Speakers

Our renowned faculty, hailing from all corners of the world, are leading specialists in their fields of medicine and business. They are innovators and leaders in their areas of expertise and are always enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge and experiences.

Faculty A-Z by Last Name

Ophthalmology | OPTOMETRY | OPTICIANRY | OTHER MEDICAL | PROFESSIONAL

Ophthalmology

Shaheer Aboobaker

MBChB, DIP OPHTH, MMed, FC OPHTH, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Ike Ahmed

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Ahmed Al-Ghoul

MD, MBA, FRCSC, DipABO



Calgary

,

Alberta

Andre Ali-Ridha

BSc, MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Tarun Arora

MD, DNB



Nassau

,

Bahamas

Supriya Arora

MS, DNB



Nassau

,

Bahamas

Analisa Arosemena

MD



Florida

,

USA

Brandon Ayres

MD



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Nupura Bakshi

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Scott Barnes

MD



California

,

USA

Harleen Bedi

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Graham Belovay

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

John Berdahl

MD



South Dakota

,

USA

Matthew Bujak

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Clara Chan

MD, FRCSC, FACS



Ontario

,

Canada

Jordan Cheskes

MD, FRCSC, MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

King Chow

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Dan DeAngelis

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Robert Devenyi

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Jose Daniel Diaz

MD



Florida

,

USA

Sameh Fanous

MD, FRCSC



Quebec

,

Canada

Mitchell Fineman

MD



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Andrew Fink

FRCOphth, MRCGP, MD



Ra'anana

,

Israel

Fatimah Gilani

MD



Ontario

,

Canada

Brendan Girschek

MD, FRCSC, FACS



Kentucky

,

USA

Amit Gupta

MD, FACS



Ontario

,

Canada

Michael Henry

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Sheldon Herzig

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Simon Holland

MD, FRCSC, FRCOPH



British Columbia

,

Canada

Hamza Khan

MD, FRCSC



British Columbia

,

Canada

Yasser Khan

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Baseer Khan

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Irfan Kherani

AB, MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

WaiChing Lam

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Andrea Leung

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Myrna Lichter

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

John Lloyd

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Thomas LoBue

MD



California

,

USA

Jennifer Loh

MD



Florida

,

USA

Samuel Markowitz

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Rookaya Mather

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Cynthia Matossian

MD, FACS



New Jersey

,

USA

Beeran Meghpara

MD



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Rosa Braga Mele

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Michael Mills

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Daniel Montenegro

MD



Florida

,

USA

Fariba Nazemi

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Keon Nia

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Nick Nianiaris

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Bruce Nichols

BSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS



Ontario

,

Canada

Joel Pearlman

MD, PhD



California

,

USA

Laura Periman

MD



Washington

,

USA

Peter Pham

MD



Texas

,

USA

Theodore Rabinovitch

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Salar Rafieetary

MD



Tenneessee

,

USA

John Randolph

MD



Florida

,

USA

Alena Reznik

MD



California

,

USA

Guillermo Rocha

MD, FRCSC, FACS



Manitoba

,

Canada

Francis Roy

MD, FRCSC



Quebec

,

Canada

Asif Salyani

MD, FRCSC



Toronto

,

Canada

Paul Sanghera

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Briar Sexton

MD, FRCP



British Columbia

,

Canada

Amber Sheikh

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Jeffrey Sher

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Neera Singal

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Eric Singman

MD, PhD



Maryland

,

USA

Nirojini Sivachandran

BSc, MD, PhD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Allan Slomovic

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Sohel Somani

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Rebecca Stein

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Raymond Stein

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

William Trattler

MD



Florida

,

USA

Nancy Tucker

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Michael Venincasa

MD



Florida

,

USA

Ana Carolina Victoria

MD, FACS



Florida

,

USA

David Yan

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Optometry

Rami Aboumourad

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Meenal Agarwal

