IPOSC Mission
To work together to preserve and restore eye health and enhance visual function in children, and ocular alignment and binocularity in children and adults throughout the world.
The goals of IPOSC are:
- Promote programs and research to reduce childhood blindness, treat vision impairment in children, and improve ocular alignment in children and adults
- Encourage the development of institutions and trained practitioners to achieve the mission
- Assist educational efforts to fulfill the mission through improved education of practitioners and the public
- Provide effective communications between national and supra-national societies to achieve the mission
- Facilitate collaboration with international foundations and non-governmental organizations to promote and enhance eye care
Board
PRESIDENT
Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, MD
Tel Aviv, Israel
VICE PRESIDENT
Rosario Gomez-de-Liaño, MD
Madrid, Spain
SECRETARY / TREASURER
Scott Larson, MD
Iowa City, USA
PAST PRESIDENT
Jan-Tjeerd H N de Faber, MD
Rotterdam, Netherlands
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Sonal R. Farzavandi, FRCS
Singapore, Singapore
ADVISORY BOARD
CHAIR
Faruk H. Örge, MD
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
VICE CHAIR
Victoria M. Sheffield
Alexandria, VA, USA
MEMBERS
Mohamad S. Jaafar, MD
Washington, DC, USA
Mario R. Angi, MD
Padova, Italy
Irene Anteby, MD
Jerusalem, Israel
Jamal H. Bleik, MD
Beirut, Lebanon
Erick Bothun, MD
Rochester, MN, USA
Alistair R Fielder, FRCOphth
London, UK
Hala El Hilali, MD
Cairo, Egypt
James Elder, MD
Melbourne, Australia
Clare E. Gilbert, MD, FRCOphth
London, UK
David D. Goodwin
Vestal, NY, USA
Sherwin J. Isenberg, MD
Los Angeles, CA, USA
David J. Kussman
Anaheim, CA, USA
Frank J. Martin, MD
Sydney, Australia
Andrea D. Molinari, MD
Quito, Ecuador
Peter Montana
Doral, FL, USA
Anthony Murray, FRCS
Cape Town, South Africa
Daniel E. Neely, MD
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Derek Sprunger, MD
Indianapolis, IN, USA
COMMITTEES
Below are the current committees with members listed
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Advocacy and Outreach Committee
Members:
(Chair to be announced)
Jan-Tjeerd H.N. de Faber, MD
Rosario Gomez-de-Liano, MD, Ph.D
Frank J. Martin, MD
Karen McMain
Luis H. Ospina, MD
Seyhan B. Ozkan, MD
Branislav Stankovic, MD, Ph.D
Heimo Steffen, MD, Ph.D
Visvaraja Subrayan, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Kanxing Zhao, MD
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Childhood and visual impairment Committee
Members:
Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos, MD, Chair
Moustafa S. Abdelhafez, MD, FRCS
Huban Atilla, MD
Joanne Bolinao, MD
Sandeep Buttan
Mary Louise Z. Collins, MD
Shaun Huai Dai, FRANZCO
Oseluese Dawodu, MD
Amila de Alwis, MD, FRCS
James E. Elder, FRANZO, MBBS
Feti Karfiati
Nikolaos Kozeis, MD, Ph.D
Rita S. Sitorus, MD, Ph.D
Hiroko Takasaki, CO, Ph.D
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Communications Committee
Members:
Moustafa Salah, MD, Chair
Yee Yee Aung, MD
K. David Apley, MD
Pradeep Sharma Insaan, MD, FAMS
Saurabh Jain, MD
Govindasamy Kumaramanickavel, MD
Marilyn T. Miller, MD
Anthony D.N. Murray, FRCS
Sachiko Nishina, MD
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ethics Committee
Members:
James E. Elder, FRANZO, MBBS, Chair
Huban Atilla, MD
Noriyuku F. Azuma, MD, Ph.D
Christie L. Morse, MD
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International pediatric eyecare training Committee
Members:
Stephen Christiansen, MD, Chair
Cindy Pritchard, MD, Vice Chair
Jan deFaber, MD, Ex-Officio
Jamal Bleik, MD
Anthony Chitnell, MD
Nicola Freeman, MD
Jorie Jackson, MD
Vijay Lakshmi, MD
Rowena MacNamara, MD
Karen McMain, MD
Christina Paschke, MD
Jan Roelof Polling, MD
Dupe Popoola, MD
Jane Tapley, MD
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Research Committee
Members:
Jason Yam, FRCS, MBBS, MD, Chair
Maria Alarcon, MD
Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos, MD
Alina V. Dumitrescu, MD
Racano Elisabetta, MD
Dora Fernandez-Agrafojo, Ph.D
Almutez M. Gharaibeh, MD
Saurabh Jain, FRCOphth, FHEA
Christine Law, MD
David Newsham, Ph.D, MSc, DBO, SFHEA
Rohit Saxena, MD, Ph.D
Kazi Shabbir Anwar
Hatice Tuba Atalay, MD, FEBO
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Training and education Committee
Members:
(Chair to be announced)
Sonal R. Farzavandi, FRCS, Ex-Officio
Moustafa S. Abdelhafez, MD, FRCS
Gillian G.W. Adams, MD
Sati Gagikovna Agagulyan, MD
Jamal H. Bleik, MD, FRCS
Oseluese Dawodu, MD
Susan H. Day, MD
Anna Dickmann, MD
Ahmed Mohamed Fahmi, MD
Susana Gamio, MD
Guita Ghiasi, MD
Mauro Goldchmit, MD
Cheryl McCarus, CO, COMT, OSA
Karen McMain
Marilyn T. Miller, MD
Andrea Molinari, MD
Justin Mora, FRANZCO
Anthony D.N. Murray, FRCS
Daniel E. Neely, MD
Luminita Teodorescu, MD, Ph.D
Chong-Bin Tsai, MD
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vision screening Committee
Members:
Mae Millicent Winfrey Peterseim, MD Chair
Ebtisam K. Al Alawi, MD
Marita C. Andersson Gronlund, MD
Chikako Arai, CO
Huban Atilla, MD
Sandeep Buttan
Feti Karfiati Memed
Francisco B. Reich-D'Almeida, MD, Ph.D
Rita S. Sitorus, MD, Ph.D
Lotte Welinder, MD, Ph.D
Kanxing Zhao, MD
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ONLINE MEDIA SECRETARIAT
Members:
Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, MD
President
Scott Larson, MD
Secretary / Treasurer
Eedy Mezer, MD
Digital Media Editor
Satenik Agagulyan, MD
Marketing and Sponsorship Advertising
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