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She completed her residency in Cornea, Contact Lenses also at IU and a PhD in Vision Science in 2011 from University of California, Berkeley. She has held Adjunct Clinical Professor positions at the Pacific University College of Optometry, the Southern California College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, and Indiana University. In 2013 he received Board Certification in Medical Optometry by the American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry. Dr. Clark will discuss how stem cells hold considerable promise to change the way we treat disease and injury. The AOA invites you to participate in our ePoster (Electronic Poster) Session prior to and during Optometry's Meeting ! He is a member of the American Optometric Association, Past President of the Minnesota Optometric Association, and currently serves on the AOA Third Party Committee as Vice Chair. She is a Diplomate and current Chair of the Anterior Segment Section and was presented the Michael G. Harris Family Award for excellence in optometric education by the American Academy of Optometry Foundation. Dr. She has been involved in residency education throughout her academic career as the Chief Mentor of the Primary Care and Contact Lens residency program and currently serves as the Director of Affiliate Residency Programs. Her many awards include the National Federation of Opticianry Schools Person of the Year Award; 3 time Jobson Publishing Most Influential Women in Optical; the ATPO (Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology) Presidents Award; JCAHPO (Joint Commission of Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology) Statesmanship Award; Optical Womens Association Pleiades Award; and was inducted into the National Academy of Opticianry Hall of Fame in 2013. Kapag na-expand, nagbibigay ito ng listahan ng mga opsyon sa paghahanap na magpapalit ng mga input sa paghahanap para tumugma sa kasalukuyang pinili. In 2021, she was named Professor of the Year for NSUs College of Optometry. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. She currently is a Clinician Scientist at the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry at UC Berkeley, the PI of the Childhood Activity and Myopia (CAM) Study (NEI K23 funded) and sees pediatric patients at UC San Franciscos Benioff Childrens Hospital. After 28 years of service, Dave retired from Alcon in 2014 as the Director of Academic Development. Director, Center for Brain Injury and Repair During the session, Dr. Tatum shared her unique insights and led a productive conversation on racial bias and its impact on health care with Academy members Susan Cotter, OD, MS, FAAO, Leslie R. Walker-Harding, MD, FAAP, FSAHM, Marcela Herrera Frazier, OD, MPH, FAAO and E. Larry Jones, OD, HIS. Spear has served 39 years in the United States Armed Forces (24 Army and 13 Air Force). And Other Conversations about Race. Prakish Nagarkatti, PhD, Vice President for Research at the University of South Carolina, will provide a broad overview of the cannabinoid system, CB1 and CB2 receptors, and then explore potential use in treatment of certain cancers, autoimmune diseases, and as an anti-inflammatory compound. contact lens fitter, J.C.A.H.P.O. Feb 23, 2023. He was the first of two Diplomates in Anterior Segment Disease of the American Academy of Optometry and a trustee on the American Academy of Optometry Board. Dr. Carl Spear completed his undergraduate education at Western Kentucky University and is a 1991 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Optometry at Birmingham. He has been published several times and lectures nationally on various topics including OSD, dry eye, cataract surgery, pharmacology, corneal diseases and LASIK. I'm glad we continue to advance the technology to measure,quantify, and She is a Diplomate in Binocular Vision, Perception, and Pediatric Optometry. Dr. Jasper has served her patients and colleagues as president of the Florida Optometric Association 2016-2017. Dr. Suresh Viswanthan is currently the Chair of the Department of Biological and Vision Science at the State University of New York College of Optometry where he also serves as the Director of Institutional Research. Dr. Loretta Szczotka-Flynn is Professor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in the Departments of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences as well as Population and Quantitative Health Sciences. The consequences in missing these lesions are significant. Clinical Interventionist (ABA) Her recent corporate focus with Essilor of America was on school support, student and institutional grants, creating and implementing student events and student and faculty education. Needless to say, there is a lot to learn whether you are a student or an optometrist. Ed Barlow, a well known futurist, will look into his crystal ball to predict possible outcomes in the future of health and eye care. Dr. Colatrella is a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry, past Chair of its disease section and a founding chair of the Anterior Segment Section. Dr. Sheila West, epidemiologist and researcher, will discuss issues such as physical limitations that are associated with the visual problems encountered in the aging patient. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine and serves as the Chair of the AAO Research Committee. Previously he has served as the Chair of Academys Scientific Program Committee, Vision Science SIG and as a member of the Academys Awards and Admittance Committees. In the AAO, Dr. Coulter is a Diplomate and past Chair of the Binocular Vision, Perception, & Pediatric Optometry Section. 