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Swartz and Whitney Beck (ELOA), Mark McKenna, Pat Torres, Rodney Hannah (Bausch and Lomb), Tom Tooma, M.D., Brett Braun (TLC Laser Eye Centers), Jeff Fujioka (Vistakon), Dan Stegall, Dave Sueki (Marchon Eyewear), Tom Duchardt and Dana Bennett (Alcon). Please take the time to thank these individuals and their compa- nies in your own offices for their support of the AAOS. It is with their help and financial support, that all our events are FREE of charge this year. My job as the AAOS President is made enjoyable by having a strong executive board to work with. I thank all the board members in advance for their time and commitment this year in making the AAOS what it is today and what it will be in the future. I thank the past presi- dents/trustees of the AAOS for their guidance and continued support of the group. I am looking forward to serving in the position of president this year. Please come out to sup- port the group and if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact my- self or any other AAOS board member. See you March 28 th in Cerritos at our next AAOS FREE CE Event. -Aaron Greetings to all the members of the AAOS! Another year has indeed passed us by very quickly. It is again time to introduce ourselves and the positions we are serving in this year. This will be my 7 th year serving on the board for the AAOS. I have had the oppor- tunity to serve for 2 years as the newsletter chair, 3 years as treasurer, 1 year as president elect, and now finally the dis- tinct honor and privilege to serve as the president of this esteemed organization. I am truly looking forward to work- ing with a fantastic board this year and am optimistic that we will be able to continue with our excellent programs, both CE and Social. As for me, not much has changed since last year. I still live and practice in South Or- ange County. I practice in a busy multi doctor office in Laguna Hills. When not see- ing patients and working on business for the AAOS, I am busy co-administrating a prac- tice management/buying group “Infinity Vision Alli- ance.” I have been happily married for 13 years and have 3 great kids, Skylar (9), Payton (6) and Colby (3). The family keeps me very busy outside of optometry. I still find myself at swim meets, basketball games, hula competitions, and dance classes with my girls. My son who recently turned 3 still loves Thomas trains, Tonka trucks and playing anything that resem- bles drums. I have three basic goals during my year as president. First, I would like to continue to maintain excellent continu- ing education seminars for our members at NO COST. If you make arrangement to attend all of our CE events we will have 13 hours over the course of the year all free of cost to members of the AAOS. Second, have a high level of participation from our membership. We will make sure our events are well organized and interesting (they are always social), with FREE food and beverage for those members who attend. Third, I‟d like to find a way to add a charitable compo- nent to our organization. We will do so by having raffles at all our FREE events with excellent prizes like plasma TV‟s, Ipods, Blue Ray Play- ers, dvd players, and great gift cards. With the money raised we will then donate the proceeds to various charities in need. (See Stacey‟s article for info on our last AAOS raffle). To accomplish these goals, we have asked companies to sponsor the AAOS. I would personally like to thank Matt President’s Message: Dr. Aaron Sako Special points of inter- est: RECAP OF THE 2010 INSTALLATION BANQUET LATEST ON ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS IN CALI- FORNIA MARCH 28 6 HOUR CE AAOS APPLICATION INTRODUCTION OF THE AAOS BOARD 2010 INSTALLATION BANQUET 2-3 OPTOMETRY REGULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA 4 UPCOMING EVENTS: MARCH 28 CE 5 MEET THE AAOS BOARD 6-9 AAOS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 10 SPONSORS 11 Inside this issue: February 2010 Volume 2, Issue 1: Eye on AAOS A PUBLICATION OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC SOCIETY Eye on AAOS

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Swartz and Whitney Beck

(ELOA), Mark McKenna, Pat

Torres, Rodney Hannah

(Bausch and Lomb), Tom

Tooma, M.D., Brett Braun

(TLC Laser Eye Centers), Jeff

Fujioka (Vistakon), Dan

Stegall, Dave Sueki (Marchon

Eyewear), Tom Duchardt and

Dana Bennett (Alcon). Please

take the time to thank these

individuals and their compa-

nies in your own offices for

their support of the AAOS. It

is with their help and financial

support, that all our events are

FREE of charge this year.

