bruce E. Prum, Jr., MD, Chair
David S. Friedman, MD, MPH, PhD, American Glaucoma Society 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
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - Glaucoma Panel
Pediatric Ophthalmology/Strabismus Panel
C. Gail Summersi, MD
Stephen P. Christiansen, MD
Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, American Academy of Pediatrics Representative
Graham E. Quinn, MD
Michael X. Repka, MD
C. Gail Summers, MD
David K. Wallace, MD, MPH, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Representative
Susannah G. Rowe, MD, MPH, Methodologist
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - Pediatric Ophthalmology/Strabismus Panel
Refractive Mgmt/Intervention Panel
Stephen D. McLeod, MD, Chair
Roy S. Chuck, MD, PhD, International Society of Refractive Surgery Representative
D. Rex Hamilton, MD
Deborah S. Jacobs, MD, contact Lens Association Ophthalmologists Representative
James A. Katz, MD
Jeremy D. Keenan, MD, MPH
Allan R. Rutzen, MD, FACS
John A. Vukich, MD, American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery Representative
Susan Vitale, PhD, MHS, Methodologist
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - Refractive Management/Intervention Panel
Retina/Vitreous Panel
Timothy W. Olsen, MD, Chair
Barbara A. Blodi, MD
H. Culver Boldt, MD
Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS
Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH
William E. Benson, MD, Consultant
Timothy G. Murray, MD, Consultant and American Society of Retina Specialists Representative
Leslie Hyman, PhD, Methodologist
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES - Retina/Vitreous Panel
The Academy was a leader in developing clinical practice guidelines, with the first Preferred Practice Pattern (Comprehensive Adult Eye Examination) approved by the Board of Trustees in October 1988. The first disease-oriented PPPs followed in 1989. In this session, leaders of the process over the last 20 years discuss their experiences and thoughts on the value of PPPs, how the process has changed over two decades, and why.
Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS: Origins, Insights, and the "Ten Commandments"
George R. Beauchamp, MD: Herding Cats
Paul P. Lee, MD, JD: Judgment Day
Sid Mandelbaum, MD: Onward and Upward |
