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 ineligible companies.
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: The 2024 application period will open Dec. 2
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
The ARVO President-elect will make appointments in February/March for the term beginning in May 2025.
Roster
Chair
Mary Whitman, MD, PhD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro Ophthalmology
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/25/2022 - 05/30/2026
Member
Sally Ong, MD
Section: Retina
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Salem , NC
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
Member
Ditta Zobor, MD, PhD, FEBO
Section: Visual Neuroscience
Semmelweis University
Budapest , Hungary
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
Member
Matthew Benson, MD, MSc
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Alberta
Edmonton , Canada
Term: 05/09/2024 - 05/31/2027
Member
Jane W. Chan, MD
Section: Glaucoma
Doheny Eye Center/ UCLA
Pasadena , Calif.
Term: 05/09/2024 - 05/31/2027
Member
Prashant Garg, MD
Section: Immunology/Microbiology
L V Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 05/09/2024 - 05/31/2027
Member
Jason Zhang, MD
Section: Glaucoma
Kellogg Eye Center
Ann Arbor , Mich.
Term: 05/09/2024 - 05/31/2027
Esen Akpek, MD
Section: Immunology
Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute
Baltimore , Md.
Term: 5/8/2025 - 5/31/2028
Hossein Ameri, MD, PhD, FRCSI, MRCOpht
Section: Retina
USC Roski Eye Institute, Univ. Southern California
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 5/8/2025 - 5/31/2028
Vivek Kumar Gupta, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Macquarie University
Toongabbie , Australia
Term: 5/8/2025 - 5/31/2028
Jesse Jung, MD
Section: Retina
East Bay Retina Consultants
Oakland , Calif.
Term: 5/8/2025 - 5/31/2028
Trustee Liaison
Wei Li, MD, PhD
Section: Visual Neuroscience
National Eye Institute, NIH
Bethesda , Md
Term: 05/09/2022 - 05/31/2027
Ex Officio
Sophie Xiaohui Deng, MD, PhD, FARVO
Section: Cornea
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/05/2021 - 05/08/2026
Executive Vice President
J. Mark Petrash, PhD, FARVO
Section: Lens
University of Colorado
Boulder , Colo.
Term: 05/20/2022 - 05/31/2027
Ex Officio
Iris M. Rush, CAE
ARVO
Executive Director
Staff Committee Liaison
Cathy Conley
ARVO
Director, Online Education