SAN FRANCISCO – The American Academy of Ophthalmology today announced the participants for its 2010 Leadership Development Program (LDP), an annual program designed to recognize and support ophthalmologists with the potential to become leaders in ophthalmic societies.
“The LDP program, now in its eleventh year, has cultivated the leadership talents of nearly 200 ophthalmologists,” said David W. Parke II, MD, executive vice president and CEO of the Academy. “Program participants gain the necessary skills to promote ophthalmology worldwide and to grow as leaders in the profession.”
Every spring, the LDP invites state, subspecialty and specialized interest ophthalmology societies to nominate an Eye M.D. to be a part of this program. After nominations are submitted, about 18 to 20 program participants are chosen via a competitive selection process. The participants attend four education sessions that address a variety of leadership, advocacy and association governance topics. The first of the four sessions will be held at the 2009 Joint Meeting in San Francisco, followed by a winter meeting in San Francisco, a spring session in Washington, DC in conjunction with the Mid-Year Forum, and then graduation in Chicago at the 2010 Joint Meeting.
The Academy congratulates the following Eye M.D.s who were selected to participate in the Leadership Development Program Class of 2010:
| Arlene Bagga, MD
New Mexico Academy of Ophthalmology | William Barry Lee, MD, FACS
Eye Bank Association of America |
| Shahar Frenkel, MD
Israel Ophthalmology Society | Edward S. Lim, MD
Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians |
| Diana Hampton, MD
Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology | Pecos T. A. Olurin, MBBS
Delaware Academy of Ophthalmology |
| Christopher L. Haupert, MD
Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology | David B. Petersen, MD
Utah Ophthalmology Society |
| Gary S. Hirshfield, MD
New York State Ophthalmological Society | Ann Ranelle, DO
American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology |
| Aaron C. Holtebeck, MD
Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology | Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS
American College of Surgeons – Advisory Council on Ophthalmic Surgery |
| Odette Margit Houghton, MD
North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons | Stephen G. Schwartz, MD, MBA
Florida Society of Ophthalmology |
| David D. Ingvoldstad, MD
Nebraska Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons | Gaurav K. Shah, MD
American Society of Retina Specialists |
| Michael S. Ip, MD
Macula Society | Michael E. Sulewski, MD
Association of Veterans Affairs Ophthalmologists |
| Katherine A. Lee, MD, PhD
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | Joseph M. Zobian, MD
Hawaii Ophthalmology Society |
About the American Academy of Ophthalmology
The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons—Eye M.D.s—with more than 27,000 members worldwide. Eye health care is provided by the three “O’s” – opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists. It is the ophthalmologist, or Eye M.D., who can treat it all: eye diseases and injuries, and perform eye surgery. To find an Eye M.D. in your area, visit the Academy's Web site at www.aao.org.
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