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 2018 Achievement Award for their contributions made to the Academy, its scientific and educational programs and to ophthalmology.
Recipients
Donald Andrew Abrams, MD; Baltimore, MD
Ashvin Agarwal, MD; Chennai, India
Stephen K. Akafo, MBCHB; Accra, Ghana
Abdulatif M. Al Raisi, MD; Muscat, Oman
Adel H. Al-Buloushi, MD; Sabah Al Salem, Kuwait
Arghavan Almony, MD; Southern Pines, NC
Anshu Arundhati, MD; Singapore
Alexandre C. Assi, MD; Sami Solh, Beirut
Olufemi E. Babalola, MD; Abuja, Nigeria
Federico Badala, MD; Milano, Italy
Carl W. Baker, MD; Paducah, KY
Rudrani Banik, MD; New York, NY
Alice Bashinsky, MD; Asheville, NC
Lamis Baydoun, MD; Rotterdam, Netherlands
Brian E. Bowe, MD; Wenatchee, WA
D. S. Bremond-Gignac, MD; Paris, France
David B. Cano, MD; West Palm Beach, FL
Kara M. Cavuoto, MD; Miami, FL
Christopher B. Chambers, MD; Seattle, WA
Ta Chen Chang, MD; Miami, FL
Yvonne I. Chu, MD; Houston, TX
Marcus H. Colyer, MD; Kensington, MD
Juan C. Corbera, MD; Lima, Peru
Steven M. Couch, MD; Fenton, MO
Jose Dalma-Weiszhausz, MD; Mexico City, Mexico
Robert B. Dinn, MD; Kokomo, IN
Jacque L. Duncan, MD; San Francisco, CA
Babak Eliassi-Rad, MD; Boston,MA
Teodoro J. Evans, MD; San Jose, Costa Rica
Lisa J. Faia, MD; Birmingham, MI
Mansoor A. Farooqui, FRCSEd; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Joanna M. Fisher, MD; Huntingdon Valley, PA
Patrick M. Flaharty, MD; Fort Myers, FL
Paul Flikier, MD; Santa Ana. Costa Rica
Amy M. Fowler, MD; Cary, NC
Courtney E. Francis, MD; Seattle, WA
Montserrat Garcia-Gonzalez, MD; Madrid, Spain
Nina A. Goyal, MD; Chicago, IL
Laura K. Green, MD; Baltimore, MD
Todd D. Gwin, MD; Spartanburg, SC
Mona Harissi-Dagher, MD; Outremont, Canada
Ralph A. Higgins, MBBS FRACS FRANZCO; Rushcutters Bay, Australia
David O. Hodge, MS; Rochester, MN
Graham E. Holder, PhD; London, United Kingdom
James G. Howard, MD; Salt Lake City, UT
Jairo E. Hoyos, MD; Sabadell, Spain
Yutaka Imamura, MD PhD; Kanagawa, Japan
Satoshi Ishiko, MD; Asahikawa, Japan
Mitchell A. Jackson, MD; Lake Villa, IL
Vandana Jain, MBBS; Navi Mumbai, India
Robert A. Kaufer, MD; Martinez, Argentina
Sachin Kedar, MD; Omaha, NE
Albert S. Khouri, MD; Staten Island, NY
Jeremy Z. Kieval, MD; Lexington, MA
Hyoung J. Koh, MD; Seoul, South Korea
Shizuka Koh, MD; Osaka, Japan
Shree K. Kurup, MD; Tucson, AZ
Martin E. Lederman, MD; Purchase, NY
Julie S. Lee, MD; Louisville, KY
Sung-Chul Lee, MD; Seoul, South Korea
Wendy W. Lee, MD; Miami, FL
Olivia L. Lee, MD; Pasadena, CA
Aaron Y. Lee, MD; Mercer Island, WA
Yannek I. Leiderman, MD PhD; Chicago, IL
Cecily A. Lesko, MD FACS; Clifton, NJ
Edward S. Lim, MD; Branford, CT
Phoebe Lin, MD, PhD; Portland, OR
Susan M. Loen, OCS; Sellersville, PA
Lorinna H. Lombardi, MD; Portland, OR
Birgit Lorenz, MD, PhD; Giessen, Germany
