Member Directory -Z80 Accredited Standards Committee for Ophthalmic Optics

Scope:
"The establishment of standards that shall apply to ophthalmic lenses and to equipment, instruments, and processes used in the final fabrication level which affect their performance; to ophthalmic frames, sunglasses, and fashion eyewear; to contact lenses and to accessories for their use; to intraocular implant lenses, refractive implants, refractive lasers, viscoelastic devices, glaucoma shunts and ophthalmic operating microscopes; to low vision devices and ophthalmic contact devices in addition to contact lenses; and to optical instrumentation used in ophthalmic procedures and vision evaluation.

Standards established by this Committee do not apply to industrial or sports safety devices.

Clinical guidelines for professional practices, manufacturing practices, and laboratory practices are beyond the scope of this committee.

When clinical studies or investigations are required by regulatory bodies, examples may be included in informative annexes."

Secretariat:
Michael Vitale
The Vision Council
Reinekers Lane
Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314

Chair:
Thomas White
American Academy of Ophthalmology
C/o Great Plains Eye Clinic
1701 South Minnesota Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD

Vice Chair:
Quido Cappelli
Contact Lens Manufacturers Association
C/o Cappelli Ophthalmics
13651 Bryndlewood Court
Hudson, FL 34669-0811

Secretary:
William Benjamin
University of Alabama At Birmingham, School of Optometry
1716 University Blvd., HPB
Birmingham, AL 35294-0010

Subcommittee Chairs:
SC1 Prescription Spectacle Lenses
Richard Whitney
Carl Zeiss Vision
368 Main Street
Apartment 2L
Southbridge, MA 01550

SC2 Nonprescription Sunglasses and Fashion Eyewear
Karl Citek
American Optometric Association (AOA)
C/o Pacific University College of Optometry
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR 97116

SC3 Spectacle Frames
Nick Mileti
4000 Luxottica Place
Mason, OH 45040-8114

SC4 Medical Ophthalmic Devices
Carl Tubbs
11960 Lioness Way
Parker, CO 55082

SC6 Ophthalmic Instruments & Low Vision Devices
William Brown
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street SW
Mayo W7
Rochester, MN 55905

SC7 Contact Lenses
Quido Cappelli
13651 Bryndlewood Court
Hudson, FL 34669-0811

SC8 Information Interchange
Paul Wade
The Vision Council
225 Reinekers Lane
Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314

Member Organizations

Abbott Medical Optics (P)
1700 East St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, CA 92785
http://www.abbottmedicaloptics.com/
Voting Representative- Leonard Borrmann
Voting Alternate- Mark Gordon

Advance Medical Technologies Association (P)
701 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
http://advamed.org/
Voting Representative –Michael Pfleger
Voting Alternate- Dr. Richard Courtney, O.D

American Academy of Ophthalmology (MD)
655 Beach St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
http://www.aao.org/
Voting Representative- Dr. Thomas White, M.D.
Voting Alternate- Dr. Carl Tubbs
Voting Alternate- Dr. Pradeep Ramalu
Voting Alternate- Shannon Curtis
American Academy of Optometry (OD)
2909 Fairgreen Street
Orlando, Florida 32803
http://www.aaopt.org/
Voting Representative- Dr. David Loshin, OD, Ph.D.

American Ceramic Society (P)
600 N. Cleveland Ave. , Suite 210
Westerville, OH 43082
http://ceramics.org/
Voting Representative- Lyle Rubin

American Glaucoma Society (MD)
P.O. Box 193940
San Francisco, CA 94119
http://www.americanglaucomasociety.net/
Voting Representative- Dr. Steven J. Gedde, MD-
Voting Alternate- Douglas Rhee

American Optometric Association (OD)
243 N. Lindbergh Blvd. , Flr. 1
St. Louis, MO 63141
http://www.aoa.org/
Voting Representative- Karl Citek
Voting Alternate- Robert Rosenberg, O.D.
Voting Alternate- Dr. William Benjamin, O.D., Ph.D

American Society of Cataract and Refractive (MD)
4000 Legato Rd, Suite 700
Fairfax, VA 22033
http://www.ascrs.org/
Voting Representative- Stephen Klyce, PhD
Voting Alternate- Dr. Jack Holladay

Contact Lens Institute (P)
7016 Harps Mill Rd
Raleigh, NC 27615
http://www.contactlensinstitute.net/
Voting Representative-Stan Rogaski
Voting Alternate- Peter Mathers

Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (P)
P.O. Box 29398
Lincoln, NE 68529
http://www.clma.net/
Voting Representative- Quido Cappelli
Voting Alternate- Troy Miller

Department of Veterans Affairs (G)
5520 Cherokee Ave #100a
Fairfax, VA 22312
http://www.va.gov/
Voting Representative- Dr. John Townsend, OD
Voting Alternate- Michael White

Federated Cornea Societies (MD)
4000 Legato Rd, Suite 700
Fairfax, VA 22033
http://www.corneasociety.org/
Voting Representative- Dr. Michael Belin, MD
Voting Alternate- Dr. David Glasser, MD
Voting Alternate- Kathy Colby
Voting Alternate- Elmer Tu

Food & Drug Administration CDRH/Division (G)
10903 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20993
http://www.fda.gov/
Voting Representative- Don Calogero
Voting Alternate- Dr. Dexiu Shi

National Association of Optometrists & Opticians (O)
Voting Representative- Nick Mileti
Voting Alternate- Doug Pelkey
Voting Alternate- Franklin Rozak

Opticians Association of America (O)
4064 E Fir Hill Drive
Lakeland, TN 38002
http://www.oaa.org/
Voting Representative- Tom Hicks
Voting Alternate- Chris Allen

Optical Laboratory Association (L)
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314
Voting Representative- Steve Sutherlin

Ralph Stone (I)
Voting Representative –Ralph Stone

Sunglass Association of America (P)
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314
Voting Representative- Tibor Gross
Voting Alternate- Nick Brown
Voting Alternate- Rick Van Arnam

The Vision Council (P)
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314
http://www.thevisioncouncil.org
Voting Representative- Michael Vitale
Voting Alternate- Neil Roche
Voting Alternate- Richard Whitney

US Sub-Leader to ISO TC 172/SC7 (I)
Voting Representative- Michael Vitale

Classifications & Member Organization Representation

(P) Nationwide organizations of manufacturers -7

(MD) Nationwide professional organizations of ophthalmologists -4

(OD) Nationwide professional organizations of optometrists -2

(G) Nationwide scientific, public, and general interest groups -2

(O) Nationwide professional organizations of opticians -2

(L) Nationwide organizations of ophthalmic laboratories -1

(I) Individual members, companies, and experts -2

(GI) Nationwide scientific, public, and general interest groups -0