Newsweek has published its 2022 America’s Best Eye Doctors list, naming a total of 175 optometrists across the nation.
Join us in celebrating the following 73 women who were honored.
Congratulations to all the honorees!
| #1 | Viola Kanevsky, OD, of New York, New York |  |
| #5 | Hardeep Kataria, OD, of Porto Ranch, California |  |
| #8 | Talin Amadian, OD, of Encino, California |  |
| #10 | Anne Mika Moy, OD, FAAO, of Berkeley California |  |
| #12 | Shannon L. Steinhauser, OD, of Phoenix, Arizona |  |
| #15 | Jamie Kuzniar, OD, FAAO, FSLS, of Bloomfield Township, Michigan |  |
| #17 | April L. Jasper, OD, of West Palm Beach, Florida |  |
| #18 | Jill C. Autry, OD, RPh., of Bellaire, Texas |  |
| #22 | Mary Demirjian, OD, of Encion, California |  |
| #25 | Danica Marrelli, OD, of Houston, Texas |  |
| #26 | Mina Sehizadeh, OD, of Boston, Massachusetts |  |
| #28 | Anna Lange, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York |  |
| #30 | Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO, of Cedar Park, Texas |  |
| #31 | Katarzyna Ciesek, OD, of Hamilton, New Jersey |  |
| #32 | Hannah Yecheskel, OD, of Rockville, Maryland |  |
| #34 | Lisa M. Steward, OD, of Terre Haute, Indiana | |
| #35 | Yin C. Tea, OD, FAAO, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida |  |
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Stephanie L. Woo, OD, of Lake Havasu, Arizona
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| #39 | Shauna Lushko, OD, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |  |
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Haylie Mulliniks, OD, of Memphis, Tennessee |
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| #51 | Marina Su, OD, FAAO, of Bronx, New York |  |
| #53 | Ellen Butts, OD, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |  |
| #54 | Julie Rodman, OD, MS, FAAO, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida |  |
| #57 | Susan Resnick, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York |  |
| #58 | Gloria Chow, OD, of San Jose, California |  |
| #59 | Judith Schaffer, OD, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida |  |
| #60 | Monica Kalia, OD, of Evansville, Indiana |  |
| #62 | Lori Ann Vollmer, OD, of Venice, Florida |  |
| #63 | Andrea P. Thau, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, FNAP, of New York, New York |  |
| #65 | Cheryl Schmitt, OD, of Tuscon, Arizona |  |
| #66 | Marilyn Vricella, OD, of New York, New York |  |
| #69 | Rebecca Kammer, OD, PhD, of Irvine, California |  |
| #71 | Alexis Malkin, OD, FAAO, of Boston, Massachusetts |  |
| #74 | Angela Nguyen, OD, of Sacramento, California |  |
| #75 | JulieAnne M. Roper, OD, of Columbia, South Carolina |  |
| #76 | Anita Gulmiri, OD, of Boston, Massachusetts |  |
| #77 | Renee K. Lane, OD, of De Soto, Missouri | |
| #78 | Kathleen Adams, OD, of Baltimore, Maryland |  |
| #81 | Jenny Soohoo, OD, of Monterey Park, California |  |
| #82 | Joanna Cotter, OD, FAAO, of Miami, Florida |  |
| #83 | Nicole D. Pogue, OD, FAAO, of Roxbury, Massachusetts |  |
| #95 | Angelina Scaramuzzo, OD, of Lake Placid, New York |  |
| #98 | Carly Rose, OD, of Cincinnati, Ohio |  |
| #100 | Bessie Abraham, OD, of New York, New York |  |
| #102 | Michelle Marfori, OD, of Brick, New Jersey | |
| #104 | Chelsea Ashlaw, OD, of Houston, Texas |  |
| #106 | Julia Appel, OD, of New York, New York |  |
| #107 | Bhawanjot Minhas, OD, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |  |
| #108 | Leslie O’Dell, OD, FAAO, of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania |  |
| #109 | Alison Bozung, OD, of Coral Gables, Florida |  |
| #112 | Alana Curatola, OD, of Renton, Washington |  |
| #116 | Inna Lazar, OD, of Greenwich, Connecticut |  |
| #118 | Kimberly Calnan-Holt, OD, of Spokane Valley, Washington |  |
| #119 | Selina McGee, OD, FAAO, of Edmond, Oklahoma |  |
| #121 | Kriti Bhagat, OD, of Providence, Rhode Island |  |
| #123 | Shannon Friedmeyer, OD, of Tucson, Arizona |  |
| #129 | Alyssa Donahue, OD, of Mason, Ohio |  |
| #131 | Michelle Kwon, OD, of Hartford, Wisconsin |  |
| #133 | Jennifer Deakins, OD, FAAO, of Fort Worth, Texas |  |
| #140 | Zanna Kruoch, OD, of Forth Worth, Texas |  |
| #144 | Savannah Coker, OD, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |  |
| #145 | Bethany Fishbein, OD, of North Brunswick, New Jersey |  |
| #147 | Komal Abbas, OD, of Edison, New Jersey |  |
| #152 | Kathleen Abarr, OD, of Westerley, Rhode Island |  |
| #154 | Angela Wong, OD, of Union City, California |  |
| #161 | Natalie Nguyen, OD, of Grove City, Ohio | |
| #164 | Jillian Zimmer, OD, of Cincinnati, Ohio |  |
| #165 | Stephanie Lyons, OD, of Chicago, Illinois |  |
| #166 | Julie Ngo, OD, of Plano, Texas |  |
| #170 | Diana Shechtman, OD, FAAO, of Oakland Park, Florida |  |
| #171 | Megan Petersen, OD, of West Des Moines, Iowa |  |
| #173 | Joan Portello, OD, MS, MPH, of New York, New York |  |
| #175 | Elizabeth Muckley, OD, FAAO, of Kent, Ohio |  |
Again, congratulations to all 175 ODs selected for this honor. Read the full list here, but a special nod to the 21 men listed in the top 40:
Arthur B. Epstein, OD, of Phoenix, Arizona
Alan Glazier, OD, of New York, New York
Joseph W. Sowka, OD, FAAO, Diplomate, of Englewood, Florida
Paul Ajamian, OD, of Atlanta, Georgia
Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, FAAO, of Scottsdale, Arizona
Richard Madonna, OD, MA, of New York, New York
Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO, of Lexington, Kentucky
Nyok Alan Lee, OD, of Houston, Texas
Oliver K. Lou, OD, of Cedar Park, Texas
Kambiz Silani, OD, of Beverly Hills, California
Mark Perry, OD, of Orlando, Florida
Andrew Gurwood, OD, FAAO, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO, of New York, New York
Reagan Ratcliff, OD, of Friendswood, Texas
Josh Johnston, OD, FAAO, of Decatur, Georgia
Philip Walling, OD, of Big Rapids, Michigan
Phillip Brunson, OD, FAAO, of Humble, Texas
Thomas Myers, OD, of Spokane, Washington
Douglas Devries, OD, of Sparks, Nevada
Gregory Nixon, OD, FAAO, of Westerville, Ohio
David Evans, OD, of Memphis, Tennessee
