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ISPB LECTURESHIP
Illinois Optometric Association
2004 Convention
At the annual 2004 IOA Convention, held in Springfield, Ill.,
September 30-October 3, James A. McKechnie, Jr., Executive Director of the
ISPB, presented the 2004 ISPB
Distinguished Lecturer Series Award to Robert Wooldridge, O.D.
Dr. Wooldridge’s presentation on Optometric Update 2004 included Part
1 on Glaucoma and Part 2 on Retinal Disease as a part of the Interactive
CE= immediate Feedback (through Novartis Opthalmics). Participants
determined appropriate diagnosis and treatment protocols for each
case presented and then electronically entered their recommendations.
Responses were immediately displayed for evaluation and discussion took
place by both participants and moderators.
Currently, Dr. Wooldridge is the Clinical Director of the Eye
Foundation of Utah, an optometric co-management center in Salt Lake City,
and he is Adjunct Clinical Professor at several schools and colleges of
optometry.
A graduate of the Indiana School of Optometry, he formerly served on
the staff of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, at the University of Miami
School of Medicine. A founding member of the Optometric Glaucoma Society,
he is a past recipient of the
Optometrist of the Year, an honor awarded by the Utah Optometric
Association.
This is the seventeenth year ISPB has made this Award to the IOA.
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James A. McKechnie, Jr. (left)
and Robert Wooldridge, O.D. (right) |
The Visionary ,
published as a service of the Illinois Society for the Prevention of
Blindness,
is available upon request. The information contained
in this issue,
taken from sources considered to be
accurate,
does not replace the need for professional eye care
consultations and treatments.
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