Alumni News
VOLUMNE XI, FALL 2007
Ophthalmology Alumni News
A Publication of Albany Medical College
Our New Academic Center
This spring marked the opening of our new academic facility, including a state-of-the art conference center, a small kitchen, dedicated space for our residents, and offices for the Lions and for the department's new academic coordinator. We welcome Libby Guglin to this important position, which includes organization of both resident and medical student teaching activities. We look forward to seeing alumni at conferences in the new facility.
Our Graduating Residents and Fellows
Joe Ciolino has begun a two-year fellowship with Claes Dohlman and the cornea division at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston. One of the more productive researchers in our residency program in recent years, Joe won the Albany Medical Center research award and the Fellow award from the Cornea Society. He looks forward to a career in academic ophthalmology.
Tad Buckland has joined the North Idaho Eye Institute, a group of comprehensive ophthalmologists in Coeur d?Alene. Tad and Audrey are happy to be back in the West and to begin his practice in this beautiful area.
Rob Eden, who completed his year with Michael Belin and Bob Schultze, has joined another ophthalmologist in Queens, where he will be focusing his private practice on cataract and refractive surgery.
David Mills, who completed his two-year fellowship with Dale Meyer and the Stasiors, has returned to Jacksonville, Florida. He will re-join the practice he left to begin his subspecialty practice in oculoplastic surgery.
In Grateful Recognition
During the past year, the department has received grant support from Pfeizer, Porex Surgical, Genzyme, FCI, J and J, Quest Medical, Inspire, Alcon, IOP, Merck, Vista, and Marco, participants in the John Cetner Golf Tournament, the estates of Marvin Posner and Robert Dodt, and countless Lions clubs and individual Lions. We gratefully acknowledge these donations to our research and education programs.
A Note from the Chairman
Last year's Alumni Dinner at Harrah's Las Vegas was an opportunity to catch up with old friends and to enjoy a great meal. This year, by popular demand, our gathering will be a wine and beer reception at the Hilton Garden Inn, directly across the street from the Convention Center in New Orleans. Please mark your calendars for Sunday, November 11, from 5:30 to 7:30. There will be sufficient New Orleans specialties to serve as dinner, but those who choose will have time to spend the later evening elsewhere. All former and current residents, fellows, and faculty are invited, with their guests. Please send your check with the form on page BLANK so we can reserve your place(s).
Welcome to Our New Residents and Fellows
Brian Strickland is an Albany native and a graduate of Bethlehem Central High School. He spent his undergraduate years at Williams College, where he majored in biology, psychology, and neurosciences. In college, he competed in swimming and water polo, and was named an Academic All American. Brian worked as an OR technician at AMCH for a year before starting medical school at the State University of New York, Upstate Medical College. He did his internship in medicine at AMCH. In his hours away from work, Brian enjoys hiking, running, and biking.
Abe Sleem was born in Brooklyn, but spent his junior high and high school years in Jerusalem. He was a chemistry and computer major at St. Johns University in Queens, where he earned the presidential scholar award with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average. Abe was a medical student at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he did glaucoma research with Janet Searle. He did his transitional internship at Maimonides in the Bronx. Abe is newly married to a college administrator. His hobbies including computer programming and electronics.
Kundan Nagi was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, but moved with his family to the capital region at age 5 and graduated from Shaker High School. Kundan was a student in the 7-year Albany Medical College/Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute combined program. He graduated from college magna cum laude with a biology major. During medical school, he did research with Dale Meyer on sinusitis, with Rob Schultze on deep lamellar endothelial keratopathy, and with John Simon on Botox. He teaches Indian music in religious education and enjoys tennis and basketball.
Richard Walker, who joined Michael Belin and Rob Schultze as a fellow in cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery, grew up in Morristown, NJ. He was a nutrition major at Cornell. He then completed his DO at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He was an intern in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut in Hartford and a resident in ophthalmology at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn. Rick has his black belt in karate. He and his wife Liz, a speech therapist, recently celebrated their third anniversary. He looks forward to joining a group practice in New Jersey.
