Award Winners
None at this time.
2023 Award Winners
AFOS Jr OD of the Year |
AFOS Optometrist of the Year |
AFOS Orion Award |
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MAJ Marcelo Moya |
COL Adrienne Ari |
Dr. Tyson Brunstetter (CAPT, USN ret) |
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Service-Specific Junior ODs of the Year |
Air ForceMaj Brooke Kibel |
ArmyMAJ Marcelo Moya |
NavyLCDR Skylar Williams |
IHSDr. Tiffani Methvien |
VADr. Kimberly Darke |
Service-Specific ODs of the Year |
Air ForceLt Col Frank Kuchera |
ArmyCOL Adrienne Ari |
NavyCDR Sara Bustamante |
PHSCDR Laura Alexander |
VADr. Rex Ballinger |
Reserve OD of the Year Student of the Year |
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Maj Ting Zhang |
Jeffrey Wilson |
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Past Award Winners
OD of the Year
1989 Dr. Steven R. Sem
1990 Dr. Frances L. McVeigh
1991 Dr. John F. Kent
1992 Dr. Alan Schmierer
1993 Dr. George L. Adams
1994 Dr. J. Bruce Baldwin
1995 Dr. Michael H. Mittelman
1996 Dr. James B. Chapman
1997 Dr. Gary R. Pabalis
1998 Dr. Ric D. Peterson
1999 Dr. Joseph F. Molinari
2000 Dr. Michael L. Chyrek
2001 Dr. Robert Buckingham
2002 Dr. Mitchell Brown
2003 Dr. Terry Schleisman
2004 Dr. Kevin Moore
2005 Dr. Richard Hatch
2006 Dr. Laura E. Barnes
2007 Dr. Penny Walter
2008 Dr. Regina O'Nan
2009 Dr. Michael E. Johnson
2010 Dr. Annette J. Williamson
2011 Dr. Donovan Green
Dr. William Scott Slagle
2012 Dr. Weilun Hsu
2013 Dr. Angela Musick
2014 Dr. Joan Stelmack
2015 Dr. Aly Wasik
2016 Dr. Christian "Kelly" Olson
2017 Dr. Richard Baird
2018 Dr. Jeffrey Newsom
2019 Dr. Shannon Farr
2020 Dr. Richard Baird
2021 Dr. Adam Preston
2022 Dr. Emily Sprague
2023 Dr. Adrienne Ari
Junior OD of the Year
1993 Dr. Alan G. Peaslee
1994 Dr. Lawrence "Kent" Harrington
1995 Dr. Mary E. Baker
1996 Dr. Daniel E. Reiser
1998 Dr. Deborah L. Prince-Zito
1999 Dr. Robert M. Tyszko
2000 Dr. Anna H. Stalcup
2001 Dr. Kenneth Whitwell
2002 Dr. Carol Zolkewitz-Rymer
2003 Dr. Annette J. Williamson
2004 Dr. Tyson Brunstetter
2005 Dr. Christie Barton
2006 Dr. David W. Koles
2007 Dr. Vivianle Freeman
2008 Dr. Brian C. Hatch
2009 Dr. David C. Hicks
2010 Dr. Robert P. Senko
2011 Dr. Peter Carra
Dr. John Kim
2012 Dr. Richard Baird
2013 Dr. Tara Jayne
2014 Dr. Jeffrey Newsom
2015 Dr. Carla Engelke
2016 Dr. Kerry Phelan
2017 Dr. Ruth Hyatt
2018 Dr Christopher Alferez
2019 Dr. Frank Kuchera
2020 Dr. Lyndsey Ferris
2021 Dr. Kevin Hoang
2022 Dr. Matthew Tholl
2023 Dr. Marcelo Moya
Reserve Forces OD of the Year
2008 Dr. William H. McAlister
2009 Dr. Mark P. McGuire
2010 Dr. Jeffrey L. Weaver
2011 Dr. Jeffrey Garcia
Dr. Luis M. Perez
2013 Dr. Jennifer Martin
2014 Dr. Jennifer Carver
2015 Dr. Patti Fries
2016 Dr. William Hefner
2017 Dr. Eugene "EBob" Bertolli
2018 Dr. J. Christopher Freeman
2019 Dr. Robert Houghteling
2020 Dr. Barbara Wujciak
2021 Dr. Matthew Weinheimer
2022 Dr. Christopher Luft
2023 Dr. Ting Zhang
Orion Recipients
1974 Dr. William McCracken
Dr. Henry Hofstetter
1975 Dr. Billy C. Greene
1976 H.E. (Tony) Mahlman, D.O.S.
1977 Dr. Donald Mitchell
1983 Dr. Arthur Giroux
1986 Dr. Donald Dunton
1989 Dr. John T. Leddy
1993 Dr. David C. Simpson
Dr. John F. Pyle
