About the ICO/IFOS:

Committees

On this page:

• Assessments Committee
  
  
• Fellowship Committee
  
  
• Education Committee and Task Forces:
  
  
  • ICO International Task Force on Curriculum of Ophthalmic Residency
    
    
  • ICO International Task Force on Ophthalmic Education of Medical Students
    
    
  • ICO International Task Force on Continuing Medical Education
    
    
  • ICO International Task Force on Para-Ophthalmic Vision Specialists Education
    
    
  • ICO International Task Force of Ophthalmic Subspecialty Education
    
    
  • ICO International Task Force on Coordination and Education of Program Directors of Ophthalmic Residencies
    
    
• Guidelines Committee
  
  
• International Congress of Ophthalmology Committee
  
  
• Research Committee
  
  
• Standards Committee
  
  
• Supranational Society Committee

Assessments Committee

Peter Watson, FRCS, FRCOphth, Chair (assess@icoph.org)
Richard Abbott, MD
A. Abiose, MD
Rubens Belfort, MD
Frank Billson, MD
Hannah Faal, MD
Enrique Graue, MD
M. Daud Khan, MD
C. Luco, MD
A.D. Murray, MD
Pran Nagpal, MD
P. Aydin O'Dwyer, MD
Venkatesh Prajna, MD
Srinvas Rao, MD
Rand Simpson
M. Thiel, MD
Z. Zagorski, MD

Education Task Forces

Mark O. M. Tso, MD, Chair (education@icoph.org)

ICO International Task Force on Curriculum of Ophthalmic Residency

Andrew Lee, MD MD (USA), Chair
Morton F. Goldberg, MD MD (USA), Advisor

Members:

BGK Ajayi, MD (Nigeria)
Zelia Correa, MD (Brazil)
Enrique Graue, MD (Mexico)
Karl Golnik, MD (USA)
Marko Hawlina, MD (Slovenia)
Eduardo Mayorga, MD (Argentina)
Amel Ouertani, MD (Tunisia)
Gabriela Palis, MD (Argentina)
Koby Pe'er, MD (Israel)
Jose Antonio Roca, MD (Peru)
Venkatesh Prajna, MD (India)
Alfredo Sadun, MD (USA)
Juan Verdaguer, MD (Chile)
Ehud Assia, MD (Israel)
Britt Beding-Barnekow, MD MD (Sweden)
Philip Lam, MD (Hong Kong)
Con N. Fraco Moshegov, MD (Australia)
Prof. Masanobu Uyama, MD (Japan)
Peter Weidemann, MD (Germany)
Zbigniew Zagorski, MD (Poland)
J. Oscar Croxatto, MD MD (Argentina)
Agnes Wong, MD (Canada)
Professor Xiaoxin Li (China)

ICO International Task Force on Ophthalmic Education of Medical Students

Prof. Susan Lightman (UK), Chair (medical@icoph.org)
Richard Parrish, MD (USA), Advisor
Prof. Peter McCluskey (Australia), Deputy Chair

Members:

Ni-Wen (Taiwan)
Carol Cherfan (Lebanon)
Rodrigo Donoso (Chile)
Benjamin Hearne (UK)
Michael Kramer (Israel)
Elewys Lightman (UK)
Muhaya Mohamad (Malaysia)

ICO International Task Force on Continuing Medical Education

Chair (to be decided) (cme@icoph.org)
Zbigniew Zagorski, MD (Poland), Advisor

Members:

(To be decided)

ICO International Task Force on Para-Ophthalmic Vision Specialists Education

William F. Astle, MD (Canada), Chair (para@icoph.org)
S. Selvarajah, FRCS, FRCOphth, FACS (Malaysia), Advisor

Members:

Paul Douglas Courtright, MD PhD (Tanzania)
Peter C. Donshik, MD (USA)
Lynn Anderson, PhD (USA)
Rene du Toit, Dip. Optom., (Australia)
Hannah Bassey Faal (Ghana)
Rosalind Joan Harrison, FRCOphth (UK)
Usha Kim  (India)
Ingrid Mason, MSc (Kenya)
Sivaguru Selvarajah, MBBS, (Malaysia)
Jan Verdaguer (Chile)
Xiaoyan Peng (USA / China)

ICO International Task Force of Ophthalmic Subspecialty Education

Mr. Richard Collins (UK), Chair
Advisor: To be decided

ICO International Task Force on Coordination and Education of Program Directors of Ophthalmic Residencies

Karl Golnik, MD (USA), Chair
Bradley R. Straatsma, MD (USA), Advisor

Members:

Anthony Arnold, MD (USA)
Pinar Aydin, MD  (Turkey)
Marko Hawlina, MD (USA)
Andrew Lee, MD (USA)
Paulo Augusto Mello, MD (Brazil)
Tetsuro Oshika, MD (Japan)
Eduardo Mayorga, MD (Argentina)

Fellowship Committee

Veit-Peter Gabel, MD, Chair, fellowship@icoph.org
Jean-Jacques DeLaey, MD
(and local experts)

Guidelines Committee

Richard L. Abbott, MD, Chair (guidelines@icoph.org)
Pran Nagpal, MD
Annabelle Okada, MD
Ravi Thomas, MD
Al Sommer, MD

International Congress of Ophthalmology Committee

Rubens Belfort, Jr., MD, Chair (congress@icoph.org)
Enrique Graue, MD
Dennis S. C. Lam, MD
Gerhard K. Lang, MD
Frank Martin, MD
Amel Outertani, MD
Sivaguru Selvarajah, FRCS, FRCOphth, FACS

Research Committee

Alfred Sommer, MD (Chair) (research@icoph.org)
Richard Abbott, MD
Allen Foster, MD
Serge Resnikoff, MD, PhD
Paul A. Sieving, MD, PhD
Hugh R. Taylor, MD
Bjorn M. Thylefors, MD
James M. Tielsch, PhD
Sheila West, PhD

Standards Committee

Jean-Jacques DeLaey, MD, Chair (standards@icoph.org)
August Colenbrander, MD

Supranational Society Committee

Akef El-Maghraby, MD, Chair, (supra@icoph.org)
Rubens Belfort, Jr., MD
Ian Constable, MD
Bo Philipson, MD
Abdel Latif Siam, MD

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Also see:

• Advisory Committee to the ICO
  
  
• Committee Reports
  
  
• ICO Programs