Faculaty Honors, Awards, Lectures and Presentations

William R. Freeman, M.D., Professor and Director of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Retina Center, received the ‘best scientific poster award” by the American Academy of Ophthalmology for his scientific presentation entitled “Extension Study of Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for CNV Due to AMD”. He was selected as Conference Board President at the Fourth International Conference on Ocular Infections in Sapporo, Japan and was once again selected on the 2006 “Best Doctors in America” list.

Michael H. Goldbaum, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology, has once again been selected by San Diego Magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2006.

Don O. Kikkawa, M.D., Professor and Chief of Oculofacial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, has once again been selected by San Diego Magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2006, of which he is 1 of only 25 that have been selected for the last 4 years in a row. Dr. Kikkawa has also been selected to Woodward and White’s “Best Doctors in America” 2006.

Leah Levi, M.D., Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurosciences; Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program, was selected by San Diego Magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2006.

Robert N. Weinreb, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Hamilton White Glaucoma Center, was elected President of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS) for 2006-2008, and for Outstanding Attending from the University of California San Diego, Department of Ophthalmology for 2005-2006.

Barbara L. Brody, M.P.H.
Invited Speaker: “Reaching Out to the Forgotten People: Eye Care, Education, and Treatment.” This work was published in Archives of Ophthalmology and featured by ABC.com, Forbes.com, Eurotimes, Eyeworld and as continuing education units for physicians.

Invited Speaker: 91st Annual Congress of the American College of Surgeons on the topic of “Improving the Quality of Life in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients with Visual Impairment and Blindness”.

William R. Freeman, M.D.
Invited Speaker: Fourth International Conference on Ocular Infections in Sapporo, Japan, October 2005.

Invited Speaker: Harvey Lincoff Lecture at Cornell University, New York, on Macular Degeneration and new drug delivery systems, November, 2005.

Keynote Lecturer: Spanish Society of Uveitis, Barcelona, Spain, February, 2006.

Visiting Professor Lecturer: Kapi-Olani Medical Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006.

Visiting Professor Lecturer: Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, 2006.

David B. Granet, M.D., F.A.A.O., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P.
Invited Speaker: “Children with reading and learning difficulties surely can’t benefit from seeing a paediatric ophthalmologist?” at the XIV Bury St. Edmunds Ophthalmic Symposium, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, September 2006.

Don O. Kikkawa, M.D.
Invited Speaker: Argentine Society of Ophthalmology in Buenos Aires, July 22-26, 2006

Invited Speaker, “Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy.” American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Spring Scientific Symposium. Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 24, 2006.

Invited Faculty: Cosmetic Eyelid and Midface Symposium, a Practical Anatomy Workshop at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri., July 27, 2006.

Shira L. Robbins, M.D.
Featured Speaker: Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (under the auspices of the County of San Diego Department of Human Services) on ‘Vision Screening in Young Children”, San Diego, California, October 11, 2006.

Robert N. Weinreb M.D.
Keynote and Plenary Lecturer: 17th meeting of the Japanese Glaucoma Society in Kobe, Japan, September, 2006.

Keynote Lecturer: “Open Angle Glaucoma Surgery, at the 3rd World Glaucoma Surgery Congress in Toronto, Canada, May, 2006.

Plenary Lecturer: World Congress of Ophthalmology, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March, 2006.

Keynote Lecturer: Resident-Alumni Day, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, 2006.

Fifth Richard C. Troutman Lecturer: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, June, 2006.

Keynote Lecturer: Resident-Alumni Day, University of California, Irvine, June, 2006.

Irving H. Leopold Lecturer: Irvine, California, June, 2006.

Keynote Lecturer: Third International Congress on Glaucoma Surgery, Toronto, Canada, June, 2006.

Invited Lecturer: Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin, Germany, October, 2006.

Research for Sight Lecturer: University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October, 2006.

Second Florence Teicher Lecturer: Columbia University, New York, October, 2006.

Ridley Medal Lecturer: St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, November, 2006.