The Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist (LEO) Continuing Education Recognition Award is annually presented to Academy members in recognition of their ongoing participation in the Academy’s education programs and publications.
The Academy’s LEO Award has been recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) as qualifying for reciprocity with their Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). The Academy was the first national medical specialty society to arrange for this benefit on behalf of its members.
Criteria for LEO Award Eligibility
- Minimum of 150 AAO CME credits earned during a 3-year period from July 1 through June 30
- Must have claimed CME credit for at least 1 Annual Meeting or reported ProVision product credit during the three year time period
- Must not have been a LEO Award recipient during the same 3 year date range
- Must be an active member of AAO and AMA
International members may be interested in the International Ophthalmologist Education Award and the International Scholar Award.
2017 LEO Award Recipients
| Marc A Abrams MD PhD |
| Louis S Angioletti MD |
| Denys A Beauvais MD |
| Jason H Bell MD PhD |
| Andrea L Bock-Kunz MD |
| Steven M Brady DO |
| Briggs B Bralliar MD |
| Gary G Carothers MD |
| Ranjana Chauhan MD |
| Anny Mansim Cheng, MD |
| Christopher J Cheyer MD |
| Rafael Chiu MD |
| Richard Chiu DO |
| Janice E Contreras MD |
| Angela Faye Crisp, MD |
| Jon L Dusse MD FACS |
| Miguel A Espiritu MD |
| Rana R Ghauri MD |
| Amanda E Gibson, DO |
| John S Greco Jr MD |
| Leslie D Grosinger MD |
| Adriano Guarnieri, MD |
| Benjamin P Hale MD |
| Kurt A Haller MD |
| Darren P Hathaway MD |
| Holly S Holm MD |
| Cheryl L Huey MD |
| Inci Irak-Dersu MD |
| Todd L Jackson MD |
| Jaskarn Singh Johl, DO |
| Ronald W Johnson MD |
| Robert G Josephberg MD |
| Lauren A Kallina MD |
| Kandon K Kamae, MD |
| Padmini Kaushal, MD |
| Arif O Khan, MD |
| David D Kim MD |
| Ramesh M Kode MD |
| Daniel B Kozlow MD |
| Jeevak Lal MD |
| Thomas D Lenart MD PhD |
| Ning Lin MD |
| Zinaria Williams Liu, MD |
| Mary S Makar MD |
| Daniel L McLachlan MD |
| David Joel Medford MD |
| Kelly T Mitchell MD |
| M Chris Monson MD |
| Jose R Montes MD |
| Emad Nakkash MD |
| Samuel E Navon MD PhD |
| Hunter W Norris MD |
| Sundhar R Ramasamy MD |
| David S Rho MD |
| Ruben F Salinas-Garcia MD FACS |
| David S Scheer MD |
| David M Shepherd MD |
| Edward J Sheridan MD FACS |
| William K Shields MD |
| Marcus J Solomon MD |
| Andrew T Strand, DO |
| Edward M Stroh MD |
| Edmond H Thall MD |
| Rupan Trikha MD |
| Joseph F Woschitz MD |