Society Roster

National Basketball Association
National Football League
National Hockey League
Major League Baseball

  • David J Goldman, MD, MBA (Detroit Redwings)

  • Karl Pappa, MD (Columbus Blue Jackets)

  • Richard Davidson, MD (Colorado Avalanche)

  • Adam Flug, MD (New York Islanders)

  • Katherine Hu, MD (Utah Mammoth)

  • Jeff Edelstein, MD (*Arizona Coyotes)

  • George Reiss, MD (*Arizona Coyotes)

  • Jules A Winokur, MD (*New York Islanders)

National Collegiate Athletic Association

  • Kelly Mitchell, MD (Texas Tech, All Sports)

  • C Ellis Wisely MD, MBA (Duke, Men's Basketball)

  • Esteban Peralta, MD (Duke, Men's Basketball)

  • Gary Legault, MD (*Duke, Men's Basketball)

Other Professional Sports

Medical Students

  • Oase Sbei (Wayne State)

  • Evelyn Bassett (Bascom Palmer)

  • Landon Lee (Oklahoma University)

  • Benjamin Mujica (UT San Antonio)

  • Naomi Popoolapade (U Illinois)

  • Gregory Hsu, DO (UFC)

Ophthalmology Trainees

Ophthalmology Residents

  • Jared Tuttle, MD (Wake Forest)

  • Sean Teebagy, MD (UMass)

  • Wyatt Corbin, MD (U of Cincinatti)

  • Peter Kaiser, MD (Cleveland Cavaliers)

  • David J Goldman, MD, MBA (Detroit Pistons)

  • Nitin Kumar, MD (Detroit Pistons)

  • Kevin Everett, MD (Detroit Pistons)

  • Richard Davidson, MD (Denver Nuggets)

  • Leonard Seibold, MD (Denver Nuggets)

  • William Trattler, MD (Miami Heat)

  • Henry Trattler, MD (Miami Heat)

  • Jay Schwartz, MD (Phoenix Suns)

  • Rod Foroozan, MD (Houston Rockets)

  • William Barlow, MD (Utah Jazz)

  • Yousuf Khalifa, MD (Atlanta Hawks)

  • George Reiss, MD (*Phoenix Suns)

  • Rolando Toyos, MD (*Memphis Grizzlies)

  • David J Goldman, MD, MBA (Detroit Tigers)

  • Allan R Rinke, MD (Detroit Tigers)

  • Beeran Meghpara, MD (Philadelphia Phillies)

  • Daniel Goodman, MD (San Francisco Giants)

  • Jay Schwartz, MD (Arizona Diamondbacks, spring training for Mariners, Brewers, Athletics, Angels, Cubs)

  • Taj Nasser, MD (Texans Rangers)

  • Rod Foroozan, MD (Houston Astros)

  • Anne Wishna, MD (Kansas City Royals)

  • Peter Kaiser, MD (*Cleveland Guardians)

  • David J Goldman, MD, MBA (Detroit Lions)

  • Kevin Everett, MD (Detroit Lions)

  • Daniel Goodman, MD (San Francisco 49ers)

  • Abraham White, MD (Kansas City Chiefs)

  • Yousuf Khalifa, MD (Atlanta Falcons)

  • Peter Hersh, MD (*Cleveland Browns)

  • Daniel Weikert, MD (*Tennessee Titans)

  • Dan Coden, MD (*San Diego Chargers)

Major League Soccer

  • Taj Nasser, MD (FC Dallas)

  • Rom Kandavel, MD (LA Galaxy, LAFC, Angel City FC, *USMNT, FIFA '26)

  • Yousuf Khalifa, MD (Atlanta United FC)

International Members

  • Conor Malone (Oxford Eye Hospital)

* Indicates a former affiliation that is not currently active

Last Updated 6/30/2026

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