Program Participants
About the Program
Program Goals
Corporate Support
This Year's Program
Program Recognition
Nomination Submissions
Additional Information

Program Participants
The Academy congratulates the following Eye M.D.s who have been selected to participate in the Leadership Development Program Class of 2013 (LDP XV):

	Nisha Acharya, MD, MS San Francisco, Calif. American Uveitis Society
	Wesley H. Adams, MD Belgrade, Mont. Montana Academy of Ophthalmology
	Lama A. Al-Aswad, MD New York, N.Y. Women in Ophthalmology
	Michael J. Borne, MD Jackson, Miss. Mississippi Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
	Denise R. Chamblee, MD Newport News, Va. Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
	David A. Goldman, MD Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
	Anne Marjorie Keating, MD Fargo, N.D. North Dakota Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
	Judy E. Kim, MD Milwaukee, Wis. The Macula Society
	David H. McCullough, MD Stratford, Conn. Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians
	Brian Privett, MD Cedar Rapids, Iowa Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology
	P. Kumar Rao, MD St. Louis, Mo. Missouri Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
	Adam C. Reynolds, MD Boise, Idaho Idaho Society of Ophthalmology
	Arvind Saini, MD Milwaukee, Wis. Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology
	Jonathan H. Salvin, MD Wilmington, Del. Delaware Academy of Ophthalmology
	Sirtaz S. Sibia, DO Boca Raton, Fla. American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology
	Chasidy D. Singleton, MD Nashville, Tenn. National Medical Association, Ophthalmology Section
	Lee Alison Snyder, MD Reisterstown, Md. Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
	G. Atma Vemulakonda, MD Seattle, Wash. Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

About the Program
Each spring, state, subspecialty and specialized interest ophthalmology societies are invited to nominate an Eye M.D. member to participate in the program. About 18 to 20 program participants are selected from the nominations submitted. Over the course of their year in the program, participants attend four education sessions that address a variety of leadership, advocacy and association governance topics.

Program Goals
The goals of the Academy's Leadership Development Program include:

• Identifying ophthalmologists with the potential to become leaders in ophthalmology societies.
• Providing orientation and skill development to developing leaders in order to promote ophthalmology locally and nationally.
• Facilitating the promotion of program graduates into leadership positions both locally and nationally.

Corporate Support
Since the program's inception, the Academy has had the support of ophthalmic industry in implementing the Leadership Development Program. Over the course of the program's existence, industry partners have included ALCON, Allergan, AMO, Bausch & Lomb, Becton Dickenson, Genentech, Merck, Pfizer Ophthalmics and Santen. The Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC) has also provided support. The Academy recognizes these industry partners and OMIC for their collaboration in developing future leaders in ophthalmology.

During the Academy's 2011 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla., Santen, Inc. sponsored a global LDP alumni reception for graduates of the Academy’s Leadership Development Program, as well as graduates of the national and supranational LDP programs from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East/Africa, Asia and India.

This Year's Program
LDPXV participants began the Leadership Development Program with an orientation session in conjunction with the 2012 Joint Meeting in Chicago. They next visited the Academy's San Francisco headquarters and participated in an interactive two-and-a-half day meeting in January 2013. A session in April 2013 at the Academy's Mid-Year Forum in Washington, D.C., will focus on developing participants' advocacy skills. Participants will graduate at a final session at the Academy's 2013 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Program Recognition
The Leadership Development Program was honored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as a trophy winner in its 2001 Gold Circle Awards program for excellence and innovation in association management, and was recognized in ASAE’s April 2002 edition of Association Management magazine.

Nomination Submissions
Each spring, the Leadership Development Program solicits nominations for the upcoming program year. State, subspecialty and specialized interest ophthalmic societies are invited to nominate a member who has demonstrated a commitment to his or her society and who has shown potential to become a leader of that organization. The Selection Committee will begin soliciting nominations for LDP XVI, class of 2014, in March 2013.

Additional Information
For more information about the Academy's Leadership Development Program, see the online brochure (PDF 104KB), or contact Gail Schmidt, director of Ophthalmic Society Relations.