My job as the AAOS President

is made enjoyable by having a

strong executive board to work

with. I thank all the board

members in advance for their

time and commitment this year

in making the AAOS what it is

today and what it will be in the

future. I thank the past presi-

dents/trustees of the AAOS for

their guidance and continued

support of the group. I am

looking forward to serving in

the position of president this

year. Please come out to sup-

port the group and if you have

any questions or concerns,

please feel free to contact my-

self or any other AAOS board

member. See you March 28th

in Cerritos at

our next

AAOS

FREE CE

Event.

-Aaron

Greetings to all the members

of the AAOS! Another year

has indeed passed us by very

quickly. It is again time to

introduce ourselves and the

positions we are serving in this

year. This will be my 7th year

serving on the board for the

AAOS. I have had the oppor-

tunity to serve for 2 years as

the newsletter chair, 3 years as

treasurer, 1 year as president –

elect, and now finally the dis-

tinct honor and privilege to

serve as the president of this

esteemed organization. I am

truly looking forward to work-

ing with a fantastic board this

year and am optimistic that we

will be able to continue with

our excellent programs, both

CE and Social.

As for me, not much has

changed since last year. I still

live and practice in South Or-

ange County. I practice in a

busy multi doctor office in

Laguna Hills. When not see-

ing patients and working on

business for the AAOS, I am

busy co-administrating a prac-

tice management/buying

group “Infinity Vision Alli-

ance.” I have been happily

married for 13 years and have

3 great kids, Skylar (9), Payton

(6) and Colby (3). The family

keeps me very busy outside of

optometry. I still find myself

at swim meets, basketball

games, hula competitions, and

dance classes with my girls.

My son who recently turned 3

still loves Thomas trains,

Tonka

trucks and

playing

anything

that resem-

bles drums.

I have three

basic goals

during my year as president.

First, I would like to continue

to maintain excellent continu-

ing education seminars for

our members at NO COST.

If you make arrangement to

attend all of our CE events

we will have 13 hours over

the course of the year all free

of cost to members of the

AAOS. Second, have a high

level of participation from

our membership. We will

make sure our events are well

organized and interesting

(they are always social), with

FREE food and beverage for

those members who attend.

Third, I‟d like to find a way

to add a charitable compo-

nent to our organization. We

will do so by having raffles at

all our FREE events with

excellent prizes like plasma

TV‟s, Ipods, Blue Ray Play-

ers, dvd players, and great

gift cards. With the money

raised we will then donate the

proceeds to various charities

in need. (See Stacey‟s article

for info on our last AAOS

raffle).

To accomplish these goals,

we have asked companies to

sponsor the AAOS. I would

personally like to thank Matt

President’s Message: Dr. Aaron Sako

Special points of inter-

est:

RECAP OF THE 2010

INSTALLATION BANQUET

LATEST ON ELECTRONIC

HEALTH RECORDS IN CALI-

FORNIA

MARCH 28 6 HOUR CE

AAOS APPLICATION

INTRODUCTION OF THE

AAOS BOARD

2010 INSTALLATION BANQUET

2-3

OPTOMETRY REGULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA

4

UPCOMING EVENTS: MARCH 28 CE

5

MEET THE AAOS BOARD 6-9

AAOS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

10

SPONSORS 11

Inside this issue:

February 2010 Volume 2, Issue 1: Eye on AAOS

A P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E A S I A N A M E R I C A N O P T O M E T R I C S O C I E T Y

Eye on AAOS

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AAOS members, along with their

family and friends, gathered together

on Saturday, January 23rd at the

Culver City Marriot Hotel for our

annual Installation Banquet to honor

our incoming board members of

2010.

If you weren‟t able to make it this

year, you missed out on one entertain-

ing, hilarious night! It was an evening

probably unlike any other you might

experience. You may never see your

fellow colleagues and their guests

singing, dancing, per-

forming skits, or doing

a „cat-walk‟ ever again.

