Newsweek has published its 2023 America’s Best Eye Doctors list, naming a total of 200 optometrists across the nation. Join us in celebrating the following 91 women who were honored; male honorees are listed below as well. Congratulations to all.
| #2 | Viola Kanevsky, OD, of New York, New York |  |
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| #5 | Hardeep Kataria, OD, of Porter Ranch, California |  |
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| #7 | Shannon L. Steinhauser, OD, of Phoenix, Arizona |  |
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| #9 | Talin Amadian, OD, of Encino, California |  |
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| #10 | Anne Mika Moy, OD, FAAO, of Berkeley, California |  |
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| #14 | Jamie Kuzniar, OD, FAAO, FSLS, of Rochester Hills, Michigan |  |
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| #16 | April L. Jasper, OD, of West Palm Beach, Florida |  |
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| #17 | Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO, of Cedar Park, Texas |  |
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| #25 | Mina Sehizadeh, OD, of Boston, Massachusetts |  |
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| #27 | Jill C. Autry, OD, RPh, of Bellaire, Texas |  |
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| #28 | Marina Su, OD, FAAO, of Bronx, New York |  |
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| #29 | Hannah Yecheskel, OD, of Rockville, Maryland |  |
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| From here on, names are listed in alphabetical order | Bessie Abraham, OD, of New York, New York |  |
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| Roxanne Achong-Coan, OD, FAAO, FIAMOC, FSLS, FBCLA, of Ocoee, Florida |  |
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| Diane Adamczyk, OD, of New York, New York |  |
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| Kathleen Adams, OD, of Baltimore, Maryland |  |
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| Amanda Amberg, OD, of Davie, Florida |  |
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| Marguerite Ellen Ball-Thomas, OD, FAAO, of Winter Park, Florida |  |
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| Alison K. Bozung, OD, FAAO, of Miami, Florida |  |
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| Ellen Butts, OD, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |  |
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| Judy Cao, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, of San Gabriel, California |  |
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| Corinne N. Casey, OD, of Columbia, Maryland |  |
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| Ariel Cerenzie, OD, FAAO, FSLS, of Charlotte, North Carolina |  |
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| Christine Chen, OD, of New York, New York |  |
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| Gloria Chow, OD, of San Jose, California |  |
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| Katarzyna Ciesek, OD, of Lakewood, New Jersey |  |
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| Katie Conolly, OD, of Bloomington, Illinois |  |
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| Caitlyn P. Conoley, OD, of Franklin, Indiana | |||
| Joanna Cotter, OD, FAAO, of Miami, Florida |  |
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| Jennifer Deakins, OD, FAAO, of Fort Worth, Texas |  |
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| Taia Delano, OD, of Columbia, Missouri |  |
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| Mary Demirjian, OD, of Encino, California |  |
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| Natalie L. Eads, OD, of Atlanta, Georgia |  |
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| Sara Edmons, OD, of Spokane, Washington |  |
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| Emily K. Eisenhower, OD, of Newport, Tennessee |  |
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| Jamie Falco, OD, of Green Brook, New Jersey |  |
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| Sarah Flanagan, OD, of Roswell, Georgia |  |
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| Jennifer Friehe, OD, of Mukwonago, Wisconsin |  |
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| Peyton E. Glass, OD, of Beverley Hills, California |  |
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| Anita Gulmiri, OD, FAAO, of Boston, Massachusetts |  |
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| Stacy Hamlet, OD, of Thousand Oaks, California |  |
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| Kelly N. Herron, OD, of Chattanooga, Tennessee |  |
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| Teresa I. Hsu, OD, of Atlanta, Georgia |  |
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| Monica Kalia, OD, of Evansville, Indiana |  |
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| Rebecca Kammer, OD, PhD, of Far Hills, New Jersey |  |
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| Gurpinderjeet Kaur, OD, FAAO, of Bonney Lake, Washington |  |
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| Paven Korotana, OD, of Atlanta, Georgia |  |
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| Michelle Kwon, OD, of Hartford, Wisconsin |  |
