The LEO Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist 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 Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist 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 Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist 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 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.
2023 LEO Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist Award Recipients
| Wael M Abdelghani MD |
| Stacey L Ackerman MD |
| Shareef B Ahmed MD |
| Bette L Anderson MD |
| Brad G Anstadt MD |
| Herbert C Becker Jr MD |
| Leonard G Bendikas MD |
| Catherine H Bene MD |
| Diane E Boone MD |
| Steven M Brady DO |
| Todd E Brittain, DO |
| Steven V L Brown MD |
| Stanley S Bykov MD |
| Coye T Carver MD FACS |
| Christopher T Cessna DO |
| Mariann M Channell MD |
| Mabel M P Cheng MD |
| Christopher J Cheyer MD |
| Thomas B Choi MD |
| Nancy H Choo MD |
| Christopher T Coad MD |
| Leon F Cohn, MD |
| Joseph Anthony Crapotta, MD |
| Shashi K Dharma MD |
| David Kevin Diskin MD |
| Michael Ehrenhaus MD |
| Stephen J Farkas MD FACS |
| Andrew C Fong, MD |
| Ronald Eric P Frenkel MD |
| Roberto Felipe Garcia MD |
| Kenneth P Goldblum MD |
| M. Gilbert Grand, MD |
| Maxwell Greenman MD |
| Lenard H Hammer MD |
| Elizabeth Ann Hansen MD |
| Barry S Herst MD |
| Camille M Hylton MD |
| Herbert J Ingraham, MD |
| Lawrence Joseph Jaeger MD |
| Cameron G Javid, MD, MBA |
| Robert G Josephberg MD |
| Seth I Kaplan, MD |
| John J Khadem MD MPH |
| Shahab Khan MBBS |
| Samer A Khosrof MD |
| Daniel K Kim MD |
| Spero J Kinnas, MD |
| Steven M Kirkham MD |
| James A Knupp MD |
| Daniel Krivoy MD |
| Jeevak Lal, MD |
| Michele Lanza, MD |
| Marc A Leibole MD |
| Shann Lin, MD |
| Suresh Mandava MD |
| Athanasios G Marneris, DO |
| John Matthews MD |
| John A Millin MD |
| Nicholas M Mittica MD |
| Sam Multack, DO |
| Emad Nakkash MD |
| William Brian Neusidl MD FACS |
| Sawsan R Nowilaty MD |
| Stephen M Oddo MD |
| Joseph M Ortiz MD |
| Francesco Pichi, MD |
| Alan J Pollack MD |
| Andrew M Prince, MD |
| Sundhar R Ramasamy MD |
| Prasan M Rao, MD, FRCS |
| Lisa Fran Rosenberg MD |
| Jonathan B Rubenstein, MD |
| Sarwat Salim, MD |
| Luis R Santiago MD |
| Daniel P Schaefer MD FACS |
| Matthew E Schmidt MD |
| Jacqueline Elizabeth Smith, MD |
| Robert T Spector MD |
| Alan Victor Spigelman MD |
| Gregory A Stainer MD |
| Alina K Stanciu MD |
| Lawrence S Stone MD |
| Grant W Su MD |
| Sheila K Sullivan, DO |
| Stephen M Tait MD PhD |
| Patrick C Tso MD |
| Yoshihiko Usui, MD |
| Mitchell Vogel MD FACS |
| Cuong D Vu MD |
| Jane Camille Werner MD |
| Daniel Zuckerbrod MD MPH |