A Call to Action and Roadmap for Improving Emergency Treatment of Ophthalmic Trauma in the United States

Robert A Mazzoli¹, Stuart R Seiff², George B Bartley³, Stephen D McLeod⁴, Steven E Feldon⁵, Avery Nathens⁶, Tamara R Fountain³, Christopher J Rapuano⁴, Boonkit Purt⁷; Ophthalmic Trauma Task Force

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

Ophthalmic Trauma Task Force:
Robert A Mazzoli⁸, Stuart R Seiff⁹, Stephen D McLeod¹⁰, George B Bartley¹¹, Steven E Feldon¹², Kenneth E Morgenstern¹³, James D Auran¹⁴, Barton L Blackorby¹⁵, Patricia L Turner¹⁶, Jeffrey D Kerby¹⁷, Warren C Dorlac¹⁸, Avery Nathens¹⁹, Sarwat Salim²⁰, Paul A Edwards²¹, Alan L Wagner²¹, Dale E Fajardo²², Flora Lum²³, Tamara Fountain²⁴, Christopher J Rapuano²⁵, Boonkit Purt²⁶

Affiliations

¹ Chair, Tacoma, Washington.
² Co-Chair, San Francisco, California.
³ American Board of Ophthalmology, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
⁴ American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California.
⁵ Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California.
⁶ American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: boonkitp@gmail.com.
⁸ Chair, Ophthalmic Trauma Task Force; Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁹ Co-Chair, Ophthalmic Trauma Task Force.
¹⁰ Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹¹ Chief Executive Officer, American Board of Ophthalmology, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹² Executive Vice President, Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹³ President, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
¹⁴ Executive Vice President, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹⁵ President, Society of Military Ophthalmologists, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁶ Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁷ Chair, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁸ Vice-Chair, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁹ Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Medical Director, Trauma Quality, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²⁰ Board of Regents, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²¹ Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²² Vice President for Education, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
²³ Vice President of Quality and Data Science, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
²⁴ Board of Directors, American Board of Ophthalmology, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
²⁵ Director-at-Large, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; President-Elect, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
²⁶ Vice-President and President-Elect, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 40853298
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2025.07.006

Editorial

A Call to Action and Roadmap for Improving Emergency Treatment of Ophthalmic Trauma in the United States

Robert A Mazzoli et al. Ophthalmology. 2025 Nov.

. 2025 Nov;132(11):1197-1201.

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2025.07.006. Epub 2025 Aug 25.

Authors

Collaborators

Ophthalmic Trauma Task Force:
Robert A Mazzoli⁸, Stuart R Seiff⁹, Stephen D McLeod¹⁰, George B Bartley¹¹, Steven E Feldon¹², Kenneth E Morgenstern¹³, James D Auran¹⁴, Barton L Blackorby¹⁵, Patricia L Turner¹⁶, Jeffrey D Kerby¹⁷, Warren C Dorlac¹⁸, Avery Nathens¹⁹, Sarwat Salim²⁰, Paul A Edwards²¹, Alan L Wagner²¹, Dale E Fajardo²², Flora Lum²³, Tamara Fountain²⁴, Christopher J Rapuano²⁵, Boonkit Purt²⁶

Affiliations

¹ Chair, Tacoma, Washington.
² Co-Chair, San Francisco, California.
³ American Board of Ophthalmology, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
⁴ American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California.
⁵ Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California.
⁶ American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: boonkitp@gmail.com.
⁸ Chair, Ophthalmic Trauma Task Force; Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁹ Co-Chair, Ophthalmic Trauma Task Force.
¹⁰ Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹¹ Chief Executive Officer, American Board of Ophthalmology, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹² Executive Vice President, Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹³ President, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
¹⁴ Executive Vice President, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
¹⁵ President, Society of Military Ophthalmologists, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁶ Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁷ Chair, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁸ Vice-Chair, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁹ Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Medical Director, Trauma Quality, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²⁰ Board of Regents, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²¹ Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²² Vice President for Education, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
²³ Vice President of Quality and Data Science, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
²⁴ Board of Directors, American Board of Ophthalmology, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA.
²⁵ Director-at-Large, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; President-Elect, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California, USA.
²⁶ Vice-President and President-Elect, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 40853298
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2025.07.006

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