Alumni News

Dear Fellow Alumni,

The Alumni Association enjoyed another excellent year. The committee for the revisions of the Bylaws worked very hard and we finally have a ratified sey of by-laws. Thanks to Jerry Fisher’s efforts we are legal.

Residents’ Days 2005 Meeting was a success and many of you came back to Miami for this annual end-of-the academic year event. The Residents and Fellows greatly appreciate your support.  Patrick Rubsamen, the program coordinator, did an excellent job of organizing the meeting.

During the fall cocktail party at the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Chicago, Ophthalmology Times once again selected Bascom Palmer’s Residency Program as the #1 in the United States.  This award complemented Bascom Palmer’s selection as the best eye hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.  These distinctions were complemented by the enormous participation of the alumni in the scientific program of the World Ophthalmology Congress in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

This year was the Norton Lecture was given by John Flynn.

I hope to see you at the Residents’ Days 2006 Meeting to be held June 16, 17 in Miami.  Please see our web site, www.bascompalmer.org, for more details.  Also, mark your calendars for November 12, and join us at our alumni reception during the AAO annual meeting.  Our reception will be held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.  Best wishes for 2006. 

It was a pleasure seeing many you at our annual alumni association reception last November in New Orleans during the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. At the reception, we were thrilled when Ophthalmology Times presented Bascom Palmer with the 2007 Best Program Awards for “Best Clinical Care” and “Best Training Program.” Drs. Victor Curtin, Steven Gedde and I accepted these awards on the Institute’s behalf.

I hope to see you at this year Residents’ Days on June 13 and 14, 2008 at our home-base, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, or for one of our named lectures or continuing medical education programs. Please visit our Continuing Medical Education web pages for details of upcoming events and visit our Calendar of Events. Thank you again for your support of Bascom Palmer and the Alumni Association.

Sincerely yours,

Eduardo C. Alfonso, M.D. (84)
President
Bascom Palmer Alumni Association

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