Practice Awards
Our staff of doctors and highly trained technicians have received over 43 state and national awards. Our success in innovative rehabilitation of low vision and stroke/head injury patients has been made possible only by such an outstanding staff. We are the only practice with staff doctors who have twice received the American Optometric Association's "National Optometrist of the Year Award" in 1984 and 1999 and the American Optometric Association's "National Young Optometrist of the Year Award" in 2011.
Awards to the Practice and Staff of the Low Vision Centers of Indiana
2011 American Optometric Association’s National Young Optometrist of the Year
2010 Indiana Optometric Association’s Young O.D. of the Year
2010 Indiana Optometric Association Meritorious Service Award
2003 Distinguished Practitioner National Academy of Practice
2001 National Essilor Award: Essilor Laboratories
2001 Essilor "Award of Excellence” Indiana University School of Optometry
2001 Varilux Student Award Indiana University School of Optometry
2001 Indiana Paraoptometric Association "Boss of the Year"
2000 Indiana University Student Optometric Association Special Award1999 American Optometric Association National Optometrist of the Year
1999 Gold Medal for Published Article by the Society of Business Press Editors
1998 Indiana Historical Society One Hundred Years of Operation
1997 Indiana State Government Century Award One Hundred Years in Operation
1997 Indiana Paraoptometric Association Indiana Paraoptometric of the Year
1996 Indiana Paraoptometric Association Indiana Paraoptometric of the Year
1996 Indiana Paraoptometric Association Boss of the Year Award
1996 Indiana Optometric Association Indiana Optometrist of the Year
1995 Indiana Worker's for the Blind Award for Devotion in the Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired
1994 Pennsylvania College of Optometry President's Medal Advancement of the Profession
1994 Indiana Optometric Association President's Citation Young Optometrist of the Year1993 Indiana Optometric Association Lifetime Achievement Award
1992 Indiana Paraoptometric Association Indiana Paraoptometric of the Year
1992 Indiana Optometric Board Presentation of the Original Seal for Service to the Board
1992 Indiana Optometric Association Meritorious Service Award (one of two in 1992)
1992 Indiana Optometric Association Meritorious Service Award (one of two in 1992)
1991 Indiana Optometric Association President's Citation Young Optometrist of the Year
1989 Services for the Visually Impaired Volunteer of the Year Award
1989 Indiana University Spirit of Philanthropy Award Certificate of Recognition
1988 Distinguished Service Award Indiana Optometry Board
1988 Distinguished Practitioner National Academy of Practice Washington DC
1987 Indiana Optometric Association Distinguished Service Award
1987 Indiana Governor's Award Sagamores of the Wabash
1987 Indiana Attorney General Honorary Indiana Attorney General
1985 Governor of Kentucky Honorary Kentucky Colonel
1984 Mayor of Hartford City Proclamation Service to the Community and Profession
1984 Indiana Optometric Association Meritorious Service Award
1984 American Optometric Association National Optometrist of the Year
1983 Indiana Optometric Association Indiana Optometrist of the Year1979 Indiana Optometric Association President's Citation Young Optometrist of the Year
1977 American Optometric Association Certificate of Appreciation for Distinguished Service
1973 Indiana University School of Optometry Fox Award Outstanding Senior Clinician
1973 Indiana Optometric Association Indiana Optometrist of the Year
1970 Indiana Optometric Association Distinguished Service Award