Leadership Team
OFFICERS – Executive Committee
OOSS Officers are elected by the Board of Directors and assume primary responsibility for setting and executing the agenda of the board, assuming the powers of the board between regular meetings, and overseeing the work of the OOSS executive staff.
President & AAO Councilor
Cathleen McCabe, M.D.
Eye Associates Ambulatory Surgery Center, The Eye Associates
Bradenton, Florida
941.792.2020
cmccabe13@hotmail.com
Immediate Past President
Maria C. Scott, M.D.
Chesapeake Eye Care & Laser Center
Annapolis, Maryland
410.571.8733
mariascott@yahoo.com
Vice President
David George, M.D.
Physicians Outpatient Surgery Center
Belpre, Ohio
740.423.7557
dgeorgemd@gmail.com
Chairman of Government & Association Relations
Jeffrey Whitman, M.D.
Key-Whitman Eye Center
Dallas, Texas
214-754-0000
docw56@sbcglobal.net
Secretary
Tom Harvey, M.D.
Independent Surgery Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Chairman of Strategic Partner Relations
Y. Ralph Chu, M.D.
Chu Vision Surgery Center, The Chu Vision Institute
Bloomington, Minnesota
952-835-1235
yrchu@chuvision.com
Treasurer
Keith Liang, M.D.
Center for Sight
Sacramento, California
Chairman of Strategic Member Relations
Frank Cotter, M.D.
Roanoke Valley Center for Sight, Vistar Eye Center – Vision & Surgery Specialists
Salem, Virginia
540.855.5123
jeannicotter@yahoo.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS – Directors & Associate Directors
OOSS Board members provide industry representation and leadership, establish policy, and provide strategic direction, decisions and oversight of operations, programs, and initiatives.
Director
Victor H. Gonzalez, M.D.
Valley Retina Institute, P.A.
McAllen, Texas 78503
956.631.8875
maculadoc@aol.com
Director
Michael Jones, M.D.
Quantum Vision Centers
Swansea, Illinois
Director
Mark Kontos, M.D.
Empire Eye Surgery Center
Spokane, Washington 99206
956.631.8875
mark.kontos@empireeye.com
Director
Robert J. Weinstock, M.D.
Largo Ambulatory Surgery Center / The Eye Institute of West Florida
Largo, Florida
727-518-2020
rjweinstock@yahoo.com
Director
Jay Pepose, M.D., Ph.D.
Pepose Vision Institute
Chesterfield, Missouri
636-728-0111
jpepose@peposevision.com
Director
Karl Olsen, M.D.
Eye Center of Northern Colorado
Loveland, Colorado
Director
Francis Price, M.D.
Price Vision Group
Indianapolis, Indiana
Director
Michael Patterson, D.O.
Eye Centers of Tennessee
Crossville, Tennessee
Director
Audrey R. Talley Rostov, M.D.
Northwest Eye Surgeons
Seattle, Washington
Director
Denise M. Visco, M.D.
Eyes of New York
York, Pennsylvania
Associate Director
John P. Blanck, M.B.A, C.P.A.
Surgery Partners, NovaMed, Inc., Overland Park Surgery Center
Overland Park, Kansas
913.491.9365 ext 7303
JBlanck@surgerypartners.com
Associate Director
John R. Grant
AMSURG Corporation
Nashville, Tennessee
615.714.6132
jgrant@amsurg.com
Associate Director
Nikki Hurley, RN, M.B.A.
Key-Whitman Eye Center
Dallas, Texas
Nikki.Hurley@keywhitman.com
Associate Director
Robert B. Nelson, PA-C
Island Eye Surgicenter
Westbury, New York
516.877.2400 x 103
rnelson@islandeye.net
Associate Director
Todd Albertz
Cincinnati Eye Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio
Associate Director
Mark King
Tyson Eye
Cape Coral, Florida
Associate Director
Maria Tietjen, RN, BSN, CSPD, CAIP
American SurgiSite Centers
Somerset, New Jersey
EMERITUS LEADERS – Past Presidents and Directors
OOSS values the important contributions of past presidents and directors for their inspiring passion and enduring commitment to the vision and mission.
President Emeritus
Jerome H. Levy, M.D., F.A.C.S.
New York Eye Surgery Center
The Bronx, New York
718.519.1000
JHLMD@nyeye.com
President Emeritus
William J. Fishkind M.D., F.A.C.S.
Fishkind, Bakewell & Maltzman Eye Care & Surgery Center
Tucson, Arizona
520.293.6740
wfishkind@earthlink.net
President Emeritus
R. Bruce Wallace, III, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Wallace Eye Surgery Center
Alexandra, Louisiana
318.487.8342
Rbw123@aol.com
President Emeritus
Bradley C. Black, M.D.
Bradley Black Eye Associates
Jeffersonville, Indiana
812.284.1700
drbradblack@aol.com
President Emeritus
Larry Patterson, M.D.
Eye Centers of Tennessee
Crossville, Tennessee
931.456.2728
larryp@ecotn.com
Director Emeritus
Lynn McMahan, M.D.
Southern Eye Center
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
601.705.0078
lynndrmac@comcast.net
Director Emeritus
Jon-Marc Weston, M.D.
Vision Surgery & Laser Center
Roseburg, Oregon
541.672.2020
drw@westoneyecenter.com
Director Emeritus
Glenn A. deBrueys
American SurgiSite Centers
Somerset, New Jersey
732.846.2100
gdebrueys@
americansurgisite.com
EXECUTIVE STAFF – Operations, Advocacy & Membership
OOSS Executive Staff are responsible for the management of financial and day-to-day operations, governmental advocacy, and member services.
Executive Director
Diane Blanck
OOSS Corporate Office
811 West 57th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64113
816.651.3582
dblanck@ooss.org
Washington Counsel
Michael Romansky, J.D.
1740 T Street, NW, Unit 1
Washington, DC 20009
301.332.6474
mromansky@ooss.org
Member Services Consultant
Albert Castillo, M.B.A
800 McCullough
San Antonio, Texas 78215
210.237.9629
acastillo@ooss.org