The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) conferred its International Ophthalmologists Education Award to 33 physicians in 2009. The International Ophthalmologist Education Award was developed to recognize AAO members practicing outside the United States who participate in continuing ophthalmic education through the AAO and report their activities.
To qualify, international members must have finished their residency training and complete 90 continuing medical education (CME) credits over a period of three years. Half the credits must be AAO-sponsored CME.
“The mission of the AAO is to promote lifelong learning for ophthalmologists, resulting in improved patient care,” said David W. Parke II, MD, executive vice president and CEO of the AAO. “We are very proud of our international members who have taken the mission to heart, and we feel it is equally important to recognize their efforts towards professional growth. We encourage all our international members – most of whom are already using AAO’s educational resources – to report their CME and allow us to acknowledge their efforts.”
The 2009 International Ophthalmologist Education Award recipients are:
– Alfredo G. Kotlik, MD (Argentina)
– Antonio Ferreras, MD (Spain)
– Arnold I. Kravetz, MD (Canada)
– Bruno M. Fontes, MD (Brazil)
– Carlo De Conciliis, MD (Italy)
– Colin S Tan, MBBS (Singapore)
– Ernesto S. Yapur, MD (Argentina)
– Francesco P. Bernardini, MD (Italy)
– Giovanni Cardini, MD (Italy)
– Gopal Lal Verma, MD (India)
– Hazem A. El-Sabagh, MBBS (Saudi Arabia)
– Jerman M. Alqahtani, MBBS (Saudi Arabia)
– Juan Salinas, MD (United Kingdom)
– Karen Salcedo, MD (Venezuela)
– Konstadinos Chatzinikolas, MD (Greece)
– Laurentino Biccas Neto, MD (Brazil)
– Madhav Rao Kenja MD (United Arab Emirates)
– Manuel Moriche Carretero, MD (Spain)
– Marco Antonio C. Olytho Jr., MD (Brazil)
– Mario Robert Ventresca, MD, FRCSC (Canada)
– Massimo Busin, MD (Italy)
– Matthias Christian Grieshaber, MD (Switzerland)
– Mehdi Modarres, MD (Iran)
– Miloslav B. Bozdech, MD (Canada)
– Palaniswamy Sunderraj, MD (England)
– Paul Aron Adler, MBBS (Australia)
– Prasan M. Rao, MBBS, MS (United Arab Emirates)
– Robert F. Stevenson, MD (Canada)
– Sathish Srinivasan, MBBS, FRCSEd, FRCOphth (Scotland)
– Sergio E. Echeverria, MD (Chile)
– Tarun Sharma, MBBS (India)
– Teodoro Mylonopoulos Caripdis, MD (Spain)
– Vasiliki Flindri, MD (Greece)
Congratulations to the 2009 recipients and all of the recipients of the Education Award from years prior.
Source
American Academy of Ophthalmology