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Paul Ajamian

OD



Georgia

,

USA

Christine Allison

OD



Illinois

,

USA

Roya Attar

OD, MBA, DHA, FAAO



Mississippi

,

USA

Vi Tu Banh

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Melissa Barnett

OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA



California

,

USA

Curt Baxstrom

OD, FCOVD, FAAO



Washington

,

USA

Trisha Beal

BSc, OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Manveen Bedi

OD, FAAO, FSLS



Ontario

,

Canada

Edward Bennett

OD, MSEd, FAAO, FSLS



Missouri

,

USA

Luigi Bilotto

MS, OD, FAAO



Quebec

,

Canada

Etty Bitton

BSc, Optométriste (Optometrist), MSc, FAAO, FBCLA



Quebec

,

Canada

Sondra Black

OD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Marie Bodack

OD, FAAO



Tennessee

,

USA

Laurence Boily

OD, MSc



Quebec

,

Canada

Alison Bozung

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Elise Brisco

OD, FAAO, FCOVD, CCH



California

,

USA

Marianna Butera

OD



New York

,

USA

Stephen Byrnes

OD, FAAO



New Hampshire

,

USA

Barbara Caffery

OD, PhD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Ontario

Laurie Capogna

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Tony Cavallerano

OD, FAAO



Massachusetts

,

USA

Michael Chaglasian

OD, FAAO



Chicago

,

USA

Vick Chan

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Clark Chang

OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Freddie Chow

OD



Nova Scotia

,

Canada

Angelica Cifuentes

OD



Florida

,

USA

Adriana Cotovio

BSc, OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Dan Cunningham

OD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Derek Cunningham

OD, FAAO



Texas

,

USA

Helene Defalque

BSc, Optométriste (Optometrist)



Quebec

,

Canada

Eric DesGroseilliers

OD



Quebec

,

Canada

Mark Dunbar

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Dawn Dunford

OD



Manitoba

,

Canada

Robert Dunphy

OD



Massachusetts

,

USA

Roshni Echharam

OD, B.Optom



Ontario

,

Canada

Kathleen Elliott

OD, Dipl. ABO



Wisconsin

,

USA

Mark Eltis

OD, FAAO, Diplomate, ABO



Ontario

,

Canada

Daniel Epshtein

OD, FAAO



New York

,

USA

Arthur Epstein

OD, FAAO, FABCO, FBCLA, DPNAP



Arizona

,

USA

Ahmad Fahmy

OD, FAAO, Diplomate, ABO



Illinois

,

USA

Steven Ferrucci

OD, FAAO



California

,

USA

Jordan Friedman

BSc, OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Benjamin Gaddie

OD, FAAO



Kentucky

,

USA

Michael Gallaway

OD, FAAO, FCOVD



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Kristine Kerestan Garbig

OD



Kentucky

,

USA

Marie-Lou Garon

OD, MSc



Quebec

,

Canada

Jeffry Gerson

OD



,

Alan Glazier

OD FAAO



Maryland

,

USA

Aaron Gold

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Larry Golson

OD



North Carolina

,

USA

Jeff Goodhew

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Tina Goodhew

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Solomon Gould

OD, MBA



Minnesota

,

USA

Aditya Goyal

OD, MS, COVD



Maharashtra

,

India

Alicia Groce

OD, FAAO, FCOVD



Tennessee

,

USA

Clare Halleran

BSc, OD



Newfoundland

,

Canada

Kate Hamm

OD



Kansas

,

USA

David Hansen

OD



California

,

USA

Whitney Hauser

OD, FAAO



Tennessee

,

USA

Jessica Haynes

OD, FAAO, FORS, Dipl ABO



Tennessee

,

USA

Jay Haynie

OD, FAAO



Washington

,

USA

Lynn Hellerstein

OD, FAAO



Colorado

,

USA

Julie Helmus

OD



California

,

USA

Milton Hom

OD, FAAO



California

,

USA

Murray Hurlbert

OD



British Columbia

,

Canada

Catherine Ieraci

OD, MSc



Quebec

,

Canada

John Jantzi

MSc, OD



British Columbia

,

Canada

May Jarkas

OD, FAAO, Diplomate ABO



Quebec

,

Canada

Erin Jenewein

OD, MS, FAAO, Diplomate (BVPPO)



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Saleel Jivraj

OD, MBA, FBCLA, FEAOO, FCOptom, FAAO



Calgary

,

Canada

Sandy Johal

OD, FAAO



British Columbia

,

Canada

Alan Kabat

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

David Kading

OD, FAAO



Washington

,

USA

Michael Kaplan

OD



Gauteng

,

South Africa

Paul Karpecki

OD, FAAO



Kentucky

,

USA

Hardeep Kataria

OD, FAAO



California

,

USA

Upen Kawale

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Salma Kiani

OD, FAAO



Alberta

,

Canada

Thomas Kislan

OD



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Michael Kling

OD



California

,

USA

Robert Kloepfer

OD



Alberta

,

Canada

Cecelia Koetting

OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO



Colorado

,

USA

Caroline Korkis

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Justin Kwan

OD, FAAO



Illinois

,

USA

Angela Kyveris

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Marcella LaBelle

BSc, OD



Alberta

,

Canada

Cory Lappin

OD, MS, FAAO



Arizona

,

USA

Anu Laul

OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO



New York

,

USA

Ken Lawenda

OD (In Memory)



