DiagnosticsAmerican Academy Of Ophthalmology Announces Participants For 2010 Leadership Development Program
The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced the participants for its 2010 Leadership Development Program (LDP), an annual program designed to recognize and support ophthalmologists with the potential to become leaders in ophthalmic societies.
"The LDP program, now in its eleventh year, has cultivated the leadership talents of nearly 200 ophthalmologists," said David W. Parke II, MD, executive vice president and CEO of the Academy. "Program participants gain the necessary skills to promote ophthalmology worldwide and to grow as leaders in the profession."
Every spring, the LDP invites state, subspecialty and specialized interest ophthalmology societies to nominate an Eye M.D. to be a part of this program. After nominations are submitted, about 18 to 20 program participants are chosen via a competitive selection process. The participants attend four education sessions that address a variety of leadership, advocacy and association governance topics. The first of the four sessions will be held at the 2009 Joint Meeting in San Francisco, followed by a winter meeting in San Francisco, a spring session in Washington, DC in conjunction with the Mid-Year Forum, and then graduation in Chicago at the 2010 Joint Meeting.
The Academy congratulates the following Eye M.D.s who were selected to participate in the Leadership Development Program Class of 2010:
Arlene Bagga, MD
New Mexico Academy of Ophthalmology
William Barry Lee, MD, FACS
Eye Bank Association of America
Shahar Frenkel, MD
Israel Ophthalmology Society
Edward S. Lim, MD
Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians
Diana Hampton, MD
Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology
Pecos T. A. Olurin, MBBS
Delaware Academy of Ophthalmology
Christopher L. Haupert, MD
Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology
David B. Petersen, MD
Utah Ophthalmology Society
Gary S. Hirshfield, MD
New York State Ophthalmological Society
Ann Ranelle, DO
American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology
Aaron C. Holtebeck, MD
Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology
Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS
American College of Surgeons - Advisory Council on Ophthalmic Surgery
Odette Margit Houghton, MD
North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Stephen G. Schwartz, MD, MBA
Florida Society of Ophthalmology
David D. Ingvoldstad, MD
Nebraska Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Gaurav K. Shah, MD
American Society of Retina Specialists
Michael S. Ip, MD
Macula Society
Michael E. Sulewski, MD
Association of Veterans Affairs Ophthalmologists
Katherine A. Lee, MD, PhD
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Joseph M. Zobian, MD
Hawaii Ophthalmology Society
American Academy of Ophthalmology