Program Participants
About the Program
Program Goals
Ophthalmic Industry Support
This Year's Program
Program Recognition
Nomination Submissions
Additional Information

Program Participants
The Academy congratulates the following Eye M.D.s who have been selected to participate in the Leadership Development Program Class of 2010 (LDP XII):

	Arlene Bagga, MD Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico Academy of Ophthalmology
	Shahar Frenkel, MD Jerusalem, Israel Israel Ophthalmology Society
	Diana Hampton, MD Edmond, Oklahoma Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology
	Christopher L. Haupert, MD West Des Moines, Iowa Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology
	Gary S. Hirshfield, MD Flushing, New York New York State Ophthalmological Society
	Aaron C. Holtebeck, MD Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology
	Odette Margit Houghton, MD Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
	David D. Ingvoldstad, MD Omaha, Nebraska Nebraska Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
	Michael S. Ip, MD Madison, Wisconsin Macula Society
	Katherine A. Lee, MD, PhD Boise, Idaho American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
	William Barry Lee, MD, FACS Atlanta, Georgia Eye Bank Association of America
	Edward S. Lim, MD Branford, Connecticut Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians
	Pecos T. A. Olurin, MBBS Wilmington, Delaware Delaware Academy of Ophthalmology
	David B. Petersen, MD Salt Lake City, Utah Utah Ophthalmology Society
	Ann Ranelle, DO Aledo, Texas American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology
	Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS Memphis, Tennessee American College of Surgeons – Advisory Council on Ophthalmic Surgery
	Stephen G. Schwartz, MD, MBA Naples, Florida Florida Society of Ophthalmology
	Gaurav K. Shah, MD Saint Louis, Missouri American Society of Retina Specialists
	Michael E. Sulewski, MD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Association of Veterans Affairs Ophthalmologists
	Joseph M. Zobian, MD Waipahu, Hawaii Hawaii Ophthalmology Society

About the Program
Each spring, state, subspecialty and specialized interest ophthalmology societies are invited to nominate an Eye M.D. member to participate in the program. About 18 program participants are selected from the nominations submitted. Over the course of their year in the program, participants attend four education sessions that address a variety of leadership, advocacy and association governance topics.

Program Goals
The goals of the Academy's Leadership Development Program include:

• Identifying ophthalmologists with the potential to become leaders in ophthalmology societies.
• Providing orientation and skill development to developing leaders in order to promote ophthalmology locally and nationally.
• Facilitating the promotion of program graduates into leadership positions both locally and nationally.

Ophthalmic Industry Support
Since the program's inception, the Academy has had the support of ophthalmic industry in implementing the Leadership Development Program. Over the course of the program's existence, industry partners have included ALCON, Allergan, AMO, Bausch & Lomb, Becton Dickenson, Genentech, Merck, Pfizer Ophthalmics and Santen. The Academy recognizes these industry partners for their collaboration in developing future leaders in ophthalmology.

Santen, Inc. will sponsor an Alumni Reception for the Academy’s Leadership Development Program and the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology’s (PAAO) Curso de Liderazgo during the 2009 Joint Meeting. This event will bring together graduates and participants from the twelve years of the LDP program and the seven years of the Curso.

This Year's Program
LDPXII participants will begin the Leadership Development Program with an orientation session in conjunction with the 2009 Joint Meeting in San Francisco. They will next visit the Academy's San Francisco headquarters and participated in an interactive two-day meeting in January 2010. A session in April 2010 at the Academy's Mid-Year Forum in Washington, D.C., will focus on developing participants' advocacy skills. Participants will graduate at a final session at the 2010 Joint Meeting in Chicago.

Program Recognition
The Leadership Development Program was honored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as a trophy winner in its 2001 Gold Circle Awards program for excellence and innovation in association management, and was recognized in ASAE’s April 2002 edition of Association Management magazine.

Nomination Submissions
Each spring, the Leadership Development Program solicits nominations for the upcoming program year. State, subspecialty and specialized interest ophthalmic societies are invited to nominate a member who has demonstrated a commitment to their society and who has shown potential to become a leader of their organization. The Selection Committee will soliciting nominations for LDP XIII, Class of 2011 in March 2010.  

Additional Information
For more information about the Academy's Leadership Development Program, see the online brochure (PDF 104KB), or contact Gail Schmidt, director of Ophthalmic Society Relations.