Lifetime Achievement Award

The Canadian Ophthalmological Society is pleased to recognize member ophthalmologists who have made a significant contribution to eye care during their lifelong career in medicine.

This Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals who had made a sustained impact nationally and internationally on the growth of the profession and who have maintained the highest standard of patient care in their practice. The recipient of this award has also been a strong and positive role model in the community and an exemplary mentor and educator.

This year, the Society is pleased to present this award to Howard V. Gimbel, MD, on Sunday June 21, 2009 at 1300 in the Frontenac room of the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. Colleagues, friends and family are invited to attend this presentation to applaud this outstanding individual who has represented our profession at the highest professional and personal level.

2009 COS Award for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research

First prize
Kay Lam, University of Toronto
Title: Defining the critical period for eye alignment development in infant primates: Effects of binocular decorrelation
Poster presentation, Pediatrics and Strabismus, Tuesday, June 23

Second prize
Kenman Gan, University of Alberta
Title: Comparing Atherosclerotic Risk Factors between Amaurosis Fugax (AF) and Retinal Arterial Occlusions (RAO)
Poster presentation, Retina, Monday, June 22

Third prize
Corey Smith, University of Western Ontario
Title: Quantitatively modeling ocular drug flow using micro-CT acquired images
Oral presentation, Retina, Monday, June 22, 0800-0930, Harbour A