Natalie M. Loyacano, COMT, OCS; Biloxi, MS
Brandon J. Lujan, MD; Portland, OR
Joseph J. Ma, MD; North York, Canada
Ted Maddess, PhD; Canberra, Australia
Salah Mahjoub, MD; Elkhadra, Tunisia
John Joseph Martin, MD; Coral Gables, FL
Vicente Martinez-Castillo, MD; Barcelona, Spain
Ichiro Maruko, MD; Shinjuku-Ku, Japan
Guy G. Massry, MD; Sherman Oaks, CA
Kristina Mikek, MD; Ljubljana, Slovenia
Carl A. Minning Jr., MD; Zanesville, OH
Paula Anne Newman-Casey, MD; Ann Arbor, MI
Akio Oishi, MD, PHD; Kyoto, Japan
Faruk H. Orge, MD; Cleveland, OH
Midori H. Osaki, MD; Sao Paulo, Brazil
Secil Ozdemir, MD; Lara Antalya, Turkey
David W. Parke III, MD; Wayzata, MN
Sayjal J. Patel, MD; Carlsbad, CA
Roma Patel, MD; Rancho Cordova, CA
Grazia Pertile, MD; Negrar, Italy
Francesco Pichi, MD; Maleo, Italy
Terri-Diann Pickering, MD; San Francisco, CA
Vittorio Porciatti; Miami, FL
Siegfried Priglinger, MD; Munich, Germany
Giuseppe Querques, MD; Milan, Italy
Aleksandra V. Rachitskaya, MD; Cleveland, OH
Dandapani Ramamurthy, MBBS, MD; Coimbatore, India
Aparna Ramasubramanian, MD; Louisville, KY
S. R. Rathinam, MBBS, PHD; Madurai, India
Satya Reddy, MD; Covington, LA
Ashvini K. Reddy, MD; Baltimore, MD
Vincent S. Reppucci, MD; Danbury, CT
James D. Reynolds, MD; Buffalo, NY
Timothy V. Roberts, MD; Sydney, Australia
Paul R. Rosenberg, MD, FACS; Pittsburgh, PA
Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, MD; Pakred, Thailand
Sanduk Ruit, MD; Kathmandu, Nepal
Rebecca Sands Braverman, MD; Aurora, CO
Emil Anthony T. Say, MD; Mount Pleasant, SC
Adrienne Williams Scott, MD; Baltimore, MD
Andrew Scott, MD; London, United Kingdom
Pete Setabutr, MD; Chicago, IL
Sumit Sharma, MD; Cleveland, OH
Aryan Shayegani, MD; Westport, CT
Carolyn Y. Shih, MD, MBA, MPH; Manhasset, NY
Neal H. Shorstein, MD; Walnut Creek, CA
Chasidy D. Singleton MD; Nashville, TN
Senthil Sirisha, MBBS; Hyderabad, India
Ryan T. Smith, MD; Augusta, GA
Wendy M. Smith, MD; Rochester, MN
Joern B. Soltau, MD; Louisville, KY
Eric H. Souied, MD, PHD; Creteil, France
Eric A. Steele, MD; Portland, OR
Jay M. Stewart, MD; Brisbane, CA
Leon Strauss, MD, PhD; Baltimore, MD
Yi Ning Strube, MS, MD, FRCSC; Kingston, Canada
Kazuhisa Sugiyama, MD, PHD; Kanazawa, Japan
Rebecca J. Taylor, MD; Nashville, TN
Jaime Tejedor, MD; Segovia, Bulgaria
Christopher C. Teng, MD; New Haven, CT
Hiroko Terasaki, MD; Nagoya, Japan
Eric R. Thomas, MD; Sioux Falls, SD
Oren Tomkins-Netzer, MD; Qiryat Tivon, Israel
Lejla Vajzovic, MD; Durham, NC
Devesh K. Varma, MD; Oakville, Canada
Petja I. Vassileva, MD, PHD; Sofia, Bulgaria
Federico G. Velez, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Rengaraj Venkatesh, MBBS; Pondicherry, India
Maureen Waddle, MBA; Wilton, CA
Sarah Wellik, MD; Miami, FL
Randall V. Wong, MD; Bethesda, MD
Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD; Newton, MA