Editor’s note: Beginning in September 2024, the monthly “Women in the News” feature will be renamed “Awards and Recognitions” to better highlight achievements in the eye care profession, regardless of gender.
Women In Optometry regularly recognizes the awards and accomplishments of those in the profession and in their communities in the “Awards and Recognitions” series. Here are the September 2024 recognitions that have come to WO’s attention.
Have you received an award or acknowledgment for your contributions to optometry or your community? Send us a note: MBijlefeld@jobson.com.
Congratulations to all honorees.
| SUNY College of Optometry Welcomes New Faculty Members + New Interim Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs | |
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Gulnoza Azieva, OD, clinical instructor |
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Beth Katz, OD, clinical instructor |
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Travis Pfeifer, OD, clinical instructor |
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Emily Selenow, OD, assistant clinical professor |
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Nazia Tahia, OD, clinical instructor |
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Tracy Nguyen, OD, was named Interim Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| American Association of Corporate Optometrists | |
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Carla Gasparini, OD, was named President. |
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Jacqueline Pierre, OD, FAAO, FACHE, was named Member of the Year. |
| Illinois Optometric Association Awards | |
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Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO, was named the 2024 Optometrist of the Year. |
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Haris Dzubur, OD, was named Young Optometrist of the year. |
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Barb McDaniels was named the 2024 Paraoptometric of the Year. |
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Amy Moy, OD, FAAO, CPCO, FNAP, was awarded an Optical Women’s Association ClearVision Optical-Adira grant to fund a project to provide specialty frames for children with disabilities through the optometry clinic at Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain. |
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Alyssa Pack, OD, received the 2024 Distinguished Alumni-Recent Graduate Achievement Award from Marshall B. Ketchum University. |
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Howard Purcell, president and CEO of New England College of Optometry, was honored with the 2025 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award. |
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The Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association, International, has named eye-tracking expert and health tech leader Barbara Barclay as its new executive director, effective Oct. 1. |
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Sharon Klier, MD, MS, MPH, was appointed as Chief Development Officer at Oculis. |
See previous Women in the News from August, July and June 2024.
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