Vermont

,

USA

Aaron Lech

OD, FAAO



California

,

USA

Michelle Lee

OD, FAAO



Illinois

,

USA

Beth Lennox

BSc, OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Anthony Litwak

OD, FAAO



Baltimore

,

USA

Blair Lonsberry

OD, FAAO



Oregon

,

USA

Debbie Luk

OD



Calgary

,

Canada

Janice Luk

BSc, OD



British Columbia

,

Canada

Shaun MacInnis

BSc, OD



Nova Scotia

,

Canada

Mahnia Madan

BSc, OD, FAAO



British Columbia

,

Canada

Richard Maharaj

OD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Tara Mahvelati

OD



Quebec

,

Canada

Carolyn Majcher

OD, FAAO



Texas

,

USA

Rémy Marcotte-Collard

OD



Quebec

,

Canada

Danica Marrelli

OD, FAAO



Texas

,

USA

Wes McCann

BSc, MBA, OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Badr Mehdi

OD, Ocular Health Certificate



Quebec

,

Canada

Siva Meiyeppen

OD, FAAO



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Ron Melton

OD, FAAO



North Carolina

,

USA

Langis Michaud

OD, MSc, FAAO (Dipl), FSLS, FBCLA, FEAOO



Montreal

,

Canada

Barbara Mihalik

OD, FAAO



Ohio

,

USA

Trevor Miranda

OD



British Columbia

,

Canada

Andrew Morgenstern

OD, FAAO



Maryland

,

USA

Scot Morris

OD



Colorado

,

USA

Maryke Neiberg

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Aaron Neufeld

OD



California

,

USA

Wynn Nguyen-Le

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Anu Ondhia

Optometrist



Ontario

,

Canada

Gale Orlansky

OD, MEd



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Shalu Pal

OD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Maria Parisi

OD, FAAO



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Judith Parks

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Ritesh Patel

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Angela Peddle

OD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Carlo Pelino

OD, FAAO



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Pat Pirotte

OD, FAAO



Kansas

,

USA

Francois Piuze

OD



Quebec

,

Canada

Joseph Pizzimenti

OD, FAAO



Texas

,

USA

Kimberley Poirier-Schmidt

OD, FAAO



New York

,

USA

Karen Pollack

Opt. R



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Patrick Quaid

Optometrist, FCOVD, PhD



Ontario

,

Canada

Jessilin Quint

OD, MBA, FAAO



Maine

,

USA

Katherine Rachon

OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO



Virginia

,

USA

Mohammad Rafieetary

OD, FAAO



Tennessee

,

USA

Stephanie Ramdass

OD, MBA, MS, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Kimberly Reed

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

US

Bryan Rogoff

OD, MBA, CPHM, FAAO



Maryland

,

USA

John Rumpakis

OD, MBA



Oregon

,

USA

Dennis Ruskin

OD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Daniella Rutner

OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, FCOVD, Dipl. ABO, FNAP



New York

,

USA

Kerry Salsberg

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Dan Samaha

OD, MSc, FAAO



Quebec

,

Canada

Maria Sampalis

OD



New York

,

USA

Olga Savitska

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Scott Schachter

OD



California

,

USA

Mitchell Scheiman

OD, PhD, FAAO



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Gregory Schultz

OD, FAAO



Virginia

,

USA

Justin Schweitzer

OD, FAAO



South Dakota

,

USA

Jonathan Shapiro

BSc, FCOptom, FAAO



FEAOO

,

Israel

Diana Shechtman

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Harbir Sian

OD



British Columbia

,

Canada

Kambiz Silani

OD



California

,

USA

Patrick Simard

OD, MSc, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA



Quebec

,

Canada

Joseph Sowka

