A board-certified ophthalmologist practicing in Los Angeles, David Aizuss, M.D., is the immediate past president of the California Medical Association (CMA).

Through the David H. Aizuss, M.D., Medical Corporation, and the Ophthalmology Associates of the Valley Medical Surgical Group, a partnership of medical corporations, Dr. Aizuss focuses exclusively on direct patient care. He serves as an assistant clinical professor of Ophthalmology at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine.

Dr. Aizuss is a medical staff member at Tarzana Hospital and West Hills Hospital, in Los Angeles County, and belongs to several professional societies, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Cornea Society and the American Medical Association.

He received his M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School and his bachelor’s degree in medicine from Northwestern University. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute in Los Angeles, where he also undertook a fellowship in cornea and external ocular disease from 1984 to 1985.

He is a former president of the Los Angeles County Medical Association and the California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. Before being elected as President, he served as the Chair of the CMA Board of Trustees.