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GPLI Clinical Excellence Award Winners

The GPLI Clinical Excellence Awards are given to one 4th year student at each School/College of Optometry.

Candidates are students who exhibit enthusiasm for learning more about GP lens designs and materials, desire to improve their fitting skills, promote GP use as well as recruit patients for this lens modality. The contact lens faculty members at each school determine the award recipients. Each of these winners was awarded a permanent wooden plaque and a GP diagnostic fitting set.

2009 Awards

New England College of Optometry
Anthony Zieja, OD
Sponsored by Corneal Design Corp.

Salus University – Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Ailsa Heather Colbert, OD
Sponsored by Corneal Design Corp.

SUNY
Krishna Morar, OD
Sponsored by Conforma Laboratories

NOVA Southeastern
Jennifer Bauza, OD
Sponsored by Soderberg, X-Cel Contacts

Southern College of Optometry
Lindsay Petrie, OD
Sponsored by Tru-Form Optics

UAB College of Optometry
Amy Diane Huckaby, OD
Sponsored by ABBA Optical

Indiana University School of Optometry
Stephanie Farha, OD
Sponsored by ABBA Optical

Ohio State College of Optometry
Brian Landrum, OD
Sponsored by Luzerne Optical Laboratories

Illinois College of Optometry
Naomi d’Entremont, OD
Sponsored by Lens Dynamics, Inc.

Michigan College of Optometry
Elizabeth L. Lane, OD
Sponsored by Art Optical Contact Lens Co.

UMSL College of Optometry
Stephanie Ann Erker, OD
Sponsored by Firestone Optics

NSU – Oklahoma College of Optometry
Lacy Crissup, OD
Sponsored by Lens Dynamics, Inc.

University of Houston
Stephanie Gould, OD
Sponsored by Tru-Form Optics, Inc.

Southern CA College of Optometry
Christopher A. Gilmartin, OD
Sponsored by Visionary, Inc.

U of CA – Berkeley College of Optometry
Taras Litvin, OD
Sponsored by Valley Contax, Inc.

Pacific College of Optometry
Jill Anita Pownell, OD
Sponsored by Vallen Contax, Inc.

Inter-American College of Optometry
Jenilee Rebarber, OD
Universal Contact Lens of Florida

University of Montreal
Stephane Rivard, OD
Sponsored by Lens Dynamics, Inc.

University of Waterloo
Cynthia Nardone, OD
Sponsored by Tru-Form Optics, Inc.

2007 Awards

Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Tara Lynn Mancuso, OD

Southern College of Optometry
Jayme Fose, OD

UAB College of Optometry
Jennifer Dawn Wilbeck Newby, OD

Indiana University College of Optometry
Gregory Hubbard, OD

Illinois College of Optometry
Jill Berends, OD

Michigan College of Optometry
Amy E. Dinardo, OD

UMSL College of Optometry
Jason Todd Riley, OD

NSU – Oklahoma College of Optometry
Lynsey Bigheart, OD

University of Houston
Opal Amin, OD

U of CA – Berkeley College of Optometry
Keri Owyang, OD

Pacific College of Optometry
Van Ly, OD

2006 Awards

New England College of Optometry
William T. Alexander, OD

Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Melissa Kuchar Richard, OD

SUNY
Kalindi Mukesh Desai, OD

NOVA Southeastern
Hung Nguyen, OD

Southern College of Optometry
Jennifer Pomeroy, OD

UAB College of Optometry
Jacob Ashton Ivey, OD

Indiana University College of Optometry
Zachary C. Short, OD

Ohio State College of Optometry
Ravaughn Williams, OD

Illinois College of Optometry
Catherine Soriano, OD

Michigan College of Optometry
Ashley Burzynski, OD

UMSL College of Optometry
Traci L. Hahn, OD

NSU College of Optometry
Chad Moore, OD

University of Houston
Brent Mixon, OD

Southern CA College of Optometry
James Yi, OD

U of CA – Berkeley College of Optometry
Julia Dellaria, OD

Pacific College of Optometry
Daniel C. Howells, OD

Inter-American College of Optometry
Anh Q. N. Nguyen, OD

University of Montreal
Marianne Lemay, OD

University of Waterloo
Mandy LaLonde, OD

2005-2006 Awards

New England College of Optometry
*Christopher Clark

Pennsylvania College of Optometry
*Justin William Beamer
Tracey Smith

Southern College of Optometry
*Kevin Mueller

Illinois College of Optometry
*Marcie Mathes

UMSL College of Optometry
*Matt Ruhl
Annette Jackson

Southern California, College of Optometry
*Lee E. Dodge, IV
Ayami Kamura

University of California, Berkeley College of Optometry
*Marilyn Verghese
Nina Tran

