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2012 Achievement Award Recipients

Individuals earning 10 points and approved by the Awards Committee and the Board of Trustees receive the Achievement Award. The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Achievement Award for their contributions made to the Academy, its scientific and educational programs and to ophthalmology.

Madhu R. Agarwal, MD     Redlands, Calif.
Lama A. Al-Aswad, MD     West New York, N.Y.
Michael A. Albert Jr., MD     Birmingham, Ala.
Nitin Anand, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth     Halifax, England
Donna M. Applegate, COT     New Albany, N.Y.
Robert S. Bailey Jr., MD     Wyndmoor, Pa.
Roberto Bellucci, MD     Brescia, Italy
M. Tariq Bhatti, MD     Durham, N.C.
Carlos G. Bianciotto, MD     Philadelphia, Pa.
Michael V. Boland, MD, PhD     Baltimore, Md.
Navaneet S. C. Borisuth, MD, PhD     Rock Island, Ill.
Francois-Xavier Borruat, MD     Lausanne, Switzerland
Erick D. Bothun, MD     Minneapolis, Minn.
Gagandeep S. Brar, MS     Chandigarh, India
Melissa Morrison Cable, MD     Independence, Mo.
Jorge G. Camara, MD     Honolulu, Hawaii
Hilda Capo, MD     Miami, Fla.
Albert Castillo     San Antonio, Texas
Dean M. Cestari, MD     Boston, Mass.
Altug Cetinkaya, MD     Ankara, Turkey
Meena Chakrabarti, MS     Trivandrum, India
R. V. Paul Chan, MD     New York, N.Y.
Claus Cursiefen, MD     Koln, Germany
Manuel Antonio B. Datiles III, MD     Rockville, Md.
David A. Della Rocca, MD     New York, N.Y.
Hardeep S. Dhindsa, MD     Reno, Nev.
Sander R. Dubovy, MD     Miami, Fla.
Ira Dunkel, MD     New York, N.Y.
Malvina B. Eydelman, MD     North Potomac, Md.
Antonio Fea, MD     Torino, Italy
Paul J. Foster, FRCS     London, United Kingdom
Anne E. Fung, MD     San Francisco, Calif.
Ron P. Gallemore, MD, PhD     Torrance, Calif.
Dasa V. Gangadhar, MD     Wichita, Kan.
Julian Garcia-Feijoo, MD, PhD     Madrid, Spain
Thomas A. Gardner, MD     Denver, Colo.
Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS     Philadelphia, Pa.
Arthur Giebel, MD     Walla Walla, Wash.
Thomas A. Graul, MD     Lincoln, Neb.
Paul B. Greenberg, MD     Providence, R.I.
Satinder Pal Singh Grewal, MD, MBBS     Chandigarh, India
Dilraj Grewal, MD     Chicago, Ill.
Erich Bryan Groos, MD     Nashville, Tenn.
Eugene O. Gullingsrud, MD     Edina, Minn.
John R. Guy, MD     Miami, Fla.
Pedram Hamrah, MD     Cambridge, Mass.
Richard A. Harper, MD     Little Rock, Ark.
Linda Harris     Cincinnati, Ohio
Thomas M. Harvey, MD     Eau claire, Wis.
Seyed Javad Hashemian, MD     Tehran, Iran
Natasha L. Herz, MD     Rockville, Md.
R. Nick Hogan, MD, PhD     Dallas, Texas
J. Jill Hopkins, MD     Los Angeles, Calif.
Osama Ibrahim, MD, PhD     Alexandria, Egypt
Tsutomu Inatomi, MD, PhD     Kyoto, Japan
Edward K. Isbey III, MD     Asheville, N.C.
Hiroshi Ishikawa, MD     Pittsburgh, Pa.
Natalio J. Izquierdo, MD     San Juan, Puerto Rico
Johanna M. Jensen, MD     Nampa, Idaho
Peter E. Jensen, MD     Nampa, Idaho
Vishal Jhanji, MD     Kowloon, Hong Kong
Douglas A. Katsev, MD     Santa Barbara, Calif.
Rohit C. Khanna, DO     Hyderabad, India
Rahul Khurana, MD     Los Altos, Calif.
Yoon-Duck Kim, MD     Seoul, Korea
Aaleya F. Koreishi, MD     Colleyville, Texas
Bobby S. Korn, MD, PhD, FACS     La Jolla, Calif.
Jean-Francois Korobelnik, MD     Bordeaux, France
Alan Kozarsky, MD     Atlanta, Ga.