Rhonda Barrett, who joined Dale Meyer and the Stasiors for the first of two years as a fellow in oculoplastic and orbital surgery, hails from Oak Ridge, NC. She completed her BS in biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MD as an AOA graduate of the same institution. She did her transitional internship in Roanoke, Va and her residency in ophthalmology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, where she did oculoplastic research with Michael Callahan and Matthew Vicinanzo. Rhonda and her husband Earl, a pharmaceutical representative, have a 9-month old daughter, Brooke. She would like eventually to begin academic practice in North Carolina.
Special Recognition
Our annual resident dinner was held this year at the Colonie Country Club. Our chief resident, Joe Ciolino, announced that the residents had selected Jaime Krepostman as the recipient of the golden apple award for teaching excellence. The faculty presented the Robert Reinecke award for research to Joe Ciolino and the John Cetner good physician award to Steve Khachikian. Congratulations to Drs. Krepostman, Ciolino, and Khachikian on these achievements.
Sai Gandham, who has recently assumed the responsibilities of Residency Director, announced at the dinner that John Simon had been elected to membership this year in the American Ophthalmological Society. Established in 1864, this is the oldest American medical society, and membership is an honor accorded to fewer than 300 ophthalmologists nation-wide. His thesis, "Preventing Surgical Confusions in Ophthalmology," will be published in its entirety in the Transactions of the AOS and will appear in summary form in the Archives of Ophthalmology. John is the first AOS member from the Capital District.
Full-Time Faculty
John W. Simon, MD
Professor and Chairman
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Michael W. Belin, MD
Professor
Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Martha G. Farber, MD
Professor
Ophthalmic Pathology
Dale R. Meyer, MD
Professor
Oculoplastics and Orbital Surgery
Robert A. Catalano, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Robert L. Schultze, MD
Associate Professor
Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Jitka L. Zobal-Ratner, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Sai B. Gandham, MD
Assistant Professor
Glaucoma
Amy B. Hahn, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmologic Research
R. Todd Morason, MD
Assistant Professor
Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Albert B. Morier, OD
Assistant Professor
Contact Lens/Low Vision
Robert Ruggiero, OD
Assistant Professor
Contact Lens/Low Vision
David J. Hodgetts, CO, COMT
Instructor
Orthoptics
Our Continuing Medical Education Program
This year's Albany Ophthalmologic Update was held on June 14 and 15 at the Desmond. The program covered topics in cornea, oculoplastics, and pediatric ophthalmology. The Henry Dubins lecture, "Current Management of Vascular Orbital Lesions," was presented by Mark Levine. Other invited guest speakers included Evan Black, Gerard D'Aversa, Gregg Lueder, Irene Maumenee, Richard MacKool, and Henry Metz. Joe Ciolino presented his research with Michael Belin on LASIK surgery.
Next year's AOU program is being organized by Sai Gandham, Jamie Krepostman, Marty Farber, and Dale Meyer, our CME director. AOU 2008 will be held June 12 and 13, again at the Desmond hotel conference center. Topics will include glaucoma, retina, and ocular pathology. We also anticipate additional special teaching events in conjunction with the Eastern New York Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Society. Further announcements will be forthcoming on times, topics and locations. Community ophthalmologists are also invited to attend our regular Case Management Conferences, which convene at 6:00 pm on the second Tuesday of almost every month during the year, with buffet dinner provided. These CMC meetings will be held in the new Lions Eye Institute conference room, at 1220 New Scotland Road.
Publications (2006-2007)
John W. Simon MD
1. Hofeldt GT, Taupeka PM, Simon JW, Krohel GB, Management of the Patient with Visual Symptoms. In A Guide to the Primary Care of Neurological Disorders, (second edition) Popp, AJ (ed), Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York (2007).
2. Simon JW: Caring for strabismus: an important job, done well (Invited editorial). Journal of AAPOS (in press, 2006).
3. Casady DR, Meyer DR, Simon JW, Stasior GO, Zobal-Ratner JL.
Stepwise treatment paradigm for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Jul-Aug;22(4):243-7.
4.Simon JW, Bradfield Y, Smith J, Ahn E, France T: Recruitment and manpower in pediatric ophthalmology. Journal of AAPOS (in press, 2007).
