10/30/2020

2020 Award Winners

The Armed Forces Optometric Society (AFOS) is committed to recognizing excellence within the field and within our organization. AFOS held its first virtual meeting on October 5-6, 2020. Many members from across the nation and even over-seas attended online for great education, as well as to honor their colleagues for their significant contributions to the profession and service to our country.  

Drumroll, please, for the 2020 AFOS Award recipients.... 

AFOS Overall Junior Optometrist of the Year	AFOS Overall Senior Optometrist of the Year	AFOS Orion Award Winner
Maj Lyndsey Ferris	Lt Col Richard Baird	COL Jose Capo-Aponte
Service Specific Junior Optometrist of the Year
Air Force Dr. Lyndsey Ferris (Maj)	Army Dr. Justin Pao (MAJ)	Navy Dr. Courtney Rafferty (LT)
	IHS Dr. Paula Johns
Reserve Optometrist of the Year
	Air Force Reserve Dr. Barbara Wujciak (Col)
Student of the Year
	Nathan Keyes 2LT, US Army 3rd Year SCO
Service Specific Optometrists of the Year
Army Dr. Jennifer Stowe (LTC)	Navy Dr. Ann MacDonald (CDR)	PHS Dr. Paul DeWitt (CDR)
	Air Force Dr. Richard Baird (Lt Col)