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Distinguished Alumni 2021 announced
The New England College of Optometry is honored to recognize its 2021 Distinguished Alumni honorees. Donald Korb, OD, FAAO, and Susan Primo, OD, MPH, FAAO.
Raising awareness about the optometric profession in Jamaica
Charis-Ann Ricketts, BSc, OD, Mandeville, Jamaica
NECO alum committed to enhancing eye health in China
Ke Zheng, MD, MS, OD, Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China
Alum’s advocacy resulted in first optometry school in Vietnam, ocular therapeutics in Australia
William Trinh, OD, OAM, Wills Eyecare, Chairman, Australian Health Humanitarian Aid, Sydney, Australia
Alum is proponent of bringing medical aspects of optometry in Switzerland
Nina Mueller, OD, MSc, FAAO, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Augenoptik, SBAO, University Hospital Basel, Eye Clinic, Basel, Switzerland
Redefining optometry in Saudi Arabia and beyond
Ali Bukhamseen, BASc in Optometry, OD, EMBA, Senior Optometrist, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Eye Clinic, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Doctor helped pass legislation elevating optometry in South Africa
Paul Ramkissoon, BOptom, FAAO, MPhil, MOptom, OD, DPhil, Madadeni Hospital, Newcastle, South Africa
Why I Give: Alan Glazier on the motivation to create an endowed scholarship
When he started his pursuit of a career in medicine, Alan Glazier, OD ’93, imagined himself becoming a vascular surgeon.
Dr. Alan Glazier Endows New scholarship for diversification of student body
Alan Glazier, OD, founder of the eye care industry’s largest and most highly engaged online eye care community, ODs on Facebook, is formally extending his community building to the scholastic world.