5. Simon JW, Cotliar J, Burke L: Unilateral familial ectopia lentis. Journal of AAPOS (in press, 2007).
6. Barry GP, Khachikian S, Beck A, Belden C, Pearce J, Simon JW: Optic canal diameter in infantile osteopetrosis. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (in press, 2007).
7. Simon JW, Preventing surgical confusions in ophthalmology (AOS thesis). In press, Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society (December, 2007).
8. Simon JW, Ngo Y, Khan S, Strogatz D, Surgical confusions in ophthalmology. Archives of Ophthalmology (in press, 2007).
9. Simon JW and Meyer DR, Management of childhood epiphora (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 7: 130-131, 2006.
10.Simon JW: Reasons for Delay of Surgical Intervention in Adult Strabismus (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 7: 28-29, 2006.
11.Simon JW: Adal-1 bioadhesive for sutureless recession muscle surgery: a clinical trial (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 7: 128-129, 2006.
12. Simon JW: Prevalence and course of strabismus in the first year of life for infants with prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 7: 204-205, 2006.
13. Simon JW: A Symptom Survey and Quality of Life Questionnaire for Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction in Children (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 8: 115, 2007.
14. Zobal-Ratner JL and Simon JW: Primary intraocular lens implantation in infants: Complications and visual results (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 8: 24-25, 2007.
15. Rabady DZ, Simon JW, Lopasic N: Congenital Horner syndrome associated with neuroblastoma. American Journal of Ophthalmology (in press, 2007).
16. Simon JW: A 10-year overview of double elevator muscle weakening procedures (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology (in press, 2007).
17. Simon JW: Development of astigmatism and anisometropia in preterm children during the first 10 years of life (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 2007;8:154-155.
18. Simon JW, Ngo Y, Khachikian S, Ahn E: Anisometropic amblyopia and nasolacrimal duct obstruction (submitted, 2007).
19. 1. Estes R, Estes D, West C, Zobal-Ratner J, Droster P, Simon J.
The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus workforce distribution project. J AAPOS. 2006 Nov 29; [Epub ahead of print]
Dale R. Meyer MD
1. Simon JW, Meyer DR. Management of childhood epiphora. [Review] Evidence-Based Ophhalmology 2006; 7:130-131.
2. Casady DR, Meyer DR, Simon JW, Stasior GO, Zobal-Ratner JL. A treatment paradigm for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2006; 22: 243-7.
3. Lee SL, Mills DM, Meyer DR, Silver SM. Orbital emphysema. Ophthalmology 2006; 113: 2113.el-2.
4. Mills DM, Meyer DR. Acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction [Review]. Otolaryngology Clin North Am. 2006; 39:979-999.
5. Mills DM, Meyer DR, Tsai S, Belden C. Pediatric ophthalmic CT scanning and associated cancer risk. Am J Ophthalmol 2006; 142:1046-1053.
6. Lee SL, Mills DM, Meyer DR, Silver Sl. Orbital emphysema. Ophthalmology 2006; 113:2113.e1-2.
7. Vaphiades MS, Yunker JJ, Roberson GH, Meyer DR, Mills DM. Optic neuritis is nothing to sneeze at. Surv Ophthalmol 2007; 52: 106-10.
8. Meyer DR. Compressive optic neuropathy. Ophthalmology 2007; 114:199-200.
9. Buckland GT, Carlson JA, Meyer DR. Persistent periorbital facial lymphedema and fibrosis associated with Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection (erysipelas). Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2007; 23:161-3.
10. Meyer DR. Timing of surgery for Graves' orbitopathy. Ophthalmology. 2007; 114:393.
11. Mills DM, Meyer DR. Reply. Re: Pediatric ophthalmic computed tomographic scanning and associated cancer risk. Am J Ophthalmol 2007; 143:909.
12. Ostrovsky A, Mills DM, Meyer DR, Farber M. Ocular manifestations in Urbach-Wiethe syndrome. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2007; 23(3):240-241.
13. Mills DM, Bodman M, Meyer DR, Morton A. The ASOPRS Dacryocystitis Study Group. The microbiological spectrum of dacryocystitis: a national study of acute vs. chronic infection. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2007 (in press).
