Leadership
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
Maria C. Scott, M.D.
Chesapeake Eye Care & Laser Center
Annapolis, Maryland
Vice President, President-elect & AAO Councilor
Cathleen McCabe, M.D.
Eye Associates Ambulatory Surgery Center, The Eye Associates
Bradenton, Florida
Treasurer and Vice President-elect
David George, M.D.
Physicians Outpatient Surgery Center
Belpre, Ohio
Secretary
Andrew J. Gillies, M.D., FACS
Surgisite Boston, Dedham Ophthalmic Consultants & Surgeons
Dedham, Massachusetts
Chairman of Government Relations
Y. Ralph Chu M.D.
Chu Vision Surgery Center, The Chu Vision Institute
Bloomington, Minnesota
Chairman of Member Relations
Frank Cotter, M.D.
Roanoke Valley Center for Sight, Vistar Eye Center – Vision & Surgery Specialists
Salem, Virginia
Immediate Past President
Jeffrey Whitman, M.D.
Key-Whitman Eye Center
Dallas, Texas
Vitreo-retinal Liaison
Pravin Dugel, M.D.
Retina Consultants of Arizona
Sun City, Arizona
Liaison to Anesthesiology Community
Lawrence Rabinowitz, M.D.
Anesthesiology Consultants of Essex
Alpine, New Jersey
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
Director
Michael Jones, M.D.
Quantum Vision Centers
Swansea, Illinois
Director
Mark Kontos, M.D.
Empire Eye Surgery Center
Spokane, Washington
Director
Keith Liang, M.D.
Center for Sight
Sacramento, California
Director
Francis Price, M.D.
Price Vision Group
Indianapolis, Indiana
Director
Tom Harvey, M.D.
Independent Surgery Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Director
Karl Olsen, M.D.
Eye Center of Northern Colorado
Loveland, Colorado
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
Associate Director
John R. Grant, M.B.A., M.H.A.
AMSURG Corporation
Nashville, Tennessee
Associate Director
Nikki Hurley, RN, M.B.A.
Key-Whitman Eye Center
Dallas, Texas
Associate Director
Robert B. Nelson, PA-C
Island Eye Surgicenter
Westbury, New York
Associate Director
Todd Albertz
Cincinnati Eye Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio
Associate Director
Mark King
Tyson Eye
Cape Coral, Florida
Associate Director
Maria Tietjen, RN, BSN
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
President Emeritus & Chief Medical Editor, The Ophthalmic ASC
William J. Fishkind M.D., F.A.C.S.
Fishkind, Bakewell & Maltzman Eye Care & Surgery Center
Tucson, Arizona
President Emeritus
R. Bruce Wallace, III, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Wallace Eye Surgery Center
Alexandra, Louisiana
President Emeritus
Bradley C. Black, M.D.
Bradley Black Eye Associates
Jeffersonville, Indiana
President Emeritus
Larry Patterson, M.D.
Eye Centers of Tennessee
Crossville, Tennessee
Director Emeritus
Lynn McMahan, M.D.
Southern Eye Center
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Director Emeritus
Jon-Marc Weston, M.D.
Vision Surgery & Laser Center
Roseburg, Oregon
Director Emeritus
Glenn A. deBrueys, C.E.O.,
American SurgiSite Centers
Somerset, New Jersey
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, JD
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, TX 78215
210.237.9629
acastillo@ooss.org
Immediate Past Executive Director
Kent L. Jackson, Ph.D.
4671 E. Phillips Place
Centennial, Colorado 80122
303.910.7314
kjackson@ooss.org