Continuing Medical Education Committee
Description
The Continuing Medical Education Committee (CME) is advisory in nature and serves to ensure that ARVO’s continuing medical education program meets or exceeds the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Medical Association’s rules for their Physician’s Recognition Award (AMA PRA).
Activities
- Review and recommend policies for the CME Program. Serve as an advisory resource to ARVO staff for any CME program-related grievances. Review and recommend the CME Mission Statement and its subsequent revisions on an annual basis with substantial revisions forwarded to the Board of Trustees.
- Review and approve sessions and proposals against CME eligibility criteria.
- Review the annual report and self-analysis of the CME Program and its effectiveness. Discuss this report and recommend improvements to the process, if needed.
- Retrospectively, review each CME activity prepared by ARVO.
- Review content of CME activities if requested and falls within expertise.
- Provide general guidance and advice on clinical areas of interest and recommends expansion of program regarding topics and types of educational methodology utilized to deliver education to prospective participants.
Qualifications
In compliance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) guidelines, CME committee members may not be owners or employees of ACCME-defined commercial interests.
Meetings
The committee meets during the ARVO Annual Meeting and conducts business via ARVOConnect, e-mail and conference call during the year.
How to Apply – application period opens December 2021
To be considered for membership on the Committee, please submit an online application consisting of an application statement plus detail of past ARVO service and/or experience. It is recommended that individuals:
- Invest time in their application
- Make sure their member information is updated and accurate in ARVOConnect
Applications will be accepted from December 2021 through January 2022. The ARVO President-elect will make appointments in February/March for the term beginning in May 2022 (additional details will be announced at a later date).
Roster
Chair
Sarah Xin Zhang, MD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
SUNY / University at Buffalo
Buffalo , N.Y.
Term: 05/07/2020 - 05/05/2022
Member
Mashael Nameah, OD, MS, PhD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro Ophthalmology
Tusculum University
Foxcroft Square , Pa.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
Member
Hemant Khanna, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester , Mass.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
Member
Haijiang Lin, MD, PhD
Section: Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Newton Highlands , Mass.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
Member
Edmund Tsui, MD
Section: Immunology/Microbiology
UCSF/Proctor Foundation
San Francisco , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
Member
Natasha Kolomeyer, MD
Section: Glaucoma
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia , Penn.
Term: 05/07/2020 - 04/27/2023
Member
Yannis Paulus, MD
Section: Retina
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor , Mich.
Term: 05/07/2020 - 04/27/2023
Member
Jia Yin, PhD, MPH
Section: Cornea
Massachusetts Ear & Eye Infirmary
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/07/2020 - 04/27/2023
Member
Thomas Ach, MD
Section: Retina
University Hospital Bonn - Dept. of Ophthalmology
Bonn , Germany
Term: 05/07/2021 - 05/09/2024
Member
Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, MBA
Section: Retina
Yale School of Medicine Ophthalmology and Visual Science Dept.
New Haven , Conn.
Term: 05/07/2021 - 05/09/2024
Member
Srinivas Sangly, PhD, FARVO
Section: Cornea
Indiana University - Optometry Dept.
Bloomington , Ind.
Term: 05/07/2021 - 05/09/2024
Member
Giulia Corradetti, MD
Section: Retina
Doheny Eye Institute - Retina Dept.
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/07/2021 - 05/09/2024
Trustee Liaison
Louis R. Pasquale, MD, FARVO
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/04/2023
Ex Officio
Stephen C. Pflugfelder, MD, FARVO
Section: Cornea
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston , Tex.
Term: 05/07/2021 - 05/05/2022
Ex Officio
Maureen G. Maguire, PhD, FARVO
Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Penn.
Term: 05/07/2021 - 05/09/2022
Ex Officio
Justine R. Smith, FRANZCO, PhD, FARVO
Section: Immunology and Microbiology
Flinders University
Adelaide , South Australia
Term: 05/11/2017 - 05/05/2022
Ex Officio
Iris M. Rush, CAE
ARVO
Executive Director
Staff Committee Liaison
Cathy Conley
ARVO
Director, Online Education