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• Key Competencies

AAOE is developed around seven key competencies (business operations & finance, coding & reimbursement, compliance & risk management, marketing & business development, human resources, information technology, professional growth) to provide our valued members with the most relevant and reliable information needed to manage a successful practice.

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Values

• AAOE strives to maintain the trust and confidence of its members.
• We seek AAOE members’ opinions and offer advice and programs responsive to their stated needs.
• We treat AAOE members as we do Academy ophthalmologist members.
• We anticipate the future need for ophthalmic services and the future needs of AAOE members and develop programs and services in response.

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	Traci Fritz, COE, OCS — Chair Administrator Fite Eye Center Traci has worked in ophthalmology since 1993. She is the administrator of two small practices in metropolitan Detroit. During her career in ophthalmology, she has performed the duties of every position, and utilizes those skills as the manager of small practices. She founded the Michigan Society of Ophthalmic Administrators.
	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 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, serves as the Assistant Administrator for San Antonio Eye Center and as 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 working at different levels with over 20 general and multi-specialty ophthalmologists, one optometrist, eight practices, five optical shops, and an ASC.
	Sandra Curd  MBA, COE, COA, OCS Chief Operating Officer Professional Eye Associates   Sandra began her career in ophthalmology in 1991. She has managed a small practice in North Carolina to one of the largest in the southeast. Currently, she is the COO of a mid-sized practice in Dalton Georgia. Sandra has also functioned in a number of capacities throughout her career in ophthalmology.
	David Durfee, MD Portland, Oregon 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.
	Julia Lee, JD, OCS Executive Director Ophthalmic Partners of Pennsylvania, P.C. Ophthalmic Partners of New Jersey, P.C.   Julia is the Executive Director for a large multi-subspecialty practice consisting of 11 ophthalmologists, with locations throughout the Metro Philadelphia area. Julia received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1994. She worked as an attorney in the areas of commercial litigation and complex insurance coverage disputes before finding her way to ophthalmology and the challenges of managing a large group practice.
	Elise Levine, MA, CRC, OCS Administrator/ Director of Clinical Research   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 & Director of Clinical Research for a comprehensive ophthalmology group located in a suburb of Los Angeles. Elise provides oversight of the practice including the management of 25 staff, an optical shop and a busy clinical research department. Elise received her Master of Arts in Gerontology degree from the University of Southern California in 2010.
	Dianna L Seldomridge MD, MBA Mobile, Alabama Dr. Seldomridge is a private practice sub-specialist in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery in Mobile, Ala. She received a combined MD, MBA at Columbia University in New York, N.Y. 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. 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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