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  • Commitment to Advocacy Award

  • The Commitment to Advocacy Award annually recognizes an ophthalmology training department and its leadership for outstanding support of the Academy's Ambassador Program. The Advocacy Ambassador Program is a collaboration with state and subspecialty societies, along with training programs, to support attendance by members in training at the Mid-Year Forum.

    2020 Commitment to Advocacy Award Recipient


    University of Alabama at Birmingham

     

    Eligibility

    The award recognizes a training program and its leadership for demonstrating commitment to the Academy’s Advocacy Ambassador Program. The recipient is determined by the Academy's Secretariat for State Affairs and approved by the boards of the Academy and the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO). 

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    Past Recipients

    2014 - Wills Eye Hospital

    2015 - Vanderbilt Eye Institute

    2016 - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

    2017 - Emory Eye Center

    2018 - Case Western Reserve University

    2019 - Boston University Medical Center

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