The Academy congratulates the following international members and thanks them for their contributions made to the Academy, its scientific and educational programs and to ophthalmology.

International Ophthalmologist Education Award
Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award
Senior Achivement Award
Achievement Award

International Ophthalmologist Education Award
The International Ophthalmologist Education Award recognizes international Academy members who pursue lifelong education in ophthalmology.

2008
Arnaldo Espaillat, MD (Dominican Republic)
Ehab N. El Rayes, MD (Egypt)
David Choy, MD (Mexico)
Miguel Paciuc, MD (Mexico)
Mohammad Zubair Y. Arain, MBBS (Pakistan)
Patricio M Aduriz-Lorenzo, MD (Spain)

2007
Martin H. Devoto, MD (Argentina)
Patrick Saurel, MD (Canada)
Jeffrey D. Chambers, MD, FRCSC (Canada)
Joao F. Lopes, MD (Chile)
Angela M. Dolmetsch, MD (Colombia)
Vatche D. Der Garabedian, MD (Greece)
Ajit G. Kulkarni, MBBS (India)
Raja Narayanan, MD (India)
Sanjoy Chowdhury, MBBS (India)
Naji E. Waked, MD (Lebanon)
Branislav M. Djurovic, MD, PHD (Serbia)
Romero P. Aroca, MD (Spain)
Birkan Can, MD (Switzerland)
Chieh-Chih Tsai, MD (Taiwan)
J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, FACS (Venezuela)

2006
Maria Carrasco, MD  (Argentina)
Prashant G. Bhatia, MBBS  (United Arab Emirates)

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Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award
First awarded in 1992, the Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award was established to recognize the contributions of Academy Fellows and Members in selflessly providing medical eye care. Each year, this award is presented to two individuals for their participation in charitable activities, indigent care, community service or other humanitarian activity.

Ghulamqadir A. Kazi, MD  (Pakistan)

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Senior Achivement Award
The Senior Achievement Award recognizes individuals who participate in the scientific programs at the Annual Meeting and have obtained 30 contribution points. The award program is based on a cumulative point system; one point is awarded for each area of contribution, and an individual can earn a maximum of three points per year.

David K. Dueker, MD  (Saudi Arabia)

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Achievement Award
The Achievement Award recognizes individuals who participate in the scientific programs at the Annual Meeting and have obtained 10 contribution points. The award program is based on a cumulative point system; one point is awarded for each area of contribution, and an individual can earn a maximum of three points per year.

Charles S. Su, MD  (Australia)
Iqbal K. Ahmed, MD  (Canada)
Mounir Bashour, MD  (Canada)
Balwantray C. Chauhan, PhD  (Canada)
David R. Chow, MD  (Canada)
Linda M. Christmann, MD  (Canada)
Elie G. Khouri, MD  (Canada)
Brian C. Leonard, MD  (Canada)
E. Rand Simpson, MD  (Canada)
John A. Van Westenbrugge, MD  (Canada)
David T. Wong, MD  (Canada)
Lihteh Wu, MD (Costa Rica)
David F. Garway-Heath, MD, MBBS  (England)
Damien Gatinel, MD (France)
Chris P. Lohmann, MD  (Germany)
John So-Min Chang Jr., MD  (Hong Kong)
Amar Agarwal, MD  (India)
Alay S. Banker, MD  (India)
Aashish K. Bansal, MBBS, MS  (India)
P. Namperumalsamy, MD  (India)
Ramanjit Sihota, MD  (India)
Geeta K. Vemuganti, MD  (India)
Hamid Ahmadieh, MD  (Iran)
William J. Power, MD  (Ireland)
Giovanni Cennamo, MD  (Italy)
Nicola Rosa, MD  (Italy)
Hidenao Ideta, MD  (Japan)
Naoyuki Maeda, MD  (Japan)
Tetsuro Oshika, MD  (Japan)
Fumio Shiraga, MD  (Japan)
Donald Tan, MD, MBBS  (Singapore)
Jose Garcia-Arumi, MD  (Spain)
Susan L. Lightman, PhD, FRCP FRCOphth  (United Kingdom)

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