ORLANDO, Fla.—The American Academy of Optometry announced the recipients of the 2018 Resident Travel Fellowship Awards. These travel fellowships will allow residents to attend Academy 2018 San Antonio, November 7 to 10. Recipients will be recognized at the Student and Resident Awards Lunch on Thursday, November 8 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Stars at Night Ballroom B2 in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Cornea, Contact Lens and Refractive Technologies Resident Travel Fellowships will be presented at the CooperVision Booth #1635 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the exhibit hall.

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Ayah Ahamed, OD, MS, State University of New York
Saad Ahmed, OD, New England College of Optometry
Brittney Brady, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Margaret Brucker, OD, The Ohio State University
Diana Chen, OD, University of Houston
Alise Chin, OD, Pacific University
Marc Deeley, OD, New England College of Optometry
Carolyn Draude, OD, Southern College of Optometry
Alyssa Drew, OD, Ferris State University
Elizabeth Fahy, OD, The Ohio State University
Adriana Ferreira, OD, University of Missouri at St. Louis
Micaela Gobeille, OD, MS, State University of New York
Alice Grasso, OD, Salus University
Alicia Hanley, OD, New England College of Optometry
Kathryn Hohs, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Tatjana Karovic, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Ryan Kern, OD, Salus University
Paula Kutzner, OD, MEd, Marshall B. Ketchum University
Alice Lim, OD, Salus University
Alexandra Literski, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Megan Lopez, OD, New England College of Optometry
Margaret Moore, OD, New England College of Optometry
Katherine Nelson, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Jennifer Nguyen, OD, MS, State University of New York
Maria Paradis, OD, Southern College of Optometry
Caitlyn Reynolds, OD, The Ohio State University
Shelby Rogers, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Jasmine Roth, OD, New England College of Optometry
Andrew Sahawneh, OD, Marshall B. Ketchum University
Aaron Salzano, OD, Marshall B. Ketchum University
Sarah Sandhaus, OD, University of California, Berkeley
Kelly Seidler, OD, Salus University
Jenna Stoddard, OD, Salus University
Jenna Sullivan, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Stephanie Uchida, OD, Northeastern State University
Heather Van Law, OD, MS, University of California, Berkeley
Amy Vinogradov, OD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Courtney Ward, OD, Southern College of Optometry
Kendra Weiler, OD, MS, Pacific University
Lauren Yoon, OD, Ferris State University


Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies Resident Travel Fellowships
Sponsored by CooperVision

Nikita Aneja, OD, New England College of Optometry
Tristan Barrueco, OD, State University of New York
Manveen Bedi, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Jonathan Chen, OD, University of Houston
Emily Cheng, OD, State University of New York
Rebecca Chung, OD, Pacific University
Marie-Michele Dupuis, OD, University of Montreal
Andrew Fischer, OD, Indiana University
Michael Franzone, OD, MPH, MCPHS
Madeleine Hacker, OD, Ferris State University
Taylor Harris, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Swati Kumar, OD, New England College of Optometry
Samantha Myers, OD, Salus University
Vakishan Nadarajah, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Marcus Noyes, OD, University of Houston
Jocelyn Ou, OD, State University of New York
Sergiu Picioreanu, OD, University of Waterloo
Alexandre Poirier-Lavallee, OD, University of Montreal
Kellen Riccobono, OD, University of Houston
Laurel Roberts, OD, Southern College of Optometry
Felicia Satrio, OD, University of Houston
Lenna Walker, OD, MS, New England College of Optometry
Jessica Walter, OD, Salus University
Lily Wang, OD, University of California Berkeley
Kimberly Weisenberger, OD, The Ohio State University
Alexa Westerbeck, OD, University of California Berkeley
Bryan Williams, OD, University of Houston
Danica Yang, OD, State University of New York
Evelyn Zhang, OD, University of Waterloo
Katherine Zhang, OD, University of Houston

American Academy of Optometry Florida Chapter Resident Travel Fellowships

Brian Roberts, OD, NOVA Southeastern University
Kiri J. Rutledge, OD, William V. Chappell, Jr. VA Outpatient Clinic
Ryan Nguyen, OD, NOVA Southeastern University
Samantha Fernandez, OD, Miami VA Medical Center