Executive Board

LASO Board

Our educational activities are organized by a dedicated team of member physicians who volunteer their time and energy every year to serve on the LASO Board.

2025 LASO Board Members:

                                                   

President               Pouya N. Dayani, MD                                                                    

                                                       Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group


Vice-President       Michael Javaheri, MD

                                                        Retina Specialists of Beverly Hills


Treasurer                               Kim Gokofski, MD

                                                       USC Roski Eye Institute  


Secretary                  Alexander de Castro Abegar, MD

                                                        Pediatric Eye Care


Program Director                Lauren Daskovitch, MD



Immediate Past President Jesse  Berry, MD

                                                               USC Roski Eye Institute  


Past Presidents:

Sahar Bedrood, MD

Advanced Vision Care


E. Joseph Nadji, MD

Santa Monica Eye


Daniel Krivoy, MD

Los Angeles Glaucoma Group


Firas Rahhal, MD

Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group

Jeffrey Hong, MD

Huntington Eye Medical Group


Nicole Fram, MD 

Advanced Vision Care


Homayoun Tabandeh, MD

Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group


Hajir Dadgostar, MD, PhD

The Retina Partners


Neda Shamie, MD

Advanced Vision Care


Alpa Patel, MD

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA


JoAnn Giaconi, MD

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA


Peter Quiros, MD

Doheny Eye Institute, UCLA


Jonathan I. Macy, MD

Macy Eye Center