Over 50 POS members gathered on January 22 in the PNC Champions Club to welcome guest faculty Raymond Cho, MD, FACS, Director of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.

We extend our sincere thanks to Lance Bodily, MD, POS board member, for inviting Dr. Cho, and to our program supporters: Amgen, BioTissue, and Zeissfor their generous support of the meeting.

Dr. Cho has had a distinguished military and academic career, serving as Chief of Ophthalmology at multiple Army medical centers and deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the ophthalmology consultant for the Iraqi theater. Following fellowship training at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, he held leadership roles at Brooke Army Medical Center and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center before retiring from the U.S. Army at the rank of Colonel. His honors include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Order of Military Medical Merit, and he served as President of the Society of Military Ophthalmologists from 2013–2014. Continue reading.

Attending the meeting (l. to r): POS Members David Buerger, MD; Daniel Buerger, MD; Nicole Rebollo, MD; Presenter Raymond Cho, MD; POS President Laurie Roba, MD; Lance Bodily, MD; Phillip Choo, MD; Resident Presenter Ryan Zukerman, MD