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American Academy of Ophthalmology Presents Annual Achievement Awards

11/15/2006   03:00:17 PM

SAN FRANCISCO – The American Academy of Ophthalmology has presented its Achievement Award to more than 100 eye doctors worldwide for their contributions to the Academy.

Contributions include serving as an instructor, authoring scientific papers and posters, presenting scientific exhibits, chairing a subspecialty day and serving as a committee member, state society presidents, trustees and authoring or co-authoring Academy educational materials.

The awards were presented at the 2006 Joint Meeting held in Las Vegas, November 11-14.

Awardees included:

Physician

City and State/Country

 

Amar Agarwal, MD

Chennai, India

 

 

 

 

Hamid Ahmadieh, MD

Tehran, Iran

 

 

 

 

Iqbal K. Ahmed, MD

Mississauga, Canada

 

 

 

 

Anthony J. Aldave, MD

Los Angeles, CA

 

 

 

 

Malena M. Amato, MD

Woodside, CA

 

 

 

 

Robert L. Avery, MD

Santa Barbara, CA

 

 

 

 

Joseph L. Bacotti Jr., MD

Mineola, NY

 

 

 

 

Laura J. Balcer, MD, MSCE

Philadelphia, PA

 

 

 

 

Kyle C. Balch, MD

Gainesville, FL

 

 

 

 

Alay S. Banker, MD

Ahmedabad, India

 

 

 

 

Aashish K. Bansal, MBBS, MS

Hyderabad, India

 

 

 

 

Mounir Bashour, MD

Montreal, Canada

 

 

 

 

Hilary A. Beaver, MD

Iowa City, IA

 

 

 

 

John S. Berestka, MD

Wayzata, MN

 

 

 

 

Ellen Wommack Berg, MD

Shreveport, LA

 

 

 

 

Carlo R. Bernardino, MD

Atlanta, GA

 

 

 

 

Abdhish R. Bhavsar, MD

North Oaks, MN

 

 

 

 

Wayne F. Bizer, DO

Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey N. Bloom, MD

Purchase, NY

 

 

 

 

Scott E. Burk, MD, PhD

Cincinnati, OH

 

 

 

 

Giovanni Cennamo, MD

Naples, Italy

 

 

 

 

Clement K. Chan, MD

Palm Springs, CA

 

 

 

 

John So-Min Chang Jr., MD

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

Eli L. Chang, MD

Seal Beach, CA

 

 

 

 

Balwantray C. Chauhan, PhD

Halifax, Canada

 

 

 

 

David R. Chow, MD

Mississauga, Canada

 

 

 

 

Linda M. Christmann, MD

Montreal, Canada

 

 

 

 

Mary Louise Z. Collins, MD

Baltimore, MD

 

 

 

 

Robert W. Enzenauer, MD, MPH

Chattanooga, TN

 

 

 

 

Martin L. Fishman, MD, MPA

Los Gatos, CA

 

 

 

 

Brian E. Flowers, MD

Fort Worth, TX

 

 

 

 

Ronald E. Foltz, MD

Placerville, CA

 

 

 

 

W. Craig Fowler, MD

Chapel Hill, NC

 

 

 

 

L. Neal Freeman, MD, MBA

Melbourne, FL

 

 

 

 

David S. Friedman, MD, MPH

Baltimore, MD

 

 

 

 

Lisa S. Gamell, MD

New York, NY

 

 

 

 

Jose Garcia-Arumi, MD

Barcelona, Spain

 

 

 

 

David F. Garway-Heath, MD, MBBS

London, England

 

 

 

 

Damien Gatinel, MD

Paris, France

 

 

 

 

Steven J. Gedde, MD

Miami, FL

 

 

 

 

Bruce J. Goldstein Esq., JD

Berwyn, PA

 

 

 

 

Robert O. Graham, MD

Chicago, IL

 

 

 

 

Brian D. Haas, MD

Orlando, FL

 

 

 

 

David G. Heidemann, MD

Southfield, MI

 

 

 

 

Leon W. Herndon, MD

Hillsborough, NC

 

 

 

 

Richard S. Hoffman, MD

Eugene, OR

 

 

 

 

Eric R. Holz, MD

Houston, TX

 

 

 

 

Hidenao Ideta, MD

Kumamoto, Japan

 

 

 

 

David W. Johnson, MD

Denver, CO

 

 

 

 

Elie G. Khouri, MD

Montreal, Canada

 

 

 

 

Thomas C. Lee, MD

New York, NY

 

 

 

 

Brian C. Leonard, MD

Ottawa, Canada

 

 

 

 

