Many members of the American Eye Study Club have numerous achievements to their names. This is one of the factors that makes this organization very special. Listed here are just a few categories of accomplishments of our members over the years.
AESC Members who have served as President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
1980 Edward W.D. Norton 1981 David Shoch 1983 Stanley Truhlsen 1984 Whitney Sampson 1986 Thomas Kearns 1992 Froncie Gutman
1993 B. Thomas Hutchinson
2007 C. Pat Wilkinson 2010 Randolph L. Johnston 2014 Greg Skuta 2018 Keith Carter
AESC Members who have served as President of the American Ophthalmological Society
1988 Edward W.D. Norton 1989 David Shoch 1992 Thomas Kearns 1993 Bradley Straatsma 1994 Robert Welch
1996 Stanley Truhlsen 1998 W. Richard Green 2000 W. Banks Anderson 2004 Froncie Gutman 2007 John Clarkson
AESC Members who have served on the AAO Board of Trustees
Keith Carter Michael Chiang William Clifford Anne Coleman Tamara Fountain Froncie Gutman Barrett Haik Ed Isbey Jr. H. Dunbar Hoskins 1
1-Also served as EVP
Randy Johnston Cynthia Mattox Christie Morse Greg Skuta Linda Tsai Martin Wand Ann Warn Robert Wiggins Jr. C. Pat Wilkinson
Members who have served as president of state, local or regional ophthalmology societies
Chris Albanis (IL & Chicago Society) Tom Beardsley (NC) Chad Brasington (NC) Zack Bridges (NC) Jeremiah Brown (San Antonio Society) Bill Clifford (KS) Joe Coney (Cleveland Society) Forrest Daryel Ellis (IN) George Ellis (New Orleans and LA/MS Ophthal/Oto) David Epley (WA) Rob Fante (CO) Bradley Fouraker (FL) Tamara Fountain (IL)
Sidney Gicheru (TX) Scott Goldstein (Philadelphia Society) David Granet (San Diego Ophth Assn) Froncie Gutman (OH) Barrett Haik (NY) Tom Hutchinson (MA and NEOS) John Irvine (Los Angeles Society) Ed Isbey, Jr. (NC) Randy Johnston (WY) Steve Klapper (IN) Jerry Knauer III (FL) Carl Migliazzo (KCO+O) David Miller (Cleveland Society)
Peter Netland (TN) Sara O’Connell (KCO+O) Ron Pelton (CO) Robert Schimek (New Orleans) Stephen Schwartz (FL) Derek Sprunger (IN) Linda Tsai (MO) Martin Wand (NEOS) Ann Warn (OK) Aaron Weingeist (WA) Bob Welch (MD) Jess Whitson (Dallas Academy)
Members who have served as president of a national or subspecialty society
Tom Acers 7 Jack Baker 1 Keith Carter 7 Forrest Daryel Ellis 1 George Ellis 1 David Epley 1 Gary Foulks 9, 10 Tamara Fountain 4 Barrett Haik 7
Eugene Helveston 1 Philip Knapp 1 Mark Levine 4 Christie Morse 1 (also EVP1) Edward Norton 7 Jay Older 4 David Plager 1 Carmen Puliafito 8 Richard Ruiz 7
Richard Simmons 2 Greg Skuta 2 George Spaeth 2 Roger Steinert 6 Derek Sprunger 1 Bob Welch 5 Bob Wiggins 1 Richard Wilson 2 Nick Zakov 3, 5
1 - American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus 2 - American Glaucoma Society 3 - American Society of Ocular Trauma 4 - American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 5 - American Society of Retina Specialists 6 - American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 7 - Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology 8 - ARVO 9 - Cornea Society 10 - Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
Members who have served as a Director of the American Board of Ophthalmology
Chris Albanis Lee Alward Keith Baratz Ed Buckley John Clarkson David Epley Ken Goins Don Grass Froncie Gutman*
Tom Hutchinson* Edward Norton Hal Shaw Greg Skuta Jim Tiedeman Martin Wand* Bob Welch C. Pat Wilkinson*
* Also served as chairman
Members who have served as a Director of the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
Steven V.L. Brown John Campagna Randy Craven Andy Doan Rob Fante Tamara Fountain* Bradley Fouraker Robert Gold Dunbar Hoskins
Tom Hutchinson Jerry Knauer III Joe McFarlane* Ron Pelton Greg Skuta Trexler Topping Ann Warn Robert Wiggins
* Also served as chairman
Members who have served as chair of an academic department or dean
Thomas Aaberg (Emory) Tom Acers (Oklahoma) Keith Carter (U of Iowa) Stanley Chang (Columbia) John Clarkson (Bascom Palmer) Gary Foulks (U of Pittsburgh) Louis Girard (Baylor) Froncie Gutman (Cleveland Clinic) Barrett Haik (U of Tenn) Jeff Henderer (Temple) William Layden (U of South FL)
Peter Netland (U of VA) Edward Norton (Bascom Palmer) Carmen Puliafito (Tufts; Bascom Palmer; Dean - USC/Keck) Mark Rosenblatt (U of IL at Chicago) Richard Ruiz (U of TX-Houston) Robert Schimek (Ochner) Joel Schuman (U of Pittsburgh; NYU) Greg Skuta (U of OK) Roger Steinert (UC-Irvine) James Tsai (Yale; Mt. Sinai)
Members who have participated in the AAO Leadership Development Program
Albanis, Chris (2009) Bogie, Charles (2006) Bridges, Wm Zachery (2002) Brown, Jeremiah (2019) Carter, Keith (2003) Chan, R V Paul (2014) Ciralsky, Jessica (2014) Clifford, William (1999) Coney, Joseph (2008) Dhindsa, Hardeep (2016) Epley, K David (2005) Fante, Robert (2017) Fountain, Tamara (1999)