Optometrist, Society of the Year and more announced at HOD

COA members received an array of awards at this year's House of Delegates. Tommy Lim, OD, is the Optometrist of the Year and San Diego Optometric Society is the Society of the Year.

HOD Awards

Optometrist of the Year
?Tommy L. Lim, OD – San Jose, CA
(Pictured: Duane DeCroupet (left), Tommy Lim, OD (center) and his wife Bonnie)
 

Society of the Year
San Diego County Optometric Society
(Pictured: Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO (left), Jason Tu (center) and Eric White, OD)

Young Optometrists of the Year 


Ranjeet Bajwa, OD – Bakersfield, CA
(Pictured: Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO (left) and Ranjeet Bajwa, OD)


Jonovan Ottenbacher, OD – Los Angeles, CA
(Pictured: Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO (left) and Jonovan Ottenbacher, OD)


Jeffrey Nishi, OD – Glendale, CA
(Pictured Jeffrey Nishi, OD (left) and Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO) 

Erin Swift, OD, FAAO – San Diego, CA (Not Pictured)
 

Society Projects of the Year
(Pictured: Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO (left) and Sarah Chiu, OD)
Alameda-Contra Costa Counties Optometric Society - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Alameda County. How Does it Affect You?  


Santa Clara County Optometric Society - Healthy Living Health Fair
(Pictured: Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO (left))
 

Society Website of the Year
San Gabriel Valley Optometric Society - http://www.sgvos.org/
(Pictured: Jeffrey Nishi, OD (left) and Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO)

Society Bulletin of the Year 
?San Diego County Optometric Society - The San Diego View

George I. Deane, Jr., OD Memorial Leadership Award
Kevin Tong, University of California Berkeley, School of Optometry
Mary Hoang, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry
Michelle Mijares, Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University

Excellence in Optometric Education Award 
Patsy Harvey, OD, MPH, FAAO- University of California Berkeley, School of Optometry
Raymond Maeda, OD, FAAO – Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry
Jason Ng, OD, PhD, FAAO - Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University

California Vision Foundation Optometrist of the Year 
?Charlotte Barnes-LeBlanc, OD

California Vision Foundation Laboratory of the Year 
?DC Optical Laboratory

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