“The Dinner Detectives

Murder Mystery Show”

provided the entertain-

ment for the night, and

they definitely deliv-

ered!

Our guests gathered in a

private room and enjoyed an hour of

drinks and appetizers. Everyone min-

gled and dined while the actors an-

nounced that each guest was now a

part of the show. Wearing name tags

with any name other than their own,

each person was now a suspect in the

murder mystery.

Throughout the eve-

ning, the Dinner De-

tectives actors pleas-

antly interrupted our

meal with skits that

involved, unexpect-

edly, certain members

of the group. Our

guests were also un-

aware that some of

the hired actors were

actually dining right

next to them, posing to be friends or rela-

tives of AAOS members. The actors

definitely had us laughing all night

as they used our very own members

and inside jokes of optometry to be

part of the show.

Congratulations to Randy Blancq,

guest of Dr. Cindy Siu, for solving

the murder mystery of the night. He

was awarded with a bag of prizes

courtesy of The Dinner Detectives.

As our guests dined on chocolate tortes

for dessert, a thank you to our 2009

board was given and an introduction to

the new 2010 board was presented.

Guests were also given a raffle ticket,

plus an opportunity to purchase addi-

tional tickets, for a chance at an array of

wonderful prizes. Fleming‟s gift certifi-

cates, Best Buy gift

certificates, and a

Blu-Ray player are

just a few of the

many prizes given

out. Dr. Greg Kame

walked away with

the most sought after

prize of the night: a

46" Vizio flat-screen

T.V.!

All proceeds from the raffle ticket sales

will be donated to a relief fund for vic-

tims of the Haiti earthquake. AAOS is

proud to announce that a total of $1,400

was raised at our Installation Banquet to

help those in need. Read below to see

how our funds were tripled so that we

were able to donate $5600.

Special thanks to all those who attended

and had a wonderful time with us. It‟s

always nice to see our fellow colleagues

outside the office, enjoying themselves

and having some fun! We look forward

to seeing all of you at our future AAOS

events!

-Kristal Kawamoto

AAOS Social Chair

Installation Banquet Proves to be a Memorable, Hilarious Night Out!

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On behalf of the board, I would like

to personally thank

all of you who pur-

chased raffle tickets

at the Installation

Banquet. The pro-

ceeds will go to the

Haitian relief fund.

With your help, we

were able to raise

AAOS Raises Funds to Help Haiti

$1600 through the raffle ticket sales.

Here‟s the even

better news...in

addition to the

amount raised

by AAOS, Ki-

wanis Interna-

tional will

match our dona-

tion by THREE

TIMES so we will be sending $6400 to

Haiti.

A HUGE thank you

for all your support!!!

-Stacey

...this amount will be

matched THREE

TIMES by the Kiwanis

International Founda-

tion so we will be

sending $6400 to Haiti.

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To all AAOS Members:

Are you prepared for the storm? Don‟t get caught in the

rain.

Taken from the AOA website:

If you require more information please log onto the

AOA website and search for EHR recommendations.

Ten things optometrists should know about EHRs:

1. EHRs are not mandatory. The AOA

encourages doctors to use EHRs and

provides information at http://

www.aoa.org/HIT.xml but does not

recommend specific products.

2. Provisions within ARRA give signifi-

cant incentives in Medicare and Medi-

caid for doctors to use EHRs. Last win-

ter, the AOA successfully convinced

Congress to include ODs in these pro-

grams.

3. Doctors who begin using EHRs by

2011 or 2012 can receive the maximum

reward, up to $44,000 over five years

through the Medicare program (75 per-

cent of Medicare-allowed charges up to a capped

amount for each year). But if you wait until 2015 to

start, there are no incentives.

4. Doctors must use the EHRs in a "meaningful" way.

Merely purchasing/installing software will not be

enough. Doctors will have to demonstrate that they are

using the EHR as a tool to improve patient care.

5. Beginning in 2011, Medicare physicians who imple-

ment and report "meaningful use" of EHRs will be eli-

gible for an initial incentive payment up to $18,000.