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| Renee K. Lane, OD, of De Soto, Missouri | |||
| Anna Lange, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York |  |
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| Shauna Lushko, OD, of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania |  |
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| Stephanie Lyons, OD, of Chicago, Illinois |  |
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| Alexis Malkin, OD, FAAO, of Boston, Massachusetts |  |
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| Kelly A. Malloy, OD, FAAO, Dipl., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |  |
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| Sato Mananian, OD, MBS, FAAO, of Irvine, California |  |
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| Danica Marrelli, OD, of Houston, Texas |  |
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| Bhawanjot Minhas, OD, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |  |
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| Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO, of Kent, Ohio |  |
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Haylie Mulliniks, OD, of Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Julie Ngo, OD, of Plano, Texas |  |
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| Angela Nguyen, OD, of Sacramento, California |  |
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| Negin Nikahd, OD, of Oxnard, California |  |
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| Angela Oberreiter, OD, of Bloomington, Illinois |  |
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| Julie Phan, OD, of San Bernardino, California |  |
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| Maria Pica, OD, of Saint Charles, Illinois |  |
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| Nicole D. Pogue, OD, FAAO, of Roxbury, Massachusetts |  |
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| Susan Resnick, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York |  |
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| Kristi Rhodes, OD, of Glendale and Scottsdale, Arizona |  |
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| Arielle Roberts, OD, of New York, New York |  |
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| Brenna Robertson, OD, of Auburn, Washington |  |
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| Julie Rodman, OD, MS, FAAO, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida |  |
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| Lynne Roy, OD, of Brookfield, Wisconsin |  |
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| Judith Schaffer, OD, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida |  |
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| Cheryl Schmitt, OD, of Tucson, Arizona |  |
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| Louise A. Sclafani, OD, FAAO, of Chicago, Illinois |  |
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| Jennifer Shaba, OD, of West Bloomfield, Michigan |  |
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| Kelli Shaon, OD, of Columbia, Missouri |  |
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| Pamela Shepard Schagren, OD, of Acworth, Georgia |  |
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| Chelsea Smolinski, OD, of Katy, Texas |  |
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| Jenny M. Soo Hoo, OD, of Monterey Park, California |  |
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| Lisa Steward, OD, of Linton, Indiana | |||
| Loretta Szczotka-Flynn, OD, PhD, of Cleveland, Ohio |  |
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| Yin C. Tea, OD, FAAO, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida |  |
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| Andrea P. Thau, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, FNAP, of New York, New York |  |
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| Lori Vollmer, OD, MS, FAAO, of Venice and Sarasota, Florida |  |
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| Marilyn Vricella, OD, of New York, New York |  |
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| Kathryn Werner, OD, FAAO, of Chicago, Illinois |  |
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| Debbie A. Zamora, OD, of Round Rock, Texas |  |
Again, congratulations to all 200 ODs selected for this honor. You can read the full list here, or see the list of the other winners.
Joseph W. Sowka, OD, FAAO, Diplomate, of Englewood, Florida
Alan Glazier, OD, of Rockville, Maryland
Paul Ajamian, OD, of Atlanta, Georgia
Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, FAAO, of Scottsdale, Arizona
Richard Madonna, OD, MA, of New York, New York
Andrew Gurwood, OD, FAAO, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York
Oliver K. Lou, OD, of Cedar Park, Texas
Kambiz Silani, OD, of Beverly Hills, California
Randall K. Thomas, OD, FAAO, of Concord, North Carolina
Mark Dunbar, OD, FAAO, of Miami, Coral Gables and Key Largo, Florida
Aaron Newfeld, OD, of Los Altos, California
Carlo Pelino, OD, FAAO, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reagan Ratcliff, OD, of Friendswood, Texas
Thanh Mai, OD, of Costa Mesa, California
David Geffen, OD, FAAO, of San Diego, California
N. Ron Melton, OD, of Charlotte, North Carolina
Phillip Brunson, OD, FAAO, of Houston, Texas
From here on, the listings are in alphabetical order.