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Jessica Steen

OD, FAAO, Dipl-ABO



Florida

,

USA

Jennifer Stewart

OD



Connecticut

,

USA

Lauren Tabone

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Rana Taji

OD, MSc, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Barry Tannen

OD, FAAO



New Jersey

,

USA

Marc Taub

OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD



Tennessee

,

USA

Rae Teixeira

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Nohad Teliani

OD



Alberta

,

Canada

Vishakha Thakrar

OD, FAAO, FSLS



Ontario

,

Canada

Jacqueline Theis

OD, FAAO



Virginia

,

USA

James Thimons

OD, FAAO



Massachusetts

,

USA

Craig Thomas

OD



Texas

,

USA

Randall Thomas

OD, MH, FAAO



North Carolina

,

USA

Nancy Torgerson

OD, FAAO



Washington

,

USA

Richard Trevino

OD, FAAO



Texas

,

USA

Julie Tyler

OD, FAAO



Florida

,

USA

Alan Ulsifer

OD



Ontario

,

Canada

Denise Valenti

OD, FAAO



Massachusetts

,

USA

Steven Vargo

OD, MBA



Georgia

,

USA

Elvire Vaucher

PhD



Quebec

,

Canada

Jeffrey Walline

OD, FAAO



Ohio

,

USA

Walter Whitley

OD, FAAO



Virginia

,

USA

Jill Woods

MSc, MCOptom, FAAO, FBCLA



Ontario

,

Canada

Mary Beth Yackey

OD



Ohio

,

USA

Opticianry

Ted Beaton

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Wendy Buchanan

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Renato Cappuccitti



Ontario

,

Canada

Jason Carruthers

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Sharon Carter



Arizona

,

USA

Trudi Charest

RO, ABO



Calgary

,

Canada

Amy Chow

BSc, BJourn, RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Linda Cole

ABO, NCLE, CPOT



Oregon

,

USA

Megan Forchetti

BS



BASc Florida

,

USA

Ryan Heeney

BA



Ontario

,

Canada

Mark Hinton



Ontario

,

Canada

Rebecca Johnson

CPOT, COT, COE



North Carolina

,

USA

Fazal Khan

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Ali Khan

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Lynn Lawrence

CPOT, ABOC, COA



Florida

,

USA

Valerie Manso

ABOC, FNAO



California

,

USA

Randy Marks

CEO



Ontario

,

Canada

Karen Michaelson

ABOC



Minnesota

,

USA

Albert Mo

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Gregory Naes

MBA



Tennessee

,

USA

Arthur Orava

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Mary Schmidt

ABOC, CPO



California

,

USA

Bryan Todd

RO



Ontario

,

Canada

Phernell Walker

MBA, ABOM, NCLEC



Oregon

,

USA

Other Medical

Anu Chiarelli

RN, MA, CSAT, CSOPT, CMAT



Alberta

,

Canada

Karim Fahmy

PhD



Quebec

,

Canada

Michael Gross

MD, FACOB



Pennsylvania

,

USA

Lawrence Komer

MD, FRCSC



Ontario

,

Canada

Blair Lamb

MD, FCFP



Ontario

,

Canada

Milan Madhavji

DMD, MSc



Ontario

,

Canada

Sandeep Mishra

MSc, PhD



Ontario

,

Canada

Sofiane Oukli

MSc



Quebec

,

Canada

Chau-Minh Phan

MSc, PhD, FAAO



Ontario

,

Canada

Vanessa Poulin

MBA, BSc



Quebec

,

Canada

Amy Stein



Ontario

,

Canada

Professional

Serash Akhtar



Ontario

,

Canada

Nimish Bhatt



Ontario

,

Canada

Jade Bodzasy



Ontario

,

Canada

Cory Boone



New Jersey

,

USA

Olivia Cicchini

Licensed Paralegal



Ontario

,

Canada

Urooj Faisal



Ontario

,

Canada

Julie A. Fotheringham

MA, PCC



Ontario

,

Canada

Patrique Gauthier

PFP



Ontario

,

Canada

John Hayes



Ontario

,

Canada

Kriti Kaur



Ontario

,

Canada

Karen Monet



Ontario

,

Canada

Marie-Helene Morin



Quebec

,

Canada

Mahmoud Rammal

PhD



Quebec

,

Canada

Ahmer Shaukat

Senior Relationship Manager - RBC



Ontario

,

Canada

Bob Shropshire



Ontario

,

Canada

Jennifer van der Zalm



Ontario

,

Canada