ODs who practice in health professional shortage areas

may qualify for an additional 10 percent incentive

through Medicare.

6. Doctors who do not start using EHRs by 2015 may

face penalties in Medicare. However, the HHS has the

Staying Current with Optometry Regulations in California: Dr. Steve Bae

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Topic: Electronic Health Records

If you have any suggestions for future topics, please

email us at:

[email protected]

authority to make exceptions to the Medicare penalties on a

case-by-case basis for physicians who demonstrate significant

hardship (e.g., a physician who practices in rural areas without

adequate Internet access).

7. The EHRs must be "certified." The AOA has worked along-

side ophthalmology organizations to secure a certification

track for eye care EHRs, which was previously unavailable for

vendors of eye care EHRs. The AOA believes the federal gov-

ernment will provide a separate path to certi-

fication specifically for ARRA so that all

EHRs regardless of specialty or designer/

creator can be certified for purposes of the

stimulus.

8. In Medicaid, the payments begin as high

as $25,000 for the first year and up to

$10,000 each of the following five years.

But the Medicaid program has additional

hurdles and is only practical for practices

with a high volume of Medicaid patients.

9. One doctor can't get available bonuses

from both Medicare and Medicaid.

10. Doctors should begin to make plans to

implement EHRs in practice before the end

of 2010. The AOA will have more guidance

about certification and meaningful use in the months ahead.

AOA members with questions or concerns should contact

Rodney Peele of the AOA Washington office at 800-365-

2219, ext. 1348 or [email protected].

- Steve

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Upcoming Events

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March 28th: Spring 2010 Education Symposium

FEATURING 6 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

Featured Speakers: David Boyer, MD

Mark Sawamura, OD Judy Tong, OD

Tom Tooma, MD Dan Carver, OD

Jonathan Pirnazar, MD Dan Tran, MD

Time: 8AM-2PM Where: Sheraton Cerritos Hotel 12575 Center Court Drive Cerritos, CA 90703 Free parking is available at the hotel. Breakfast will be served. The cost is ZERO as a benefit for our members. Cost is $100 for non-members. Our space is limited so please sign up soon! Deadline is March 20, 2010. Please register online at www.asianamericanoptometricsociety.org Email John Lee ([email protected]) for information

Please Remember: NEW LOCATION, NEW REGISTRATION METHOD!!!

May 16th: Senior Honors Banquet McCormick and Schmick‟s Restaurant

Anaheim, CA

August 2010: AAOS Takao Shishino

Education Symposium Sheraton Hotel, Cerritos

CONGRATULATIONS!

COA recently held their house of Delegates

meeting in February and announced their

award winners. We wanted to take time to

congratulate our AAOS members!

Young Optometrist of the Year: Dr. David Ardaya

Dr. Stacey Gin

Excellence in Optometry Award: Dr. Mark Sawamura

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Greetings AAOS,

I am very excited for our upcoming

year and honored to serve as your

President-elect! This will be my sixth

year serving on the board and I look

forward to a great year. As a board,

we hope to continue to serve our fel-

low AAOS members and make

this an eventful year. The board has

been working hard to put together fun

activities and great CE and we hope

to see all of you there!

We are always

looking for new

members and for

ways to grow our

society. If you

know of a col-

league or friend, please encourage them

to join and direct them to our website:

www.asianamericanoptometricsociety.or

g. For those of you who are new gradu-

ates, membership is FREE! For gradu-

ates of the Class of 2009, membership is

only $25. Membership includes at least

12 hours of CE, delicious food and

adult drinks at our events AND awe-

some company...what a steal! Also, if

you are interested in serving on the

board, please let us

know, we would love

to have you!

Cheers to an exciting

year!

-Stacey

Meet the 2010 AAOS Board

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Hello! And welcome to another year

in AAOS! I am honored and excited

to return for a second year as your

Social Chair. Last year was definitely

fun-filled and successful. With our

increasing membership numbers and

continued support from our sponsors,

this year is looking even better!