1994 Dr. Steven R. Sem
1995 Dr. Michael Mittelman
1996 Dr. Wm. David Sullins, Jr.
Dr. Fred Hudson
Dr. Jerry D. Davis
2002 Dr. P. Timothy Ray
Vistakon
Marco Ophthalmics
2004 Dr. Hugh Jamison
2006 Dr. Rob Soltes
Dr. James Kluckman
Mr. David Danielson
2007 Dr. Fran McVeigh
2008 Dr. "Chuck" Adams III
2010 Dr. Patrick Phelan
2011 Dr. Neil Glenesk
2013 Dr. David Hilber
2014 Dr. William Monaco
2016 SECO International
2018 Dr. Michelle Aaron
2019 Dr. Andrew Morgenstern
2020 Dr. Jose Capo-Aponte
2021 Dr. Dawn Clary
2022 Dr. William "Howard" McAlister
2023 Dr. Tyson Brunstetter
Service-specific OD of the Year
2023
Dr. Randy Kuchera (Air Force)
Dr. Adrienne Ari (Army)
Dr. Sara Bustamante (Navy)
Dr. Laura Alexander (PHS/IHS)
Dr. Rex Ballinger (VA)
2022
Dr. Christopher Putnam (Air Force)
Dr. Ann Rudick (Army)
Dr. Emily Sprauge (Navy)
Dr. Christopher Cordes (PHS/IHS)
2021
Dr. Loralie Hodges (Air Force)
Dr. Brittany Ellis (Army)
Dr. Adam Preston (Navy)
Dr. Michael Candreva (PHS/IHS)
Dr. Amber Schwarnweber (VA)
2020
Dr. Richard Baird (Air Force)
Dr. Jennifer Stowe (Army)
Dr. Ann MacDonald (Navy)
Dr. Paul DeWitt (PHS)
2019
Dr. Adrienne Ari (Army)
Dr. Matthew Horner (Navy)
Dr. Shannon Farr (PHS)
Dr. Carla Engelke (VA)
2018
Dr. Jeff Newsom (AF)
Dr. Kyle Dohm (Navy)
Dr. Gregory Smith (PHS)
Dr. Scott Slagle (VA)
2017
Dr. Richard Baird (AF)
Dr. James Elledge (Army)
Dr. Brian Hatch (Navy)
Dr. Erin Giles (PHS)
2016
Dr. Justin Sandholm (AF)
Dr. Christian Olson (Army)
Dr. Sandra Su (Navy)
Dr. Robert Chelberg (PHS/IHS)
Dr. Carrie Heller (VA)
2015
Dr. Wesley Kinerk (AF)
Dr. Grace Dumayas (Army)
Dr. Andrew Archila (Navy)
Dr. Ryan Manning (PHS)
Dr. Alyon Wasik (VA)
2014
Dr. Judy Rattan (AF)
Dr. Youkham Chanthavilay (Army)
Dr. Michael Sunman (Navy)
Dr. Paul DeWitt (PHS)
Dr. Joan Stelmack (VA)
2013
Dr. Darren Rhoton (AF)
Dr. Jose Capo-Aponte (Army)
Dr. Margaret Read (Navy)
Dr. Lawrence Zubel (PHS)
Dr. Angela Musick (VA)
Service-specific Junior OD of the Year
2022
Dr. Matthew Tholl (Air Force)
Dr. Jason Christman (Army)
Dr. Randy Cox (IHS)
Dr. Brent Hume (Navy)
Dr. Sean Dempsey (VA)
2021
Dr. Craig Jensen (Air Force)
Dr. Timothy Soh (Army)
Dr. Erelda Gene (IHS)
Dr. Kevin Hoang (Navy)
Dr. Brian Williams (VA)
2020
Dr. Lyndsey Ferris (Air Force)
Dr. Justin Pao (Army)
Dr. Courtney Rafferty (Navy)
Dr. Paula Johns (IHS)
2019
Dr. Frank Kuchera (Air Force)
Dr. Jenae Stiles (Army)
Dr. Krista Greene (Navy)
Dr. Laura Alexander (PHS)
Dr. Meghan Elkins (VA)
2018
Dr. Amanda Quelly (Air Force)
Dr. Chris Alferez (Army)
Dr. Micah Kinney (Navy)
Dr. Hanna Fylpaa (PHS)
Dr. Darcy Eberle (VA)
2017
Dr. Lyndsey Ferris (Air Force)
Dr. Steven Gutierrez (Army)
Dr. Joseph Osmond (Navy)
Dr. Richard Runyon (PHS)
Dr. Ruth Hyatt (VA)
2016
Dr. Kerry Phelan (Air Force)
Dr. Christopher Caldwell (Army)
Dr. Matthew Horner (Navy)
Dr. Paula Johns (PHS/IHS)
Dr. Meghan Elkins (VA)
2015
Dr. Chris Putnam (Air Force)
Dr. Adam Preston (Navy)
Dr. Gregory Smith (PHS)
Dr. Carla Engelke (VA)
2014
Dr. Jeffrey Newsom (Air Force)
Dr. Jasmin Filpo (Army)
Dr. Emily Sprague (Navy)
Dr. Chris Cordes (PHS)
Dr. Joni Scott-Weideman (VA)
2013
Dr. Tara Jayne (Air Force)
Dr. Donald Appleman (Army)
Dr. Samuel Jarvis (Navy)
Dr. Gregory Smith (PHS)
Dr. Janel Chou (VA)
