The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) recently announced its award winners of 2017, recognizing distinguished individuals who have made countless contributions to advancing the profession of optometry.
This year's awards winners include:
- Eli Peli, MSc, OD, FAAO — Charles F. Prentice Medal and Lecture Award
- Mitchell Scheiman, OD, PhD, FAAO — Glenn A. Fry Award and Lecture (American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)
- Ava K. Bittner, OD, PhD, FAAO — Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award
- Luigi Bilotto, MS, OD, FAAO — AAO-Essilor Award for Outstanding International Contributions to Optometry
- C. Ellis Potter, OD, FAAO — Brien Holden Humanitarian Award
- Joseph Fontenot, MD, CLVT — Carel C. Koch Memorial Medal Award
- Laura Goldberg, OD, MS & Celia R. Gong — Julius F. Neumueller Award in Optics (American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)
- Richard Madonna, MA, OD, FAAO — Vincent Ellerbrock Clinician Educator Award
- Harue J. Marsden, OD, MS, FAAO (posthumously) — Eminent Service Award
- Bert C. Corwin, OD, FAAO & Avrum Richler, OD, PhD, FAAO — Life Fellow Award
- Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD, FAAO, Katie L. Greiner, OD, MS, FAAO, Mary Elizabeth McVey, OD, MS, Lisa A. Jones-Jordan, PhD, FAAO — Garland W. Clay Award
- Lorraine Lombardi, PhD — Michael G. Harris Award for Excellence in Optometric Education (American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)
Awards of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies:
- Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig, OD, PhD, FAAO — Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award
- Lynette Johns, OD, FAAO, FSLS — Founders’ Award
Award winners will reportedly be honored at the Academy 2017 Chicago, which will take place October 11-14, 2017, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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Source: American Academy of Optometry