When our Academy was formed 88 years ago, it was done in order to give our fledgling profession a scientific base. It has accomplished that many times over, and today our Fellows are recognized throughout the world as preeminent authorities in their given disciplines. There can be no better way for an organization to recognize their members who have further helped advance our knowledge base than to publicly honor them for their outstanding contributions.
Fortunately for the Academy and the American Optometric Foundation (AOF), 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 difficult task of selecting the recipients for these very deserving recognitions. Chris Johnson, OD, PhD, FAAO, Chair, and his colleagues on the Academy Awards Committee have once more brought us a slate of outstanding individuals who will this year receive the affirmation of their colleagues as representative of the best-of- the-best.
While it is an honor for each award recipient to be recognized in this way, it is our honor as members to have them represent us. It is our obligation to demonstrate our appreciation by attending the program that will recognize them. For those who have not experienced the Award’s program before, there are unique lectures provided by the Prentice Medal and Fry Award winners that are always educational and thought provoking, and you will receive one CE credit for attending the two hour program.
Won’t you please join me in San Francisco on Friday Nov. 19, 8-10 AM to extend our congratulations to all of this year’s worthy award recipients? They are as follows:
Charles F. Prentice Medal Award: Earl L. Smith, III, OD, PhD, FAAO
Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award (AOF): Nathan Efron, BScOptom, PhD, DSc, FAAO
Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award: Alex R. Bowers, PhD, FAAO, MCOptom
American Academy of Optometry – Essilor Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Optometry: Kovin S. Naidoo, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO
William Feinbloom Award: Joan A. Stelmack, OD, MPH, FAAO
Carel C. Koch: Thomas F. Freddo, OD, PhD, FAAO
Garland W. Clay Award: Birgit Lackner, MD, Gerald Schmidinger, MD, Stefan Pieh, MD, Martin A. Funovics, MD, Christian Skorpik, MD
"Repeatability and Reproducibility of Central Corneal Thickness Measurement with Pentacam, Orbscan, and Ultrasound"
OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE Volume: 82 Issue: 10
Michael G. Harris Family Award for Excellence in Optometric Education (AOF): Richard Meetz, OD, MS, FAAO
Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies Awards
Schapero Lecture Award: Joseph T. Barr, OD, MS, FAAO
Founders’ Award: Nick Stoyan, NCLC