Be sure to join us for some great up-

coming events. Our popular CE

courses fill up quickly, so be sure to

RSVP for our March CE seminar as

early as possible. In May, we will be

Social Chair: Dr. Kristal Kawamoto

hosting our annual May

Honor‟s Banquet to

honor our graduating

seniors. A new spin this

year will be an additional

opportunity for CE at

this May Honor‟s ban-

quet. Keep a look-out for

the exact date and loca-

tion of this event. As always, it will be a

day of good company, amazing food and

drinks, and now a chance to take care of

those much needed CE credits!

We are always open to new and excit-

ing venues. If you have any suggestions

or ideas for future AAOS events, please

feel free to email or call me. My goal is

to make sure our AAOS members have

an opportunity to en-

joy their time outside

of work and have fun

being an AAOS par-

ticipant!

- Kristal

President Elect: Dr. Stacey Gin

Administrative Assistant: Dr. Christina Leung

Hello AAOS members!

Happy year of the

tiger! Hope every-

one has been able to

stay dry through the

stormy weath-

ers. I‟m excited to

be returning for my 3rd year on the

AAOS board. Each year brings much

excitement as we begin planning for

through our newsletters and website.

-Christina

the upcoming year. We are always

open to ideas, so if anyone is ever inter-

ested in becoming more involved with

the board or just want to provide input,

feel free to email me or any of the other

board members.

I look forward to seeing you at our

Spring CE Symposium on Sunday, March 28 at our new venue at the

Cerritos Sheraton. Remember to stay

updated with this year‟s AAOS events

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Hello AAOS members!

This is my sec-

ond year serv-

ing as the treas-

urer and it

looks like we

are off to an

even better start than last year. We

have already received sponsorship

money from multiple sponsors and

are still waiting to hear from a few

more. It looks like this year will be the

most we have received in sponsorship

ever! Thanks mostly in part to our cur-

rent president.

We hope to continue having raffle prizes

at our events as this was a great success

at the last Installation banquet.

Our current balance is $31,946.50.

Available scholarship funds are as fol-

lows:

SCCO $2,704

Berkeley Fund $3,307

Research Fund $3,153

RTK Foundation $1,200

AAOS Foundation $950

Total

$11,314

-Shawn

Meet the 2010 AAOS Board

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Hello all AAOS members, past and

present…

I hope everyone had a great holi-

day season and is enjoying the new

year. We kicked off the year in fun

fashion at the Installation Banquet.

Those of you that did not attend…you

missed out…it was a night of fun and

prize-winning (for one particular ta-

ble that involved multiple wins!).

Anyways, January has already passed

us by…our first CE seminar in March

is quickly approaching. Please be

Membership Chair: Dr. Kenny Fukuda

sure to fill out those

membership applica-

tions and get them to

me to take advantage

of the free CE hours.

Membership this year

is $75, which in-

cludes both CE

events (6 hours each) and many other

events throughout the year. Please check

our website at

www.asianamericanoptometricsociety.or

g for more details on upcoming events.

If you have any questions, please feel

free to contact me at kfuku-

[email protected] or any of the other

board members. We‟ll see you at our

upcoming events! Go

USA and Lakers!

-Kenny

Treasurer: Dr. Shawn Yamamoto

Educational Chair: Dr. John Lee

Greetings! I would like to

thank everyone for attend-

ing our CE events the past

year. We‟ve had great

turnouts and it shows our

sponsors that we have a

great organization for them

to support and value so

that we can keep our CE as

low cost as possible. I hope been lis-

tening to your feedback and we are

trying to bring our CE closer to Los

Angeles for our Los Angeles members.

We are also trying to add more 1 hour

for updates to our meetings and to reg-

ister. I look forward to serving you the

next year. See you on March 28 and

please save the date for August 15 at the

Sheraton Cerritos Hotel. If there are

any other ways

for me to serve

you, please let

me know.

