Committees

The AAGL values the contributions of its committee members and their efforts to move forward the mission of our society. Below you will find a list of the members of each of our committees as of this year:

Standing Committees

Audit

Juan Villegas-Echeverri (Chair)
Amy Garcia
Gerald Harkins
John Marlow
Ido Sirota

Bylaws

Mark Hoffman (Chair)
Douglas Brown
Javier Magrina
Lori Warren

Compensation

Gary Frishman (Chair)
Jubilee Brown
Jon Einarsson
Marie Fidela Paraiso
Franklin Loffer (Consultant)
Linda Michels (Consultant)

Ethics

Stephen Corson (Chair)
Philip Brooks
Louise King
Konstantinos Mavrommatis
Kimberly Swan

Finance

Gary Frishman (Chair)
Jubilee Brown
Jon Einarsson
Franklin Loffer
Linda Michels
Marie Fidela Paraiso

Membership

Jin Hee Kim (Chair)
Kelly Benabou
R. Edward Betcher
Xiaoming Guan
Adam Slevin
Thiers Soares

Nominating

Jon Einarsson (Chair)
Jorge Carrillo
Devin Garza
Matthew Hopkins
Jin Hee Kim
Charles Koh
Franklin Loffer
Martin Martino
Linda Michels
Richard Rosenfield
Johnny Yi

Ad-Hoc Committees

Clinical Research Seminar Grant Committee

Kimberly Kho (Chair)
Pedro Escobar
William Hurd
Pamela Soliman

Coding

Jon Hathaway (Chair)
Bala Bhagavath
Cathy Dahl
Jose Eugenio-Colon
Amanda Hill
Mark Hoffman
Ted Lee
Craig Sobolewski

Diversity and Inclusion

Jubilee Brown (Chair)
Shanti Mohling (Co-Chair)
Ted Anderson
Dobie Giles
Barbara Levy
Fariba Mohtashami
Matthew Siedhoff
Pamela Soliman

General Grants for MIGS Research Committee

Pamela Soliman (Chair)
Mostafa Borahay
Meir Solnik
Maria Vargas
Patrick Yeung

Grievance

Barbara Levy (Chair)
Ted Anderson
Linda Bradley
Franklin Loffer
Shanti Mohling
Matthew Siedhoff

PCOR Patient Centered Outcomes Research Committee

Roopina Sangha (Chair)
Vanessa Jacoby
Kimberly Kho
Lee Learman
Arthur McCausland
Katina Robison
Ganesa Wegienka

Practice

Kimberly Kho (Chair)
Jason Abbott
Sven Becker
Jay Berman
William Burke
Elizabeth Chahine
Angela Chaudhari
Frank Willem Jansen
Amanda Nickles Fader
Ja Hyun Shin
Kelly Wright

Publications

Mark Dassel (Chair)
Adrian Balica
Elisa Jorgensen
Gaby Moawad
Anthony O'Connell
Luiz Oliveira Brito
Jessica Opoku-Anane

Research

Sawsan As-Sanie (Chair)
Erin Carey
Franklin Loffer
Matthew Siedhoff
Meir Solnik
Kelly Wright