AWARD WINNERS AT ACADEMY 2009 ORLANDO

When our Academy was formed over eighty years ago, it was to give our profession a scientific base. The Academy has been very successful in providing a forum for research in the optometry and vision science field. Today, optometrists and vision scientists are recognized throughout the world as preeminent authorities in our given disciplines. There can be no better way for an organization to honor their members who have helped advance its knowledge base than to publicly acknowledge individual contributions. Fortunately for the Academy, there are numerous individuals nominated every year who are most worthy of such recognition. It is the Academy’s Awards Committee that is charged with the arduous task of selecting the recipients for very deserving recognition. Chris Johnson, Chair, and his colleagues on the Academy Awards Committee have again brought us a slate of outstanding individuals who will receive the affirmation of their colleagues as representatives of the best-of-the-best. While it is an honor for each awardee to be recognized in this way, it is our honor as members to have them represent us! Let us demonstrate our appreciation by attending the program where they will be recognized. For those who have not experienced the Award’s program before, there are unique lectures presented by the Prentice Medal and Fry Award recipients that are always educational and thought provoking, and, yes, you will receive one CE credit for attending the two-hour Awards program. Please join me in Orlando on Friday, November 13th from 8-10 AM to help me extend our congratulations to all of this year’s worthy award recipients. They are as follows: The Charles F. Prentice Medal: Jacob Sivak, LScO, MS, PhD, OD, Doctorat HC, FRSC, FAAO Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award: Austin Roorda, PhD Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award: Kelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO, Diplomate, Public Health Essilor Award for Outstanding International Contributions to Optometry: Gullapalli N. Rao, MD William Feinbloom Award: Eli Peli, MSc, OD, FAAO Carel C. Koch Memorial Medal Award: James Saviola, OD, FAAO Eminent Service Award: Joan Exford, OD, FAAO and Donald R. Korb, OD, FAAO Honorary Fellowship Award: Philip R. Keefer Garland W. Clay Award: Konrad Pesudovs, BSc Optom, PhD, DipAdvClinOptom, FCLSA, FAAO, FVCO, Esti Garamendi, MSc, David B. Elliott, PhD, MCOptom, FAAO The Michael G. Harris Family Award for Excellence in Optometric Education: Gunilla Haegerström-Portnoy, OD, PhD, FAAO Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies Awards The Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award – Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, FAAO Founder’s Award – John DeCarle Please visit the Awards webpage to find out more about these awards. [To Top]