History & Past Presidents
History
The Massachusetts Ophthalmological Society Inc. was founded May 14, 1968, in Boston, Massachusetts under M.G.L. 180.
The founders were: Richey L. Waugh, M.D., President; B. Thomas Hutchinson, M.D., Treasurer; George Edward Garcia, M.D., Secretary/Clerk.
The Massachusetts Ophthalmological Society Inc. later became the Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.
Past Presidents
1968-1978
1968 – 1970 Richey L. Waugh, Jr., M.D.
1970 – 1971 David H. Scott, M.D.
1971 – 1972 Francis J. West, M.D.
1972 – 1973 Elton R. Yasuna, M.D.
1973 – 1974 Irving L. Pavlo, M.D.
1974 – 1975 J.F. Bowers, M.D.
1975 – 1976 George E. Garcia, M.D.
1976 – 1977 Charles D. Regan, M.D.
1977 – 1978 B. Thomas Hutchinson, M.D.
1978-1988
1978 – 1979 S. Arthur Boruchoff, M.D.
1979 – 1980 Roland E. Houle, M.D.
1980 – 1981 George P. Santos, M.D.
1981 – 1982 John R. Gehring, M.D.
1982 – 1983 Varant Hagopian, M.D.
1983 – 1984 Mohandas M. Kini, M.D.
1984 – 1985 Elliot Finkelstein, M.D.
1985 – 1986 Richard Broggi, M.D.
1986 – 1987 George Citron, M.D.
1987 – 1988 Lawrence Weene, M.D.
1988-1998
1988 – 1989 Eugene C. Cinnarelli, M.D.
1989 – 1990 Joseph F. Burke, M.D.
1990 – 1991 Sheldon M. Buzney, M.D.
1991 – 1992 Donald Wm. Putnoi, M.D.
1992 – 1993 Willard G. Rice, M.D.
1993 – 1994 Joseph J. Greco, M.D.
1994 – 1995 John J. Weiter, M.D.
1995 – 1996 Ernest W. Kommehl, M.D.
1996 – 1997 John W. Shore, M.D.
1997 – 1998 Joel Kraut, M.D.
1998-2019
1998 – 2000 Mark S. Hughes, M.D.
2000 – 2002 Irving L. Weissman, M.D.
2002 – 2003 Jason Gilbert, M.D.
2003 – 2005 Jean Ramsey, M.D.
2005 – 2007 Robert Lytle, M.D.
2007 – 2009 M. Lisa McHam, M.D.
2009 – 2011 Michael Price, M.D.
2011 – 2013 Michael H. Goldstein, M.D.
2013 – 2015 Jeffrey Gallo, M.D.
2015 – 2017 John Mandeville, M.D.
2017 – 2019 Deanna Ricker
2019-Present
2019 – 2021 Jeremy Kieval, M.D.
2021 – 2022 Sylvia Yoo, M.D.
2022 – 2023 Sarwat Salim, M.D.
2023 – 2025 Grayson Armstrong, M.D.
2025 – 2026 Sylvia Yoo, M.D.
MSEPS Advocacy Day
April 28, 2026
MSEPS By-law Changes
2026 Codequest Virtual
March 30, 2026