2004 Todays Research, Tomorrows Practice: Technologys Impact on Standards of Care, The Human Genome Project and its Promise for Health Care (40 minutes) Nr den utvides, vises en liste med skealternativer som vil endre sket slik at det samsvarer med det gjeldende valget. Hyperosmolarity is one of the key disfunctions in ocular surface disease and dry eye. In 2000 Dr. Marshall completed a US Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellowship with the US Department of Health and Human Services. It is a great opportunity to catch topics you missed and share your favorites with your fellow PAAO members. She has authored or co-authored ~80 peer reviewed manuscripts, 12 book chapters, 100 scientific meeting abstracts, and has presented about 200 presentations world-wide. Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Professor David Valle, MD, PhD, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institution, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, Technology and Eye Research Provide an Exciting Horizon for the Treatment of Eye Disease (30 minutes) This years plenary session puts the spotlight on specific ways this will impact your practice. She completed a residency program in Primary Care Optometry at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr. Harrison is an AAOF Presidents Circle Member and two time recipient of the Foundations prestigious William C. Ezell Fellowship and was also honored to receive the George Mertz Contact Lens Residency Award. This years Plenary Session presented at Academy 2021 Boston, featured Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, a noted expert on the psychology of racism and race relations and best-selling author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? I'm glad we continue to advance the technology to measure,quantify, and She is currently the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and a Health Sciences Clinical Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. For optometrists and other vision scientists, it is essential that work be done collaboratively in a context of evidence-based medicine. She is a Diplomate and current Chair of the Anterior Segment Section and was presented the Michael G. Harris Family Award for excellence in optometric education by the American Academy of Optometry Foundation. From 2010 through 2011 he served as the Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Optometry and Optometrist-in-Chief at the University of Waterloo, School of Optometry in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He recently published an investigation into the economic burden of visual impairment, blindness, refractive error, AMD, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and primary open angle glaucoma in older adults. Her family of six (awesome husband, two beautiful children, and two dogs) live in West Palm Beach, Florida. Its goal is to maintain and enhance excellence in optometric practice, by both promoting research and the dissemination of knowledge. Search by Location. As a CDC program officer and health scientist, Dr. Duenas now provides technical assistance to national, state, and local organizations oriented to preserving, protecting, and enhancing vision including issues related to: early detection, disease disparities, access to care, cost of vision loss, vision disability, eye disease, and quality of life. She will present an overview of these extensive research findings and the implications for actions that allow older patients to maintain independence as long as possible. ophthalmic medical assistant and Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry. Academy 2022 San Diego. out twice as much light is needed to see low-contrast letters as at age 20. While growing his own practices, Dr. Co-Director of Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning La Canada, CA Panel: Her practice has been nationally and locally recognized as the recipient of many awards, including CooperVisions Best Practices Award (2015). While living in Southern California, he held a number of positions with increasing responsibility including Regional Broker Manager, National Account Manager, and District Sales Manager. Dr. Susan Cotter, a Professor of Optometry at the Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) at Marshall B. Ketchum University, is a pediatric optometrist and clinician scientist with primary research interests related to clinical management strategies for amblyopia, strabismus, convergence insufficiency, and childhood refractive error. Future Meeting Dates. She joined the University of California Berkeley School of Optometry K12 funded Clinician Scientist Development Program where he earned her PhD in Vision Science and an MS in Epidemiology/Biostatistics (UC Berkeley School of Public Health). Thrilled to announce that I will be co-chair of the Optometry Working Group of the Emirates Society of Ophthalmology. He completed an ocular disease optometric residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 2002. American Academy of Optometry 2023 is held in New Orleans LA, United States, from 10/11/2023 to 10/11/2023 in New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Dave Sattler, FAAO began his career with Alcon in 1986 as a Sales Representative for the Vision Care Group based out of San Diego, CA. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Dr. Mick is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California Berkeley School of Optometry. Her recent corporate focus with Essilor of America was on school support, student and institutional grants, creating and implementing student events and student and faculty education. Michael Duenas, OD Their topic, Recognizing and Treating Ocular Melanomas, will highlight how to differentiate between suspicious and non-suspicious pigmented and amelanotic lesions. 