Women In Optometry regularly recognizes the awards and accomplishments of those in the profession and in their communities in the “Awards and Recognitions” series.
Have you received an award or acknowledgment for your contributions to optometry or your community? Send us a note.
Congratulations to all honorees.
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Vision Monday named its 2025 Most Influential Women in Optical. See the full story here. |
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Janelle Davison, OD, won the American Optometric Association 2025 President’s Award. |
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Stanley Woo, OD, was honored with the Canadian Association of Optometrists President’s Award. |
| American Optometric Association 2025 Optometry’s Meeting Awards |
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Richard Soden, OD, won the Distinguished Service Award. |
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Michele Andrews, OD, won the Patient Safety Champion Award. |
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Charissa Lee, OD, won the Patient Safety Champion Award. |
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Ryan Parker, OD, won the Patient Safety Champion Award. |
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Vince Brandys, OD, won the OG FAR Awards. |
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Meghan Elkins, OD, won the Federal Advocacy Award. |
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The Association of Armed Forces and Federal Optometric Services won the Affiliate Advocacy Award. |
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Defocus Media won the Media Advocacy Award. |
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Julie DeKinder, OD, was appointed as chair of the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education. |
| American Optometric Association & PERC Alliance Golden Opportunity Award | |
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Danielle Richardson, OD, of Los Angeles, California |
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Kayla Campbell, OD, of Vienna, West Virginia |
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Hannu Laukkanen, OD, MEd, won A.M. Skeffington Award from the Optometric Vision Development & Rehabilitation Association. |
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Timothy Wingert, OD, FAAO, was inducted into the Optometry Hall of Fame. |
| Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry 2025 Special Recognition Awards | |
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John Flanagan, OD, won the Lifetime Achievement Award. |
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Dennis Levi, OD, PhD, won the Herbert Wertheim Award. |
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Jennifer Reilly, OD, MSc, FAAO, won the Rising Star Award. |
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Michelle Shang won the Student Award in Clinical Ethics. |
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Tamara Petrosyan, OD, was named SUNY Optometry’s 2025 Alumni of the Year. |
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Josephine Ibironke, OD, MPH, FAAO, was named Dean of the Pennsylanvia College of Optometry, effective September 15, 2025. |
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Karen Carrasquillo-Miranda, OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, was appointed as Chief Innovation and Education Officer at BostonSight. |
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Allison Scott, OD, of Halifax, Novia Scotia, was named President of the Canadian Association of Optometrists. |
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Juan Carlos Aragón was recognized by the WCO for his exceptional dedication and innovative contributions to advancing myopia management with the WCO. |
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Kelly Heaps was appointed as Vice President of U.S. Sales, Vision Care, at Johnson & Johnson. |
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Cindy Huynh, ABOC, CPOC, was appointed as Texas State Optical Interim CEO and President. |
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Melissa Wright, MHA, was appointed as Vice President of Client Operations at Sightview. |
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Casi Nestelroad, MBA, was appointed as Vice President of Product Management at Sightview. |
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Brooke Pratt, class of 2026 at Arizona College of Optometry, Midwestern University, won the 2025 Premier Edge Student Business Challenge. |
See previous Awards & Recognitions (previously Women in the News) from June 2025, May 2025 and April 2025.
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