American Academy of Optometry Announces 2021 Award Winners

2021 recipients

Stephen A. Burns, PhD, FAAO – Charles F. Prentice Medal and Conference Award

Konrad Pesudovs, OD, PhD, FAAO – Glenn A. Fry Award and conference (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 Prize

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 Commemorative Medal

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, Ph.D.;

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

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

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

· Joseph T. Barr, OD, MS, FAAO – Founders Award – Public Health and Environmental Vision Section Award

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

The awards ceremony will take place on November 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the 2021 Academy in Boston.