Ryan Abilmouna, OD, of Humble, Texas
Matthew Alpert, OD, of Woodland Hills, California
Allen Austin, OD, of Orange, California
Thebe Bagwasi, OD, of Maplewood and O’Fallon, Missouri
William Z. Bartels, OD, of Springfield, Missouri
Justin Bazan, OD, of Brooklyn, New York
Peter Benvenuto, OD, of Memphis, Tennessee
Christopher Jean Borgman, OD, of Memphis, Tennessee
Edward Boshnick, OD, of Miami, Florida
Dale Buettner, OD, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dat Bui, OD, of Cupertino, California
Greg Caldwell, OD, of Duncansville, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Casella, OD, of Augusta, Georgia
Peter Cass, OD, of Beaumont, Texas
Clark Chang, OD, MSA, MSC, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Randy Charrier, OD, of Spring, Texas
Jeremy Chartash, OD, of Atlanta, Georgia
Alexander S. Choy, OD, of Vancouver, Washington
Michael Cymbor, OD, FAAO, of State College, Pennsylvania
Joe DeLoach, OD, FAAO, of Plano, Texas
Brian Den Beste, OD, FAAO, of Orlando, Florida
Michael Dorkowski, OD, of Memphis, Tennessee
Mitchell Dul, OD, of New York, New York
Robert Dunphy, OD, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Jerry Ellington, OD, of Henderson, North Carolina
Daniel Epshtein, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York
David Evans, OD, of Memphis, Tennessee
James L. Fanelli, OD, FAAO, of Wilmington, North Carolina
Steven G. Ferrucci, OD, of Selpuveda, California
Murray Fingeret, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York
Gustavo Garmizo, OD, FAAO, of Tamarac and Del Rey Beach, Florida
John D. Gelles, OD, of Teaneck, New Jersey
Aaron Glass, OD, of Garner, Spring, St. Dunn and Lillington, North Carolina
Randall Go, OD, of San Francisco, California
Aaron S. Gold, OD, of South Miami, Florida
Roger A. Hayashi, OD, of Fresno, California
Reed A. Hopping, OD, of Friendswood, Houston, Texas
Geoffrey Hsu, OD, of San Pedro, California
Josh Johnston, OD, FAAO, of Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia
Bruce Kiraly, OD, of Richmond and Midlothian, Virginia
Michael Kling, OD, of San Diego, California
Bruce Krawiecki, OD, of Humble, Texas
Jeffrey Lant, OD, of Cottleville and St. Peters, Missouri
Christopher Lopez, OD, of Weston, Wisconsin
Jeremy K. Marcuson, OD, of Deer Park, Washington
Michael Mendoza, OD, of Fresno, Clovis and Selma, California
Jeffrey C. Michaels, OD, of Glen Allen, Virginia
Aaron Moats, OD, of Ravenna, Ohio
Thomas A. Myers, OD, of Spokane, Washington
Gerald Neidigh, OD, of Richmond and Midlothian, Virginia
Gregory J. Nixon, OD, FAAO, of Westerville, Johnstown and Lewis Center, Ohio
Jeffrey Nyman, OD, FAAO, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brian Park, OD, of Sacramento, California
Quentin G. Park, OD, of North Aurora, Illinois
Mark Perry, OD, of Orlando, Florida
Bao Phan, OD, of Orlando, Florida
Sean P. Phibbs, OD, of Sea Girt, New Jersey
Anith Pillai, OD, of Webster, Sugar Land and Houston, Texas
Shane Presson, OD, of Knoxville, Tennessee
Jake Donald Pucci, OD, of Atlanta, Alpharetta and Kennesaw, Georgia
Rajeev Raghu, OD, FAAO, of Jackson, New Jersey
Adam Ramsey, OD, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Bradley J. Richlin, OD, of Beverly Hills, California
Harvey Richman, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, of Manasquan, New Jersey
Andrew Rixon, OD, FAAO, Dipl., of Memphis, Tennessee
Benjamin George Roach, OD, of The Woodlands, Texas
Meehrdat Saadat, OD, of Lithia Springs, Georgia
Mark H. Sawamura, OD, FAAO, of Anaheim, Los Angeles and Fullerton, California
Brent L. Segeleon, OD, of Williamsburg, Virginia
Boris Severinsky, OD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS, of Atlanta, Georgia
Kaleel J. Shaheen, OD, of Canton, Ohio
Morris Sheffer, OD, of Charlotte, North Carolina
Chad Shultz, OD, of Poland, Ohio
Alex J. Smith, OD, of Mesa, Arizona
Aaron Michael Smith, OD, of Evansville, Indiana
Steven Sorkin, OD, FSLS, of Fairfield, New Jersey
Kurt Steele, OD, of Newport, Tennessee
C. Douglas Stine, OD, of Weston, Wisconsin
Brad M. Sutton, OD, of Indianapolis, Indiana
Scott Terwilliger, OD, of Sayre and Waverly, Pennsylvania
Craig Tisch, OD, of New York, New York
Eric To, OD, FSLS, of Sierra Madre, California
William To, OD, of San Mateo, California
Michael Tortorici, OD, of Elmwood Park and Union City, New Jersey
Jason Tu, OD, of San Diego, California
William Tullo, OD, of Princeton, New Jersey
Daniel Tulman, OD, of Lithia Springs, Georgia
Marc Ullman, OD, of Pine Beach, New Jersey
Michael J. Veliky, OD, of Iselin, New jersey
George W. Veliky, OD, of Iselin, New Jersey
Rex A. Werner, OD, of El Cajon, California
Walter O. Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO, of New York, Hampton, Suffolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia
Aaron M. Wiens, OD, of Madera, California
Brad Wruble, OD, of Belmont, North Carolina
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