American Academy of Optometry announces 2021 award recipients

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The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) announces its 2021 Award Recipients. These awards recognize distinguished individuals who have made important contributions to advancing the profession of optometry.

2021 recipients

· Stephen A. Burns, PhD, FAAO — Charles F. Prentice Medal and Lecture Award

· Konrad Pesudovs, OD, PhD, FAAO — Glenn A. Fry Award and Lecture (American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)

· Bina J. Patel, OD, FAAO — AAO-Essilor Award for Outstanding International Contributions to Optometry

· Gang Luo, PhD — William Feinbloom Award

· Robert E. Molter, Jr., OD, FAAO, and Kimberly S. Molter, OD — Brien Holden Humanitarian Award

· Tawna L. Roberts, OD, PhD, FAAO — Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award

· Raymond Kraker, MSPH — Carel C. Koch Memorial Medal Award

· Hannah R. Gregory, OD, MS — Julius F. Neumueller Award in Optics (American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)

· Paul Chamberlain, BSc (Hons); Sofia C. Peixoto-De-Matos, MSc; Nicola S. Logan, PhD;

Cheryl Ngo, MBBS, Mmed; Deborah Jones, BSc, FAAO; Graeme Young, PhD, FAAO — Garland W. Clay Award

· Etty Bitton, OD, MSc, FAAO; Anne Mika Moy, OD, FAAO — Michael G. Harris Family Award for Excellence in Optometric Education (American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award) — Awards of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies

· Carolyn G. Begley, OD, MS, FAAO — Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award

· Joseph T. Barr, OD, MS, FAAO — Founders’ Award — Award of the Public Health and Environmental Vision Section

· W. Howard McAlister, OD, MPH, FAAO — Henry B. Peters Award for Public Health and Environmental Vision (American Academy of Optometry Foundation Award)

The Awards Ceremony will be held November 4 at 7:00 pm during Academy 2021 in Boston.

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