14. Shah A, Meyer DR, Parnes S. Management of fronto-ethmoidal mucoceles with orbital extension: Is primary orbital reconstruction necessary? Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2007 (in press).
15. Mills DM, Meyer DR, Harrison AR. Floppy eyelid syndrome: Quantifying the effect of horizontal tightening on upper eyelid position. Ophthalmology 2007 (in press).
16. Rabady DZK. Carlson JA. Meyer DR. Poroma of the eyelid. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2007 (in press).
17. Gaddipati RK, Meyer DR. Eyelid Retraction, Lid Lag, Lagophthalmos, and von Graefe's Sign: Quantifying the Eyelid Features of Graves' Ophthalmopathy. Ophthalmology 2007 (in press).
18. Cotliar JM, Shields CL, Meyer DR. Chronic orbital inflammation and fibrosis following retrobulbar alcohol and chlorpromazine injections in a patient with choroidal melanoma. Arch Ophthalmol 2007 (submitted for publication).
19. Ahn ES, Mills DM, Meyer DR, Stasior GO. Sneezing reflex associated with intravenous sedation and periocular anesthetic injection. Ophthalmology 2007 (submitted for publication).
20. Mills DM, Meyer DR. Orbital cellulitis and ulcerative conjunctivitis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 following ocular trauma. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2007 (in press).
21, Allen AY, Meyer DR. Neck procedures resulting in Horner's syndrome. (submitted for publication).
22. O'Malley M, Meyer DR. Transconjunctival fat removal combined with conservative bony medial/floor orbital decompression for Graves' orbitopathy. (submitted for publication).
23. Ciolino JB, Mills DM, Meyer DR. Cosmetic mascara's ophthalmic perils and pathology: A case series and review of the literature. (submitted for publication).
24. Collin KW, Jones DM, Meyer DR. Ocular proliferative fasciitis ? A clinicopathological report. (submitted for publication).
25. Abel AD, Patel DA, Meyer DR. Intracranial arachnoid cysts associated with orbital dermoid cysts in two children. (submitted for publication).
26. Loosemore M. Farber MA, Ciolino J, Meyer DR. Endogenous MRSA Endophthalmitis. (submitted for publication).
27. Mills DM, Meyer DR. Central Lower Eyelid Thinning with Trichiasis (CLETT): Characterization and management of a unique subset of entropion in elderly patients. (submitted for publication).
28. Gulliland G, Meyer DR. Orbital Fractures. In Tasman W, Jaeger EA (eds). Duanes Clinical Ophthalmology. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 2006.
29. Meyer DR. Reviewer: A Manual of Systemic Eyelid Surgery (3rd Edition). Edited by J.R.O. Collin. Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier, 2007. Am J Ophthalmol 2006; 142: 370.
30. Mills DM, Meyer DR, Sassani JW, Hidayat AA, Jakobiec FA. Unusual eyelid neoplasms. In: Albert DM, Jakobiec FA, eds. Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology: Clinical Practice, 3rd Edition. St. Louis: WB Saunders, 2007.
31. Mills DM, Meyer DR. Lower eyelid blepharoplasty. Online Training Course. American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, 2007 (in press).
