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American Academy of Ophthalmology Presents Annual Achievement Awards
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Academy of Ophthalmology has presented its Achievement Award to more than 100 eye doctors worldwide for their contributions to the Academy. Contributions include serving as an instructor, authoring scientific papers and posters, presenting scientific exhibits, chairing a subspecialty day and serving as a committee member, state society presidents, trustees and authoring or co-authoring Academy educational materials. The awards were presented at the 2006 Joint Meeting held in Las Vegas, November 11-14. Awardees included: | Physician | City and State/Country | | | Amar Agarwal, MD | Chennai, India | | | | | | | Hamid Ahmadieh, MD | Tehran, Iran | | | | | | | Iqbal K. Ahmed, MD | Mississauga, Canada | | | | | | | Anthony J. Aldave, MD | Los Angeles, CA | | | | | | | Malena M. Amato, MD | Woodside, CA | | | | | | | Robert L. Avery, MD | Santa Barbara, CA | | | | | | | Joseph L. Bacotti Jr., MD | Mineola, NY | | | | | | | Laura J. Balcer, MD, MSCE | Philadelphia, PA | | | | | | | Kyle C. Balch, MD | Gainesville, FL | | | | | | | Alay S. Banker, MD | Ahmedabad, India | | | | | | | Aashish K. Bansal, MBBS, MS | Hyderabad, India | | | | | | | Mounir Bashour, MD | Montreal, Canada | | | | | | | Hilary A. Beaver, MD | Iowa City, IA | | | | | | | John S. Berestka, MD | Wayzata, MN | | | | | | | Ellen Wommack Berg, MD | Shreveport, LA | | | | | | | Carlo R. Bernardino, MD | Atlanta, GA | | | | | | | Abdhish R. Bhavsar, MD | North Oaks, MN | | | | | | | Wayne F. Bizer, DO | Fort Lauderdale, FL | | | | | | | Jeffrey N. Bloom, MD | Purchase, NY | | | | | | | Scott E. Burk, MD, PhD | Cincinnati, OH | | | | | | | Giovanni Cennamo, MD | Naples, Italy | | | | | | | Clement K. Chan, MD | Palm Springs, CA | | | | | | | John So-Min Chang Jr., MD | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | | | | | | | Eli L. Chang, MD | Seal Beach, CA | | | | | | | Balwantray C. Chauhan, PhD | Halifax, Canada | | | | | | | David R. Chow, MD | Mississauga, Canada | | | | | | | Linda M. Christmann, MD | Montreal, Canada | | | | | | | Mary Louise Z. Collins, MD | Baltimore, MD | | | | | | | Robert W. Enzenauer, MD, MPH | Chattanooga, TN | | | | | | | Martin L. Fishman, MD, MPA | Los Gatos, CA | | | | | | | Brian E. Flowers, MD | Fort Worth, TX | | | | | | | Ronald E. Foltz, MD | Placerville, CA | | | | | | | W. Craig Fowler, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | | | | | | | L. Neal Freeman, MD, MBA | Melbourne, FL | | | | | | | David S. Friedman, MD, MPH | Baltimore, MD | | | | | | | Lisa S. Gamell, MD | New York, NY | | | | | | | Jose Garcia-Arumi, MD | Barcelona, Spain | | | | | | | David F. Garway-Heath, MD, MBBS | London, England | | | | | | | Damien Gatinel, MD | Paris, France | | | | | | | Steven J. Gedde, MD | Miami, FL | | | | | | | Bruce J. Goldstein Esq., JD | Berwyn, PA | | | | | | Robert O. Graham, MD | Chicago, IL | | | | | | | Brian D. Haas, MD | Orlando, FL | | | | | | | David G. Heidemann, MD | Southfield, MI | | | | | | | Leon W. Herndon, MD | Hillsborough, NC | | | | | | | Richard S. Hoffman, MD | Eugene, OR | | | | | | | Eric R. Holz, MD | Houston, TX | | | | | | | Hidenao Ideta, MD | Kumamoto, Japan | | | | | | | David W. Johnson, MD | Denver, CO | | | | | | | Elie G. Khouri, MD | Montreal, Canada | | | | | | | Thomas C. Lee, MD | New York, NY | | | | | | | Brian