2024 - 2025 TOA Slate of Nominees  

The TOA Nominating Committee presents the nominees listed below. Regular, Provisional and Lifetime members present at the business meeting on Saturday, May 4 in Dallas will vote these nominees into office. Additional nominations for any elected office, except that of President, may be made from the floor of the assembly at the Annual Business Meeting.  Election to office shall require a majority vote of those voting members present.  Voting for the American Academy of Ophthalmology Councilors and Alternate Councilors shall be by voting Fellows and Members of the Academy only.  If there is more than one candidate for any office, the vote on that office shall be by secret ballot.


Automatic Progression
President: Steven McKinley, MD, Austin
Immediate Past President: H. Miller Richert, MD, Abilene

New Nominations
President-Elect: Zev Shulkin, MD, Dallas
Secretary: Kevin Kerr, MD, Stephenville 
TreasurerSusan Fish, MD, The Woodlands
Councilor: Timothy J. McCulley, MD, Houston (new to executive council)
Councilor: Charlotte Akor, MD, Corpus Christi (new to executive council)
Councilor: Rocky McAdams, MD, Abilene (new to executive council)
Councilor: Matt Hammons, MD, Fort Worth (new to executive council)

AAO Alternate Councilor: Lindsey Harris, MD, Houston
AAO Alternate CouncilorJacob Moore, MD, Corpus Christi
AAO Alternate Councilor: Mark L. Mazow, MD, Dallas

Continuing Terms
Councilor: Justus Thomas, MD, Kingwood
Councilor: Eric Packwood, MD, Fort Worth
CouncilorBecky Fredrickson MD, Pearland
CouncilorSherif Khalil, MD, Houston
CouncilorKenneth Maverick, MD, San Antonio

AAO Councilor: Sanjiv Kumar, MD, Uvalde
AAO Councilor: Robert Gross, MD, MBA, Dallas
AAO Councilor: Sidney Gicheru, MD, Dallas


Thank you to those completing their terms on the Executive Council:
Ryan Rush, MD, Amarillo
Marie Bui, MD, Austin
Davinder Grover, MD, Dallas
Rajiv Rugwani, MD, Waxahachie
Mark Gallardo, MD, El Paso