From July 25-26 in Minneapolis, MN, the American Board of Ophthalmology conducted its annual exam development meeting to support the creation of hundreds of high-quality test items for the Written Qualifying Examination, Oral Examination, and Quarterly Questions assessment program. Over the past several months, the subject matter experts listed by committee below have volunteered their time and clinical insights to writing, evaluating, and editing multiple-choice and oral exam-style questions along with creating detailed answer rationales for future implementation on the Quarterly Questions program. (Credit for the photos featured here goes to volunteer Francesca Giliberti, MD.)
Cataract Committee
John A. Campagna, San Antonio TX
Cynthia S. Chiu, Oakland CA
Robert I. Fish, Littleton CO
Yousuf M. Khalifa, Atlanta GA
Amy Lin, Salt Lake City UT
Paul M. Munden, Oklahoma City OK
Brian A. Welcome, Greenville SC
Ann Acers-Warn, ABO Director, Lawton OK Bhavna P. Sheth, ABO Director, Milwaukee WI
Comprehensive Committee
Thomas L. Beardsley, Asheville NC
Sean M. Breit, Creve Coeur MO
Sherleen H. Chen, Chestnut Hill MA
Francesca M. Giliberti, Totowa NJ
Steven M. Shields, Chesterfield MO
Gayle S. Shulman, Livingston NJ
Linda M. Tsai, St. Louis MO
Chi-Wah Rudy Yung, Indianapolis IN
Chris V. Albanis, ABO Director, Chicago IL
Cornea Committee
Alex W. Cohen, Iowa City IA
M. Soledad Cortina, Chicago IL
Samuel F. A. Fulcher, Belton TX
Catherine Newton, Louisville KY
Sanjay V. Patel, Rochester MN
Isabella T. Phan, San Francisco CA
Christina R. Prescott, Cockeysville MD
Divya Srikumaran, Ellicott City MD
Bennie H. Jeng, ABO Director, Baltimore MD
Glaucoma Committee
Pratap Challa, Durham NC
Vikas Chopra, Santa Monica CA
JoAnn A. Giaconi, Los Angeles CA
Cheryl L. Khanna, Rochester MN
Steven L. Mansberger, Portland OR
Joseph F. Panarelli, Scarsdale NY
Mansi B. Parikh, Denver CO
Joel S. Schuman, New York NY
Steven J. Gedde, ABO Director, Miami FL
Martha M. Wright, ABO Director-Elect, Minneapolis MN
Neuro-Ophthalmology Committee
M. Tariq Bhatti, Durham MN
Julie Falardeau, Portland OR
Courtney E. Francis, Seattle WA
Bradley J. Katz, Salt Lake City UT
Reid Longmuir, Nashville TN
Vivek R. Patel, Los Angeles CA
Prem S. Subramanian, Denver CO
Jane A. Bailey, ABO Director, Minneapolis MN
Lanning B. Kline, ABO Director, Birmingham AL
Oculoplastics Committee
Mark A. Alford, Fort Worth TX
Cat N. Burkat, Madison WI
Andrew S. Eiseman, Mount Pleasant SC
Mami A. Iwamoto, Boston MA
Jennifer A. Sivak, Morgantown WV
Eric A. Steele, Portland OR
Jeremiah P. Tao, Irvine CA
Michael T. Yen, Houston TX
Don O. Kikkawa, ABO Director, La Jolla CA Debra J. Shetlar, ABO Director, Houston TX
George B. Bartley, ABO CEO, Rochester, MN
Pediatrics Committee
Angela N. Buffenn, Los Angeles CA
Anthony P. Johnson, Greenville SC
Monte D. Mills, Philadelphia PA
Evelyn A. Paysse, Houston TX
Daniel T. Weaver, Billings MT
Christi M. Willen, Lexington KY
Tammy L. Yanovitch, Oklahoma City OK
K. David Epley, ABO Director, Kirkland WA
Julia L. Stevens, ABO Director, Lexington KY
Refractive Intervention Committee
Mary K. Daly, Lexington MA
William J. Foster, Springfield PA
David A. Goldman, Palm Beach Gardens FL
Jean R. Hausheer, Lawton OK
Paul H. Kalina, St. Louis Park MN
Vandana C. Reddy, Atlanta GA
Julie M. Schallhorn, San Francisco CA
Sarah M. Nehls, ABO Director, Madison WI
Retina Committee
Amy S. Chomsky, Nashville TN
M. Vaughn Emerson, Minneapolis MN
Thomas S. Hwang, Portland OR
Jaclyn L. Kovach, Naples FL
Daryl E. Kurz, Arlington VA
Wen-Hsiang Lee, Miami FL
Susan M. Malinowski, Southfield MI
John T. Stout, Houston TX
Andreas K. Lauer, ABO Director, Portland OR
Uveitis Committee
Esther M. Bowie, Hershey PA
J. Paul Dieckert, Belton TX
James P. Dunn, Baltimore MD
Ann-Marie Lobo, Chicago IL
Veena R. Raiji, Chicago IL
Wendy M. Smith, Rochester MN
Khalid F. Tabbara, San Francisco CA
David C. Herman, ABO Director, Duluth MN
2019 item writers who were unable to attend the Exam Development Meeting:
Cataract
Eric L. Fry, Garden City KS
Glaucoma
Troy M. Tanji, Waipahu HI
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Andrew G. Lee, Bellaire TX
Pediatrics
Douglas R. Fredrick, New York NY
Refractive Intervention
Michael W. Fung, Wynnewood PA
Richard J. Grostern, Chicago IL
Gina M. Rogers, Chicago IL
Robert L. Schultze, Delmar NY
Retina
Matthew A. Cunningham, Longwood FL
Uveitis
Courtney Crawford, Abilene TX