| |  2009 Board of Directors
 | Susan Lustig, JD— Board Chair
Chief Operating Officer
Elite Eyecare Medical Group
Susan provides administrative management for the Shepard Eye Center and Kendall Optometry, a practice comprised of five opthalmologists and six optometrists which includes three clinics, two optical dispensaries and an ambulatory surgical center. As a healthcare attorney and medical group administrator for 10 years, Susan contributes to all areas of practice management, focusing on legal, financial, and information technology issues. Susan joined the Board of Directors in 2007. |  | Sandra Farr CPC, CCS-P, OCS — Past Chair
Lead Coding/Reimbursement Specialist
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Sandra has worked for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Ophthalmology for 15 years. She currently supervises Coding & Billing, Managed Care and Medical Records in the Department of Ophthalmology. She holds physician-based coding certifications with both AHIMA and AAPC. She is currently Co-Chair of the Billing & Coding Team at TTUHSC. | | 
| Gregory S. Brinton MD, MBA
Founding Partner
Retina Associates of Utah, PC
Dr. Brinton is the founding partner of Retina Associates of Utah, PC, a practice comprised of four ophthalmologists and five offices. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and a vitreoretinal fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is board certified by the ABO, a clinical professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine, a former president of the Utah Ophthalmology Society and a former council member of the AAO. He is listed in Best Doctors in America, Guide to Top Doctors, and America’s Top Ophthalmologists. He is an expert in office efficiency and has spoken throughout the country on this topic. |  | Albert Castillo
Director of Finance
Ophthalmology Associates of San Antonio
Albert is the Director of Finance for Ophthalmology Associates of San Antonio and serves as the Assistant Administrator for San Antonio Eye Center, the Administrator for South Texas Total Eye Care. In addition, Albert consults and manages various Ophthalmology and other medical practices throughout the state of Texas. Albert works at different levels with over 20 general and multi-specialty ophthalmologists, one optometrist, eight practices, five optical shops, and an ASC. Albert’s contributions to these groups are in the all areas of practice management, information technology, operations, managed care, and financial management and performance analysis. |  | David Durfee, MD
Dr. Durfee serves on the Academy Strategic Assessment Planning Task Force and is the current Secretary for Practice Management to the Academy Board of Trustees. He has served the American Academy of Ophthalmology since 1981. He last served as the Senior Secretary for Ophthalmic Practice. Dr. Durfee practiced comprehensive ophthalmology in the Portland, Oregon for 21 years. He has served on the AAOE Board since 2001. |  | Traci Fritz, COE
Administrator
Fite Eye Center
Traci has worked in ophthalmology for 13 years with the last nine being in management. Since 2001, she has managed the new practice of a young ophthalmologist with two locations and seven employees. During her career in ophthalmology she has performed the duties of every position, and utilizes those skills as the manager of a small practice. She co-founded and organizes the Michigan Society of Ophthalmic Administrators |  | Elise Levine, CRC, OCS
Administrator/Clinical Research Coordinator
North Valley Eye Medical Group, Inc.
Elise has worked in an administrative capacity in the medical field since 1989 in both physician offices and in Medicare benefit development and implementation for a large California health insurer. Since 2006, she has been the Administrator & Clinical Research Coordinator for North Valley Eye Medical Group, a comprehensive ophthalmology group located in a suburb of Los Angeles. Elise provides oversight of the practice including the management of 23 staff, an optical shop and the development of a clinical research area within the practice. |  | Dianna L Seldomridge MD MBA
Mobile, Alabama
Dr. Seldomridge is a private practice sub-specialist in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery in Mobile, AL. She received a combined MD, MBA at Columbia University in New York, NY in 2000. She then went on to residency training in ophthalmology at Duke University Eye Center in Durham, NC, after which she completed fellowship training in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery at Chicago Cornea Consultants, Chicago, IL. She is board certified by the ABO. Dr. Seldomridge began serving the Academy in 2002 as a member of the Young Ophthalmologist (YO) Committee. She now serves on the AAOE Board as a representative for YOs and has a particular interest in YO issues. |
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