Susan L. Lightman, PhD, FRCP, FRCOphth

 London, England

 

 

 

 

Chris P. Lohmann, MD

Munich, Germany

 

 

 

 

Robert Lopez, MD

New York, NY

 

 

 

 

Naoyuki Maeda, MD

Suita, Japan

 

 

 

 

Robert M. Mandelkorn, MD

Fort Myers, FL

 

 

 

 

Steven L. Mansberger, MD

Portland, OR

 

 

 

 

Arman Mashayekhi, MD

Gladwyne, PA

 

 

 

 

John O. Mason III, MD

Birmingham, AL

 

 

 

 

Steven A. McCormick, MD

New York, NY

 

 

 

 

Corey A. Miller, MD

Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

 

Joseph P. Mirante, MD, MBA

Ormond Beach, FL

 

 

 

 

Christie L. Morse, MD

Concord, NH

 

 

 

 

P. Namperumalsamy, MD

Madurai, India

 

 

 

 

Leonard B. Nelson, MD

Bala Cynwyd, PA

 

 

 

 

Quan Dong Nguyen, MD

Baltimore, MD

 

 

 

 

Mary A. O'Hara, MD

Sacramento, CA

 

 

 

 

Thomas A. Oetting, MD

Iowa City, IA

 

 

 

 

Scott E. Olitsky, MD

Kansas City, MO

 

 

 

 

Mildred M. G Olivier, MD

Hoffman Estates, IL

 

 

 

 

Tetsuro Oshika, MD

Tsukuba, Japan

 

 

 

 

Paula J. Ousley, MS

Portland, OR

 

 

 

 

Mark Packer, MD

Eugene, OR

 

 

 

 

David S. Pao, MD

Southampton, PA

 

 

 

 

Louis R. Pasquale, MD

Boston, MA

 

 

 

 

William R. Penland, MD

Evansville, IN

 

 

 

 

Howard D. Pomeranz, MD, PhD

Great Neck, NY

 

 

 

 

William J. Power, MD

Dublin, Ireland

 

 

 

 

Norman D. Radtke, MD

Louisville, KY

 

 

 

 

Jean E. Ramsey, MD

Boston, MA

 

 

 

 

Russell W. Read, MD

Birmingham, AL

 

 

 

 

Christopher D. Riemann, MD

Cincinnati, OH

 

 

 

 

Nicola Rosa, MD

Naples, Italy

 

 

 

 

Ron Rosenberg, MPH, PA-C

Sausalito, CA

 

 

 

 

Alan J. Ruby, MD

Livonia, MI

 

 

 

 

Timothy L. Schneider, MD

Jacksonville Beach, FL

 

 

 

 

Stephen G. Schwartz, MD

Naples, FL

 

 

 

 

Richard L. Sherry, MD

Wilmington, DE

 

 

 

 

Fumio Shiraga, MD

Kagawa, Japan

 

 

 

 

Ramanjit Sihota, MD

New Delhi, India

 

 

 

 

E. Rand Simpson, MD

Willowdale, Canada

 

 

 

 

Herbert D. Sledd

Winchester, KY

 

 

 

 

J. Geoffrey Slingsby, MD

Rapid City, SD

 

 

 

 

Scott D. Smith, MD, MPH

Cleveland, OH

 

 

 

 

Justine R. Smith, MD, PhD

Portland, OR

 

 

 

 

Renee Solomon, MD

New York, New York

 

 

 

 

John R. Stechschulte, MD

Columbus, OH

 

 

 

 

Karl G. Stonecipher, MD

Greensboro, NC

 

 

 

 

Charles S. Su, MD

North Balwyn, Australia

 

 

 

 

Donald Tan, MD, MBBS

Singapore, Singapore

 

 

 

 

William B Trattler, MD

Miami, FL

 

 

 

 

John A. Van Westenbrugge, MD

Calgary, Canada

 

 

 

 

Geeta K. Vemuganti, MD

Hyderabad, India

 

 

 

 

Sue J. Vicchrilli, COT, OCS

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

 

Hussein Wafapoor, MD

Jackson, MS

 

 

 

 

R. Christopher Walton, MD

Memphis, TN

 

 

 

 

Howard S. Weiss, MD

Chevy Chase, MD

 

 

 

 

David T. Wong., MD

Toronto, Canada

 

 

 

 

John D. Wright Jr., MD

Chapel Hill, NC

 

 

 

 

Lihteh Wu, MD

San Jose, Costa Rica

 

 

 

 

Darrell WuDunn, MD, PhD

Indianapolis, IN

 

 

 

 

Linda Zangwill, PhD

La Jolla, CA

 

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