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infocus Helping Hands ICO alumni travel around the world bringing eye care, vision services and even non-optometry related aid to very needy people. Here are a few of their missions in recent months. Alumni are encouraged to share their stories and photos by e-mailing ICO Matters Editor Jacqui Cook at jcook@ico.edu. ICO’s Alfred Rosenbloom, OD ’48, and Tracy Matchinski, OD ’95, took a six-day mission trip to the Nicaraguan cities of Esteli, Condega, Limay and Ocotal. Their VOSH group included 25 people: four optometrists, one ophthalmologist, two ICO third-year students, three opticians and 15 support personnel. They saw 1,479 patients during their visit, distributing more than 2,000 pairs of glasses, 750 pairs of sunglasses, more than 150 magnifiers and telescopes to patients with visual impairments, and therapeutic drops for several conditions. It’s worth noting that this trip took place just weeks before Dr. Rosenbloom celebrated his 90th birthday! Top photo: Dr. Rosenbloom performs a trial frame refraction on a patient with the help of Lion Sergio Romero, the group’s main helper for the trip. Bottom left: Dr. Rosenbloom and good friend Dr. Cecilia Escobar of Oaxaca, Mexico, who has worked with ICO VOSH trips for 25 years. Bottom right: Rachel Thelen, class of 2012, performs a binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy. Tommy Lim, OD ’77, spent a week in Thailand with the First Chinese Baptist Church in San Francisco, distributing gift bags in Sompoi Village, a remote area in the hills of northern Thailand. Dr. Lim and his group were there to fight labor exploitation and human trafficking. He is pictured on the right passing out donated toys to the children. 6 / Summer 2011 / ICO MATTERS
infocus ICO Has Strong Showing on New AOA Committees Several individuals from Illinois who were appointed to American Optometric Association (AOA) Committees have ties to ICO. These committees are part of a team of more than 350 active volunteers who work with 110 employees in the St. Louis and Washington, D.C., offices to advance the association’s mission of advocacy and service for its 36,000 members. “The AOA’s strength lies in the passion and commitment of its members who advocate for the profession at the state and federal levels. They help build awareness of optometrists’ skills and capabilities through community leadership, to set professional ethical standards, and to improve the public health,” says Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD ’01, ICO’s assistant dean for curriculum and assessment who was appointed to the Practice Advancement Committee. The other ICO-related committee members from Illinois are: Arol Augsburger, OD, ICO president, Federal Relations Committee Vince Brandys, OD ’90, senior director for government relations and charitable services, Membership Development Committee Dennis Brtva, OD ’84, Optometry Awareness and Public Affairs Committee Michael Chaglasian, OD chief of staff at the Illinois Eye Institute and associate professor of optometry, Federal Relations Committee (consultant) Mark Colip, OD ’92, ICO vice president of student, alumni and college development, Research and Information Center Executive Committee Valarie Conrad, OD ICO vice president of compliance and community - based services, Insurance Committee Robert Davis, OD ’79, Industry Relations Center Executive Committee Gulroop Hansra, OD ’94, Practice Advancement Committee Mark Jacquot, OD ’87, Membership Development Committee Peter Kehoe, OD ’84, AOA Award Committee Pamela Lowe, OD ’88, Communications Group Executive Committee, Optometry’s Image Coordinating Committee ICO Dean to Take New Path After serving four years as ICO’s vice president and dean for academic affairs, Kent Daum, OD, PhD, completed his administrative service following the 2011 Commencement. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time as dean.” Dr. Daum says. “Dr. Daum’s nearly four years of academic leadership has been marked by significant milestones,” said ICO President Arol Augsburger, OD, “including historically high levels of performance on National Board examinations and record numbers of students attaining Dean’s List status each quarter. The institution is in a better place today than it was four years ago because of his dedicated work.” Kent Daum, OD, PhD After significant Stephanie Messner, OD deliberation and broad consultation with senior faculty members, ICO and IEI administrations, and key members of the Faculty Council Executive Committee, Dr. Augsburger appointed Stephanie Messner, OD, to serve as interim vice president and dean for academic affairs. Dr. Messner brings a wealth of exceptional characteristics and experience to this position and the institution having served as a faculty member for 26 years and an academic administrator for 16 years. As the interim appointee she assumes all the responsibilities of the chief academic office, for the College, and is empowered to exercise academic and administrative leadership consistent with the expectation of the office and the President. In the coming months, Dr. Augsburger will appoint a national search committee to recommend candidates for a vice president and dean for academic affairs. Summer 2011 / ICO MATTERS / 7
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