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2025 Board of Governors

President

Isaac Ezon, MD

Jersey Shore Retina Consultants
732-738-4627

President-Elect

Alice Williams, MD

South Jersey Eye Associates
(856) 227-6262

Vice President

Michael Spedick, MD

Ocean Eye Institute
732-244-4400

Secretary/Treasurer

Immediate Past President

Mary Jude Cox, MD

Eye Physicians
856-784-3381

Third Party Payer Rep

Lawrence Frieman, MD

Frieman Ophthalmology
732-741-4242

Alt Third Party Payer Rep

Ralph Lanciano Jr., DO

856-665-5533

AAO Councilor Expiring 2025

Isaac Ezon, MD

Jersey Shore Retina Consultants
732-738-4627

AAO Councilor Expiring 2026

Michele Miano, MD

Regional Eye Associates
856-795-8787

AAO Alternate Councilor

Michael Farbowitz, MD

Short Hills Ophthalmology
973-379-2544

OPAC Chairman

James Nachbar,MD

856-234-0222

OPAC Treasurer

Donald Cinotti, MD

Hudson Eye Physicians and Surgeons
201-963-5846

Board Members Expiring 2026

Miriam Habiel, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
973-972-2038

Deepak Ramesh, MD

The Center for Eye and Facial Plastic Surgery
(609) 891-3767

Tian Xia, MD

Retina Vitreous Consultants
(973) 716-0123

Board Members Expiring 2025

Nneka Brooks, MD

NJ Retina
(973) 450-5100

Nick Chinskey, MD

NJ Retina

Brett Frieman, DO

Frieman Ophthalmology
732-741-4242

Linda Huang, MD

Glaucoma Institute of Northern New Jersey
(201) 343-3499

Jayati Sarkar, MD

Eyecare MD of New Jersey
(973) 984-3937

Richard Walker, DO

609-519-1216

Ex Officio

Albert Khouri, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
973-972-2038

Ex Officio

Marco Zarbin, MD PhD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
973-972-2038

Ex Officio

Julia Haller, MD

Wills Eye Hospital

Legal Counsel

John Fanburg, Esq.

Brach Eichler
973-228-5700

Legal Counsel

Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak, Esq.

Brach Eichler
973-403-3132

Executive Director / Lobbyist

Matt Halpin

Public Strategies Impact
609-393-7799

Event Coordinator

Meagan Rosina

Public Strategies Impact
609-393-7799

Society of Past Presidents

Mary Jude Cox, MD

Eye Physicians
856-784-3381

Michael Klufas, MD

Mid Atlantic Retina
800-331-6634

Albert Khouri, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
973-972-2038

Michael Farbowitz, MD

Short Hills Ophthalmology
973-379-2544

Vinod Voleti, MD

NJ Retina
908-349-8155

Jack Dugan, MD

Eye Physicians
856-784-3381

Denise Farnath-Alber, MD

Eye Physicians
856-784-3366

Michele Miano, MD

Regional Eye Associates
856-795-8787

Elena Drudy, MD

Southern Shores Eye Center
609-597-8087

Cecily Lesko, MD

North Jersey Eye Associates
973-472-4114

Paul Langer, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
973-972-2035

Donald Cinotti, MD

Hudson Eye Physicians and Surgeons
201-963-5846

Lawrence Frieman, MD

Frieman Ophthalmology
732-741-4242

Ralph Lanciano Jr., DO

856-665-5533

James Nachbar,MD

856-234-0222

Peter Nussbaum, MD

NJ Dept. of Labor and Workforce Dev.

David Ringel, DO

856-582-9507

Brian Wnorowski, MD

Shore Eye Associates
732-341-4733

John Stabile, MD

Tenafly Eye Associates
201-567-5995

Robert Scharfman, MD

Atlantic Medical Eye Care
732-607-0555

Resident Representative

Roger Henry, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School