Michael W. Belin MD
1. CDS Writing Team (Contributing Author). Clinical Profile and Early Surgical Complications in the Cornea Donor Study (CDS). CORNEA 2006;25:164-170
2. Khachikian SS, Morason RT, Belin MW, Mishra G. Thin Head and Single Use Microkeratomes Reduce Epithelial Defects During LASIK? J Refract Surg. 2006;22:482-485
3. Belin MW, Pentacam Corneal Topography in Wing M (ed): Corneal Topography in the Wavefront Era: A Guide for Clinical Application, Slack Publishing, Thorofare, NJ, 2006
4. Ciolino J, Belin MW: Changes to the Posterior Cornea after LASIK and PRK. J Cataract & Refract Surg 2006; 32 (9): 1426-31
5. Zerbe B, Belin MW, Ciolino J: Results from the Multi-Center Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1 Study Group. Ophthalmology 2006;
6. Belin MW, Khachikian SS: New Devices & Clinical Implications for Measuring Corneal Thickness. Clin & Exp Ophthalmol 2006; 34: 729-731
7. Belin MW, Khachikian SS: Keratoconus: I know it when I see it.. Amer J Ophthal. Am J Ophthalmol 2007; 1143:500 - 503
8. Abad JC, Rubinfeld RK, Del Valle M, Belin MW, Kurstin JM. Vertical D: A novel Topograhic Pattern in Keratoconus Suspects. Ophthalmbogy 2007; 114:1020-1026
9. Belin MW, Khachikian SS. Corneal Diagnosis and Evaluation with the OCULUS Pentacam. Highlights of Ophthalmology Vol 35:2, 2007
10. Ciolino JB, Khachikian SS, Belin MW. Long-Term Stability of the Posterior Cornea after Laser Insitu Keratomileusis (accepted for publication JCRS)
11. Belin MW, Khachikian SS. New Developments in Corneal Topograpy. Vision Pan-America, Journal of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (accepted for publication)
12. Khachikian SS, Belin MW, Ciiolino JB. Intrasubject Pachymetric Asymmetry Analysis. J Refract Surg, (accepted for publication)
13. Szczotka-Flynn L, Slaughter M, McMahon T, Barr J, EdringtonT, Fink B, Lass J, Belin M, Lyengar S, CLEK Study Group. Disease Severity and Family History in Keratoconus (submitted, 2007)
14. Walker RN, Khachikian SS, Belin MW. Scheimpflug Photographic Diagnosis of Pellucid Marginal Degenertion. (submitted for publication)
Jitka Zobal-Ratner MD
1. Estes R, Estes D, West C, Zobal-Ratner J, Droster P, Simon J.
The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus workforce distribution project. J AAPOS. 2006 Nov 29; [Epub ahead of print]
2. Casady DR, Meyer DR, Simon JW, Stasior GO, Zobal-Ratner JL.
Stepwise treatment paradigm for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Jul-Aug;22(4):243-7.
3. Zobal-Ratner JL and Simon JW: Primary intraocular lens implantation in infants: Complications and visual results (review). Evidence-Based Ophthalmology 8: 24-25, 2007.
R. Todd Morason MD
1. Morason, RT. Chapter 29- Cataract in the Glaucoma Patient: Surgical Considerations. p. 257-261. Essentials of Cataract Surgery. Henderson, BA (editor). Slack Incorporated. 2007. ISBN: 078-1-55642-802-9.
Spotlight on Faculty Achievement
During the past academic year, the full-time faculty have represented the department on the national scene in a number of capacities. Some 67 references to their scientific publications are listed on pages BLANK and BLANK. Faculty also regularly serve as reviewers for national publications and give countless presentations at regional meetings.
John W. Simon MD completed his service on the Procedural and Surgical Site Verification Panel of the New York State Department of Health, and was a featured speaker at the Department's symposium, "Evolving a Culture of Patient Safety" in May, 2007. He continues his work on vision screening in children with the New York State Ophthalmologic Society and with AAPOS as a member of the Legislative Committee. He also serves AAPOS on the Program Committee. At the Academy, John serves on the EyeCare America Children's Project and is now in his 13th year as associate examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology. He serves on the editorial board of Evidence-Based Ophthalmology. John presented a paper at last year's AAPOS meeting, had a course at last year's Academy meeting, and will have two courses at the upcoming Academy meeting. He was visiting professor at the Wills Eye Hospital last year and will be visiting professor at the University of Michigan in January, 2008. As noted on PAGE BLANK, John was elected to membership in the American Ophthalmolgical Society this year. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from AAPOS and a MarshallM. Parks medal for excellence in pediatric ophthalmology from the National Children's Eye Care Foundation. John is listed in 10 "who's who" and "best doctor" publications.
