American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391397899
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Wausau, WI, USA
Phone
7158459283
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Surgery Specialties

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,125,406
Expenses
$2,695,570
Assets
$10,480,808
Liabilities
$852,545

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MURAD ALAM MD MSCI MBA (PAST PRESIDENT (LEFT APRIL 2025))
  • ASHISH C BHATIA MD FAAD FASLMS (PRESIDENT)
  • ARISA ORTIZ MD (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • OMAR IBRAHIMI MD PHD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • GIRISH S MUNAVALLI MD MHS FACMS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE MORRISON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE MORRISON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $221,314 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the american society for laser medicine and surgery is to promote excellence in patient care by advancing biomedical application of lasers, light, and energy-based technologies worldwide.the vision of aslms is to be the world's pre-eminent resource for biomedical laser and energy-based technologies, research, education, and clinical knowledge.

What it reported doing in 2025

The society held the 2025 annual conference in person. This included 3.5 days of education, 2 days of a tradeshow floor and networking opportunities. In addition to the annual conference, the organization held courses and seminars as part of regional or online education programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.89; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $221K · 25 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $610K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.