C. Leonard, MD | Ottawa, Canada | | | | | | | Susan L. Lightman, PhD, FRCP, FRCOphth | London, England | | | | | | | Chris P. Lohmann, MD | Munich, Germany | | | | | | | Robert Lopez, MD | New York, NY | | | | | | | Naoyuki Maeda, MD | Suita, Japan | | | | | | | Robert M. Mandelkorn, MD | Fort Myers, FL | | | | | | | Steven L. Mansberger, MD | Portland, OR | | | | | | | Arman Mashayekhi, MD | Gladwyne, PA | | | | | | | John O. Mason III, MD | Birmingham, AL | | | | | | | Steven A. McCormick, MD | New York, NY | | | | | | | Corey A. Miller, MD | Salt Lake City, UT | | | | | | | Joseph P. Mirante, MD, MBA | Ormond Beach, FL | | | | | | | Christie L. Morse, MD | Concord, NH | | | | | | | P. Namperumalsamy, MD | Madurai, India | | | | | | | Leonard B. Nelson, MD | Bala Cynwyd, PA | | | | | | Quan Dong Nguyen, MD | Baltimore, MD | | | | | | | Mary A. O'Hara, MD | Sacramento, CA | | | | | | | Thomas A. Oetting, MD | Iowa City, IA | | | | | | | Scott E. Olitsky, MD | Kansas City, MO | | | | | | | Mildred M. G Olivier, MD | Hoffman Estates, IL | | | | | | | Tetsuro Oshika, MD | Tsukuba, Japan | | | | | | | Paula J. Ousley, MS | Portland, OR | | | | | | | Mark Packer, MD | Eugene, OR | | | | | | | David S. Pao, MD | Southampton, PA | | | | | | | Louis R. Pasquale, MD | Boston, MA | | | | | | | William R. Penland, MD | Evansville, IN | | | | | | | Howard D. Pomeranz, MD, PhD | Great Neck, NY | | | | | | | William J. Power, MD | Dublin, Ireland | | | | | | | Norman D. Radtke, MD | Louisville, KY | | | | | | | Jean E. Ramsey, MD | Boston, MA | | | | | | | Russell W. Read, MD | Birmingham, AL | | | | | | | Christopher D. Riemann, MD | Cincinnati, OH | | | | | | | Nicola Rosa, MD | Naples, Italy | | | | | | | Ron Rosenberg, MPH, PA-C | Sausalito, CA | | | | | | | Alan J. Ruby, MD | Livonia, MI | | | | | | | Timothy L. Schneider, MD | Jacksonville Beach, FL | | | | | | | Stephen G. Schwartz, MD | Naples, FL | | | | | | Richard L. Sherry, MD | Wilmington, DE | | | | | | | Fumio Shiraga, MD | Kagawa, Japan | | | | | | | Ramanjit Sihota, MD | New Delhi, India | | | | | | | E. Rand Simpson, MD | Willowdale, Canada | | | | | | | Herbert D. Sledd | Winchester, KY | | | | | | | J. Geoffrey Slingsby, MD | Rapid City, SD | | | | | | | Scott D. Smith, MD, MPH | Cleveland, OH | | | | | | | Justine R. Smith, MD, PhD | Portland, OR | | | | | | | Renee Solomon, MD | New York, New York | | | | | | | John R. Stechschulte, MD | Columbus, OH | | | | | | | Karl G. Stonecipher, MD | Greensboro, NC | | | | | | | Charles S. Su, MD | North Balwyn, Australia | | | | | | | Donald Tan, MD, MBBS | Singapore, Singapore | | | | | | | William B Trattler, MD | Miami, FL | | | | | | | John A. Van Westenbrugge, MD | Calgary, Canada | | | | | | | Geeta K. Vemuganti, MD | Hyderabad, India | | | | | | | Sue J. Vicchrilli, COT, OCS | San Francisco, CA | | | | | | | Hussein Wafapoor, MD | Jackson, MS | | | | | | | R. Christopher Walton, MD | Memphis, TN | | | | | | | Howard S. Weiss, MD | Chevy Chase, MD | | | | | | | David T. Wong., MD | Toronto, Canada | | | | | | | John D. Wright Jr., MD | Chapel Hill, NC | | | | | | | Lihteh Wu, MD | San Jose, Costa Rica | | | | | | | Darrell WuDunn, MD, PhD | Indianapolis, IN | | | | | | | Linda Zangwill, PhD | La Jolla, CA | | ### About the American Academy of Ophthalmology AAO is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons—Eye M.D.s—with more than 27,000 members worldwide. 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