For nearly 30 years, the Academy Foundation has advanced lifelong ophthalmic education and public service thanks to the support of thousands of donors.

Last year, proceeds from the Orbital Gala:

• Public Service: Helped more than 220,000 people with eye care and/or eye health information through the EyeCare America program- a 36% increase from last year's performance.
  


• AAO worldwide educational network: Provided continued support of the O.N.E. (Ophthalmic News and Education) Network which in January completed a successful major redesign that resulted in a 26% increase in visits the first month.
  


• International Outreach: Through the Rotary Club Host Project, Host an Ophthalmologist and complimentary registrations, the program supported 48 ophthalmologists from developing countries who attended the Annual Meeting in Atlanta. As a result, a grateful doctor wrote: "I have seen in practice the procedures and techniques only previously seen in books and electronic media."
  


• Museum of Vision: Preserved ophthalmic heritage as the Museum of Vision undertakes the process of digitizing its entire 38,000 piece collection so that it will be available to our members and the general public.
  



Your generosity is a tribute to a great profession and the patients we serve.

THANK YOU!

We are grateful to those who are helping to make this year's event an extraordinary success. The Academy Foundation extends its thanks and appreciation to the 2009 commercial supporters.

Platinum Sponsors
Genentech, Inc.

Gold Sponsors
Alcon
Pfizer Ophthalmics
VISTAKON Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Silver Sponsor
Eli Lilly and Company

Bronze Sponsors
Abbott Medical Optics

We are grateful for your generous support.

The Foundation Advisory Board
B. Thomas Hutchinson, MD, Chair
David D. Goodwin, GCT
Adrienne Graves, PhD
Hans R. Grieshaber
Gavin Herbert
H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr., MD
Allan D. Jensen, MD
Eugene S. Katz
James V. Mazzo
Tony McClellan
Norman B. Medow, MD
Marilyn T. Miller, MD
Richard P. Mills, MD, MPH
Charles R. Munnerlyn, PhD
David J. Noonan
Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD
David W. Parke II, MD
David Paton, MD
Sushil K. Premchand
David E. I. Pyott, CBE
Cary Rayment
Timothy R. G. Sear
Ronald E. Smith, MD
Bruce E. Spivey, MD
Ellen R. Strahlman, MD, MHSc
Tom Sullivan
William Tasman, MD
Kenneth D. Tuck, MD
Brad A. Wong, Executive Director