Pavel Kuchynka, MD     Prague, Czech Republic
Oh Woong Kwon, MD     Seoul, Korea
Steven M. Kymes, PhD     St. Louis, Mo.
Warren E. Laurita, MBA     Cleveland, Ohio
Erik Letko, MD     Littleton, Colo.
Michele C. Lim, MD     Sacramento, Calif.
Anthony J. Lombardo, MD, PhD     Indianapolis, Ind.
Mauricio Maia, MD, PhD     Assis, Brazil
Marcus M. Marcet, MD     Cyberport, Hong Kong
Alexandre S. Marcon, MD     Porto Alegre, Brazil
Harry H. Mark, MD, FACS     North Haven, Conn.
Ian L. McAllister, MD     Nedlands, Australia
Peter J. McCluskey, MD     Sydney, Australia
Gregory J. McCormick, MD     Hinesburg, Vt.
Gerald McGwin, PhD     Birmingham, Ala.
Erik L. Mertens MD, FEBOphthal.     Antwerp, Belgium
Monte D. Mills, MD     Philadelphia, Pa.
Carlos A. Moreira, MD, PhD     Curitiba, Brazil
Susan K. Mosier, MD     Manhattan, Kan.
Raghu C. Mudumbai, MD     Seattle, Wash.
Francis L. Munier, MD     Lausanne, Switzerland
Tanuj Nakra, MD     Austin, Texas
Aaron L. Nathenson, MD     Minneapolis, Minn.
Lisa Nijm MD, JD     Springfield, Ill.
Rudy Nuijts, MD     Masstricht, Netherlands
Rahul T. Pandit, MD     Houston, Texas
Ki Ho Park MD, PhD     Seoul, Korea
John D. Peters, MD     Omaha, Neb.
Paul M. Phillips, MD     Sewickley, Pa.
David E. I. Pyott, CBE     Irvine, Calif.
Mujtaba A. Qazi, MD     Chesterfield, Mo.
Alireza Ramezani, MD     Tehran, Iran
P. Kumar Rao, MD     St. Louis, Mo.
Anthony D. Realini, MD, MPH     Morgantown, W.Va.
Cynthia J. Roberts, PhD     Columbus, Ohio
Karolinne Maria Rocha, MD, PhD     Shaker Heights, Ohio
Reginald J. Sanders, MD     Chevy Chase, Md.
Robert M. Schwarcz, MD     New York, N.Y.
Vincenzo Scorcia, MD     Rome, Italy
Stefan Seregard, MD     Stockholm, Sweden
Diana J. Shamis, COMT     Gainesville, Fla.
Kimiya Shimizu, MD, PhD     Kanagawa, Japan
Roni M. Shtein, MD, MS     Ann Arbor, Mich.
Jonathan E. Silbert, MD     Bethany, Conn.
Annapurna Singh, MD     Cleveland, Ohio
Arthur J. Sit, MD     Rochester, Minn.
Allan R. Slomovic, MD     Toronto, Canada
Lois E. H. Smith, MD, PhD     Boston, Mass.
R. Theodore Smith, MD   New York, N.Y.
Sharon D. Solomon, MD   Baltimore, Md.
Margaret Sophia Spencer, MD   Panorama City, Calif.
Erin D. Stahl, MD   Kansas City, Mo.
Mitchell B. Strominger, MD   Boston, Mass.
Jeanine Suchecki, MD   Farmington, Conn.
Kyung Rim Sung, MD, PhD   Seoul, Korea
Colin S. Tan, FRCSEd, Mmed (Ophth)   Singapore, Singapore
Shachar Tauber, MD   Springfield, Mo.
Tongalp H. Tezel, MD   Louisville, Ky.
Christopher K. Thiagarajah, MD   New York, N.Y.
Nancy A. Tucker, MD   Toronto, Canada
Harvey S. Uy, MD   Makati City, Philippines
Pravin Vaddavalli, MD   Hyderabad, India
Gregory P. Van Stavern, MD   St. Louis, Mo.
Deborah K. VanderVeen, MD   Boston, Mass.
Jan A. Venter, MD   London, England
Steven D. Vold, MD   Fayetteville, Ark.
Jonathan D. Walker, MD   Fort Wayne, Ind.
Robert E. Wiggins, MD, MHA   Ashville, N.C.
Edward A. Wylegala, MD, PhD   Katowice, Poland
Tetsuya Yamamoto, MD   Gifu, Japan
Roger P. Zelt, MD, FACS   Pittsburgh, Pa.