The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) recently announced the winners of its 2016 awards.
This year's winners include:
- Martin S. Banks, MA, PhD, — Charles F. Prentice Medal and Lecture Award
- Erica Fletcher, OD, PhD, FAAO — Glenn A. Fry Award and Lecture (American Optometric Foundation Award)
- Nimesh Patel, OD, PhD, FAAO — Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award
- Wolfgang Cagnolati, MS, DSc, FAAO — AAO-Essilor Award for Outstanding International Contributions to Optometry
- Rachel “Stacey” Coulter, OD, FAAO — William Feinbloom Award
- Kelly Moore, OD, MS — Julius F. Neumueller Award in Optics (American Optometric Foundation Award)
- Richard London, MA, OD, FAAO — Vincent Ellerbrock Clinician Educator Award
- Anthony J. Adams, OD, PhD, FAAO — Life Fellow Award
- Thomas L. Lewis, OD, PhD, FAAO — Life Fellow Award
- Ying Hon, BSc(Hons)Optom, and Andrew K. C. Lam, PhD, MPhil, FAAO — Garland W. Clay Award
- Timothy B. Edrington, OD, MS, FAAO — Michael G. Harris Award for Excellence in Optometric Education (American Optometric Foundation Award)
- Perry Rosenthal, MD — Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award — Award of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies
- Alan Tomlinson, MSc, PhD, DSc — Founders’ Award — Award of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies
- Kovin Naidoo, OD, PhD, FAAO — Henry B. Peters Memorial Award in Public Health and Environmental Vision (American Optometric Foundation Award) — Award of the Public Health & Environmental Vision Section
Award winners will be recognized at the American Academy of Optometry’s annual meeting, Academy 2016 Anaheim, November 9-12, 2016, at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
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Source: American Academy of Optometry