2009 Todays Research, Tomorrows Practice: Longterm Deprivation and Perception. Dr. Harrison is an AAOF Presidents Circle Member and two time recipient of the Foundations prestigious William C. Ezell Fellowship and was also honored to receive the George Mertz Contact Lens Residency Award. As such, planning continues to move forward for Academy. Dr. Coulter is active in multiple other optometric organizations. I am a residency and fellowship trained optometrist at a full scope optometry and ophthalmology practice. Ce bouton affiche le type de recherche actuellement slectionn. The optometry field is constantly changing. She has received the Dr. Roger Kame award from the AOA Cornea and Contact Lens Section and was named 2022 Contact Lens Educator of the Year (Americas) by the International Association of Contact Lens Educators. She has held Adjunct Clinical Professor positions at the Pacific University College of Optometry, the Southern California College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, and Indiana University. 2022 Todays Research, Tomorrows Practice, Michael Chiang, MD He has been involved in aging research for many years and has assessed the optimal tests to predict postoperative visual outcome in patients with cataracts in combination with other ocular disorders. Dr. April Jasper graduated from Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry with highest honors in 1995. She completed her residency in Cornea, Contact Lenses also at IU and a PhD in Vision Science in 2011 from University of California, Berkeley. She is an AAOF Presidents Circle Member. Dean and Glenn A. Fry Professor in Optometry and Physiological Optics From 2001 to 2005 he served on the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel and remains a consultant. Global Franchise Head, Vision Care, Alcon, Herm Cukier Registration; Comprehensive Eye Care Section Ocular Photo Contest; Academy.22 App; Past Meetings; Future Meetings; . He was the first of two Diplomates in Anterior Segment Disease of the American Academy of Optometry and a trustee on the American Academy of Optometry Board. Her current role is Associate Professor and attending optometrist for third- and fourth-year interns in the Cornea and Contact Lens Center at the Illinois Eye Institute. Dr. Nancy Wong is a staff optometrist at the William G. Hefner VA Medical Center (Salisbury, NC) Charlotte VA Health Care Center where she currently serves as Director of Optometry Externships. Barbara A. Brenner, JD, is a tireless activist who believes that everyone can make a difference and that everyones contribution is important to end the breast cancer epidemic. In 1991, Dave relocated to Texas and became the Director of National Accounts for Alcon and was later promoted to the Director of Professional Relations. Edwin Marshall, OD, MPH, FAAO Dr. Mika Moy graduated from UC Berkeley School of Optometry and completed a residency in Pediatrics and Cornea/Contact Lenses there. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, US Department of Health and Human Services. This button displays the currently selected search type. She has been involved in a longitudinal study of aging for a population living in Marin County, CA. In addition, the implications of both old and new research on refracting and prescribing in older patients will be reviewed. For more than 10 years he served on the editorial board for the journals Cornea and Eye and Contact Lens. Dr. Loretta Szczotka-Flynn is Professor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in the Departments of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences as well as Population and Quantitative Health Sciences. Chicago, IL. Spear founded and was owner/operator from 1997-2016 of both Sight and Sun Eyeworks and Panhandle Vision Institute, a 14 doctor vertically integrated Optometric/Ophthalmology practice. He also has served on the Indiana Commission on Excellence in Health Cares Data and Quality Subcommittee, the Indiana Health Care Professional Development Commission, the Indiana Chronic Disease Advisory Council, and the Benefits and Cost-Sharing Subcommittee of the Governors Advisory Panel on the Indiana Childrens Health Insurance Program. Douglas H. Smith, M.D. Her most recent research findings suggest that current methods of vision screening for drivers licensure may miss important aspects of visual impairment. For more than 10 years he served on the editorial board for the journals Cornea and Eye and Contact Lens. She leads eye care missions to the Dominican Republic and has worked tirelessly to develop an optometry clinic at Grace Medical Home, which provides health care to uninsured residents of her home county. In 2020 he was elected President of the Academy the office which he currently serves. Dr. Wilmer lectures locally, regionally and nationally on a number of topics. He has also validated questionnaires on the impact on quality of life caused by various ocular disorders as well as different refractive corrections and he has investigated causes of falls in older people and the relation of falls to refractive corrections and cataracts. Spear also worked in a variety of industry settings including: Currently, Dr. Dr. Giedd has served as a clinical investigator, consultant, and/or speaker for many companies within the vision care industry, including Bausch + Lomb, CooperVision, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Alcon, Lentechs, Visus, Eyenovia, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Bruder Healthcare, and