FINAL PROGRAM - Imo

Special Awards
Special Recognition Award
Paul R Lichter MD
Dr. Lichter served as Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at
the University of Michigan Medical School from 1978 to 2012 and is the founding Director
of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, which opened in 1985. During his tenure, he expanded
the scope of clinical practice of the Department; built on a legacy of innovation to grow a
robust and vibrant vision research program; and brought together physicians and scientists
to create what is today one of the most highly regarded and successful eye centers in the
country. The center has top rankings in all areas of its mission: clinical care, research, and
education.
Special Awards
Dr. Lichter is also a respected clinician, educator, and researcher whose interests involve
glaucoma, genetics, quality of life, ethics and medical professionalism including physicianindustry
conflict of interest. He has more than 200 publications to his credit, including
scientific articles, editorials, and book chapters, and he has delivered 40 named lectures,
including the 50th Jackson Memorial Lecture in 1993. In 2008, he received the prestigious
Howe Medal from the American Ophthalmological Society.
In addition to serving as the 100th President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
in 1996, Dr. Lichter is also a Past President of the Association of University Professors of
Ophthalmology, the American Ophthalmological Society, and the Pan American Association
of Ophthalmology as well as a Past Chair of the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Until recently, he served as a Director of the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation and President of
the Society of Heed Fellows. He is currently the President of Academia Ophthalmologica
Internationalis. Dr. Lichter is a past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ophthalmology and serves
as an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
A native of Detroit, Dr. Lichter received his undergraduate, medical school, and ophthalmology
residency education at the University of Michigan and completed a glaucoma
fellowship under the late Robert N. Shaffer, M.D. at the University of California, San
Francisco. He is married to Carolyn Lichter and has a daughter, Laurie Lichter, and three
grandchildren.
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