Indiana University, College of Optometry
*Kyle Cheatham

Ferris State University, Michigan College of Optometry
*William D. Gitchell
Matthew Anderson

Oklahoma’s Northeastern State University, College of Optometry
*Joni Russell
Tasha Coulter

University of Houston, College of Optometry
*Angela Morgan
Karen Summers

NOVA Southeastern College of Optometry
*Denise Burns-LeGros
Stephanie Peitz

2003-2004 Awards

New England College of Optometry
*Lia Clarke
Kimberly Feder

Southern College of Optometry
*Maria Dickerson

Ohio State College of Optometry
*Mario Saracino

Pacific College of Optometry
*Jennifer Choo
Karen Chow

Inter-American College of Optometry
*Ketan Kutlerywala
Poneh Alavi

University of Montreal
*Marc Girard
Bernard Martin

University of Waterloo
*Bronwyn Mulherin

Pennsylvania College of Optometry
*Suzanne Jannine Surman
Justin William Beamer

UAB College of Optometry
*Brent Laircey
Lori C. Akridge

Indiana University College of Optometry
*James Stickel
Carol Hickey

Illinois College of Optometry
*Serena Ho
Deanna Labrosse

Michigan College of Optometry
*Joshua T. Lotoczky
Tracy L. Mills

UMSL College of Optometry
*Kimberly Dawn Kohne
Kenyon B. Anderson

Southern CA. College of Optometry
*Dawn Y. S. Lam

U of CA – Berkeley College of Optometry
*Julie Flettner
Valerie Lim

NOVA Southeastern
Stefani Sayers

NSU College of Optometry
*Rebecca Bradford
Trent Pitt

University of Houston
*Lori Michelle Gonzales
Amanda Neal

2002-2003 Awards

Southern College of Optometry
Beth Zingula, OD

Ohio State College of Optometry
*Gail Sanderson
Lindsay Florkey

Inter-American College of Optometry
*Justin Holt
John L. Bradley

University of Waterloo
*Carolyn Fyffe

NSU College of Optometry
*Kacy Huffman
Leigh Cox

University of Houston College of Optometry
*Brandon Dabney
James Arnold Mathis

New England College of Optometry
*Jacob Lang
Melanie MacBeth

Pennsylvania College of Optometry
*Stacey Marie Jesse

NOVA Southeastern
*Michelle Gonzalez
Dana Pham

Southern College of Optometry
*Heather Schrabi

UAB College of Optometry
*Ann Marie Wonderling
Lee Doyle McPherson

Indiana University College of Optometry
*Paul Bertram
Seth Summers

Illinois College of Optometry
*Eugene Ertman
Nathan Crouch

Michigan College of Optometry
*Dean VanNasdale
Ann Bar

UMSL College of Optometry
*Tyler Nicole Kramer
Gina Stokes Johnson

Southern California College of Optometry
*Joseph Maycock
(second award to be presented in September 2003)

University of California – Berkeley College of Optometry
*Charles Dominguez
Melissa Dacumas

Pacific College of Optometry
*Christopher Johnson
David Kading

University of Montreal
*Jahel St-Jacques

2001-2002 Awards

University of Houston College of Optometry
*David Anthony Berntsen
Grant W. Gibson

University of California – School of Optometry, Berkeley
*Mary Anne Murphy
Barnie Lim

UAB – School of Optometry
*Jay D. Crim
Candice Turner

Southern California College of Optometry
*Michelle Lynn Essex
Karin N. King

Southern College of Optometry
*Giovanna Moses

NOVA Southeastern University
*Steven Spear
Cecilia Wong

UMSL College of Optometry
*Nicci Bachand
Allyson Conn

Illinois College of Optometry
*Paul Grenier
Vicky Chiu

Pennsylvania College of Optometry
*Jessica Lynne Tremel
Stacy Jesse

Pacific University College of Optometry
*Elizabeth Shipman
Christopher Johnson

Michigan College of Optometry
*Steven Kamrowski
Philip Roels

New England College of Optometry
*Bonita Wong
Michael Adams

Northeastern State University
*John Volosin
Stephanie Rice

Indiana University
*Todd Niemeier
Kevin Houston

Inter American University of Puerto Rico – School of Optometry
*Quyen Nguyen
Alan Tanaka

University of Waterloo – School of Optometry
*Jolene Decoste

OSU College of Optometry
*Donald Kamer
Andrew Barber