Allergan. Dr. Sicks is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, International Association of Contact Lens Educators, and Scleral Lens Education Society. She is committed to serving within her profession and has held various national leadership roles as a national board examiner, national advisory group (OPAG) member for the Indian Health Service, and she is currently a Vice Chair on the admissions committee for the American Academy of Optometry as well as a board member of the American Academy of Optometry Foundation. The Future of Health Care Delivery, Trends in Future Health Care Ezekiel Emanuel, MD (25 minutes) Roger Wilson, OD, FAAO Sanjay Sharma, MD Senior Vice President of US Eye Care, Allergan. Dr. Mick is a Staff Optometrist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center where he is the current Residency Coordinator and Co-Consultant to the national VA Optometry Service for VISN 21. She is a Diplomate and Past Chair of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry and currently serves on the Board of the American Academy of Optometry Foundation. Dr. Walline is a Research Diplomate in the Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technologies Section. She is a Presidents Circle member of the AAOF. American Academy of Optometry home / conference / aa-optometry SAHARA study looks at dry eye treatments covered by insurers Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, FAAO; Kassi Jackson, Editor December 29th 2022 Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, FAAO, gives an overview of the SAHARA study. Prior to her appointment at Hefner VAMC, Dr. Wong was a member of the medical staff at VA Hudson Valley Health Care System (Montrose, NY) where she served as Supervisor of the Optometry Residency Program and Coordinator of Research and Development. She has been involved with section leadership within the AAO and has previously served as the Chair of the Anterior Segment Section and she most recently served as the Diplomate Written Exam Chair. He has served as Chair of the Executive Board of the American Public Health Association and as President of the National Optometric Association, the Indiana Optometric Association, and the Indiana Public Health Association. He has previously been a Consultant for the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education and an Examiner for the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. Professor Dean Bok, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology and Green Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, Genomics and Technology: Implications for Education and Practice in Optometry (20 minutes) Finally, new therapeutic agents are being developed which will affect the molecular basis of ocular diseases. The prevalence of eye disease and visual impairment increases dramatically in this oldest-old age group. The dramatic story is recounted in Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See, by Robert Kurson. He is now running his own consulting business and serves on a number of boards including the American Academy of Optometry Foundation and the Southern College of Optometry. The Shields team has authored over 9 textbooks, 300 chapters in textbooks and over 1,000 original peer reviewed articles. Many themes emerged from his work with the AOA, including generational changes, the importance of nanotechnology and other advances in science, and health care delivery. Membership Member Login American Academy of Optometry Email. Dr. Mick has served on the Membership Committee, Scientific Program Committee, and Awards Committee of the American Academy of Optometry. His laboratory is developing novel stem cell and nanotherapeutics approaches for ocular repair. Kovin Naidoo Currently, Colonel Spear is serving as the Commander of the 403rd ASTS at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. She currently is a Clinician Scientist at the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry at UC Berkeley, the PI of the Childhood Activity and Myopia (CAM) Study (NEI K23 funded) and sees pediatric patients at UC San Franciscos Benioff Childrens Hospital. She serves on the Board of Directors for COVD and the Advisory Committee of the National Center for Childrens Vision and Eye Health of Prevent Blindness. He previously served as Chair of the Academys Research Committee and Vice Chair of the Academys Scientific Program Committee and for 10 years served as a member of the AOAs Council on Research. Her passion is contagious, and her effectiveness as a leader of the breast cancer movement is demonstrated in the growth and achievements of Breast Cancer Action (BCA) since she became its executive director in 1995. The Standards are retired in 2002. Both, Carol and Jerry, are the recipients of numerous awards including Jerry receiving the 2014 American Academy of Ophthalmology Laureate Award, the Academys highest honor. Semantic Scholar profile for F. U. Baublitz, with 8 scientific research papers. Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School He became a fellow for the American Academy of Optometry in 2000 and is an ardent supporter of AAOF. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and board certified by the American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry. She is a member of the AAOs Fellows Doing Research SIG Steering Committee. He earned his Optometry degree from India and subsequently an MS degree from Pacific University and a PhD in Vision Science from the University of Houston. She is board certified in medical optometry by the American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry.

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