Michael W. Belin MD serves as president of the Cornea Society and has been appointed chair of the strategic planning and executive committees. His service to the Eye Bank Association of America continues as member of the board of directors, chairman of the research committee, and member of the medical advisory board. Michael is also vice-chair of the American University Professors of Ophthalmology's Fellowship Compliance Committee. At the Academy, he serves on the BCSC committee's refractive surgery section and has been the AAO's representative in Australia and New Zealand. He sits on committees for the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the FDA, and the American National Standards Institute. He also continues his service as associate examiner for the ABO. Michael has chaired the AAO's Cornea subspecialty day and will chair the upcoming World Cornea Congress. Michael also serves on steering or writing committees for three NEI grants and is co-chair of an international committee to reclassify corneal dystrophies. He was an invited speaker in Monaco, Sao Paulo, Milan, Faro (Portugal), London, Glascow, Cancun, and Sydney, gave a named lecture in Chicago, and had three presentations at the Academy and one at ASCRS.
Dale R. Meyer MD continues to serve the Academy on the Ophthalmic Technology Assessment Committee and is now chair of the plastics panel. At ASOPRS, he sits on the preceptors committee and chairs the joint program committee for ASOPRS and the Academy. He also sits on the ASOPRS abstract review committee and advocacy committee. He is on the Editorial Board of Ocular Surgery News. Dale is an honorary advisor for the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital in Hong Kong. He gave a skills transfer course, a video and a platform presentation at last year's Academy and will repeat the course at the upcoming AAO meeting. Dale also gave talks at the ENT Academy, the Apogean Society, ASOPRS (twice last year and once this year), and was a visiting professor for the Pittsburgh Ophthalmologic Society.
Martha G. Farber MD is currently president of the American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists. She is a member of the American Board of Ophthalmology and, as chairperson of the Oral Examination Committee, directs the Board examinations each year. Marty continues her service on the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for ophthalmology and serves on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Marty again taught ophthalmic pathology at the Lancaster Course. She serves as associate chief of staff for education at the Albany VA.
Robert L. Schultze MD will be a recipient of an Honor Award from the AAO this year. He serves the Academy on the Eye Bank Committee and the Eye Bank Association of America as a member of the Medical Advisory Board and of the Committee on International Relations. Rob continues his service as associate examiner for the ABO and PORT item writer. He is on the writing committee for a multi-center corneal donor study grant proposal. Rob recently joined the board of directors of the Northeast Association of the Blind in Albany. Rob serves on the Medical College admissions committee and has taken on responsibility for our revamped medical student education program. He gave presentations in Hawaii and in Crete, and had three papers at ASCRS in San Diego.
Jitka Zobal-Ratner MD sits on the AAPOS Professional Education Committee, serving as co-instructor of a popular update course each year at both AAPOS and the AAO. She continues to serve as associate examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology. At the Academy, Jitka was appointed to the Maintenance of Certification Committee. She was a recipient of the AAPOS Honor Award last year. She was also appointed to the board of directors of the AMC Alumni Association.
Sai B. Gandham MD, in addition to assuming the responsibilities of residency director, will give an instruction course on patient education in glaucoma at the AAO this fall.
Albert B. Morier OD has been consulting with Genzyme Corporation and is on the speakers' bureaus for Pfizer, Vistakon, Inspire, Eyemaginations, and Allergan. He currently sits on the New York State Board of Optometry. He spoke at the Pittsburgh Primary Eyecare Conference and will be an invited speaker at similar meetings in Groton and in Vermont, and at a low vision symposium in Poughkeepsie. Al regularly organizes a primary eye care conference in Saratoga and has received a New York State Optometric Association Leadership Award.
Amy B. Hahn PhD has been elected secretary of the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. She also serves the Society as member of the review board and as chair of the directors' examination. Amy gave an invited paper at the Bolivian organ transplant society in Cochabamba.
Albany Medical College Ophthalmology Alumni Association
___ Yes, I would like to reserve places at the annual alumni party at BLANK on Sunday, November 11, 2007 from 5:30-7:30. The cost of admission is $55/person, which includes an open wine, beer, and soda bar.
___ No, I cannot attend the cocktail reception, but would like to join the Ophthalmology Alumni Association. Enclosed is my tax deductible donation of $ .
Name/year: ___________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
Phone
home: ____________________________________
office: _____________________________________
E-Mail: _____________________________________
Any news you'd like us to share with fellow alumni?
Please make checks payable to John W. Simon MD and mail to:
Lions Eye Institute
1220 New Scotland Road
Suite 202
Slingerlands, NY 12159.
Thank you for your support!