John

CE lectures so that you can

have more time to refresh

before the next lecture. We

are also having a big variety

of speakers on a myriad of

topics so that you can apply

the knowledge and informa-

tion in your offices. Lastly,

you can now register online

so that you know you have been regis-

tered. We have limited space for our

CE meetings and I know sometimes, I

do not get your e-mails when register-

ing. So make sure to check our website

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Jill is a current fourth year student at

SCCO, and honored to be serv-

ing as a student liaison for the

AAOS. She is currently doing

her last external rotation of the

year in Arizona at VA Tucson,

after spending time learning the

craft in Oklahoma, Maryland,

and California. Before starting her

optometric education at SCCO, Jill

spent four years at

the University of California, San Diego,

where she received a diverse

education with a B.S. in Biology

and B.A. in History. In the last

three years, Jill has had numer-

ous opportunities to be involved

in the optometric community,

such as traveling to Boston and

Washington, D.C. for the AOA confer-

ence, participating in numerous vision

screenings, serving as treasurer of

NOSA, being a member of the Student

Clinic Advisory,

and many more.

After graduation,

Jill plans to practice

in Southern Cali-

fornia where she

will be surrounded

by family and

friends.

Meet the 2010 AAOS Student Liasons

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Jeff was born in Torrance, Ca and has

lived his whole life in Manhattan

Beach until leaving to attend the Uni-

versity of California at Berkeley. GO

BEARS! Upon graduating with a BA

in Integrative Biology, Jeff moved

back down to So Cal and is currently

finishing his th year at the Southern

California College of Optometry.

Jeff has always tried to be actively

involved while in school and has

served as Class President for 2 years

and on the curriculum committee at

4th Year Liason: Jeff Nishi

SCCO. He has volun-

teered at many differ-

ent events such as the

Special Olympics and

other vision screen-

ings, as well as being

fortunate enough to

be a member of the

Class of 2010 Medi-

cal Missionaries with

a vision spending time in El Salvador

providing vision care and glasses to the

local people.

When not busy with school, Jeff

enjoys playing golf and all sports,

cooking, and spending time with

friends and family.

4th Year Liason: Jill Chen

4th Year Liason: Julia Tran

Julia is currently a fourth year student

at Southern California College of Op-

tometry. Prior to that, she graduated

from Cal State Fullerton with

a major in Biological Sciences

and a minor in Chemistry. She

enjoys being an active mem-

ber in the student body, and

for the past two years, she serves as Class Co-Vice Presi-

dent in raising money and

addressing the needs of her classmates.

experiences this year, she absolutely

loves her role as a future optometrist.

As a student liaison for AAOS, she will

further represent her colleagues on an

intraprofessional level. Julia is having

an amazing year

learning at her

externship sites:

Naval Health

Clinic Makalapa

at Pearl Harbor, HI, VA Salt Lake

City, UT, and Bel

-Red Vision Clinic, WA. Through her

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Jane graduated from the University of

California, Berkeley with a

BA in Molecular & Cell Biol-

ogy, and Minor in Asian

American Studies. During her

time at Cal, she was an active

member of her co-ed national

honors fraternity, Phi Sigma

Pi and was one of the pioneers

of the Taiwanese American Student

Association on campus. Even as a

student at Southern California Col-

lege of Optometry, her heart is set on

making a difference on campus and

growing & learning from all her

experiences. She took on the role

as one of the Public Relation

Chairs for SA Board during her

first year & was co-president of

Omega Delta Fraternity during her

second year. Jane has also partici-

pated in many vision screenings

for different organizations such as Lion

Clubs & RAM. She is delighted to con-

tinue to contribute to the optometric

community as a new AAOS Liaison.

Jane continues her optometric journey

with rotations at VA LAACC, Travis

Air Force Base, &

Kaiser. After she

graduates she

hopes to enter a

residency pro-

gram. Her hobbies

include laying on

the beach, watch-

ing musicals, and

traveling.

Meet the 2010 AAOS Student Liasons

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Danielle is very thankful for the op-

portunity to be serving as a third year

student liaison for AAOS this year.

She is originally from Seattle, WA

where she went to the University of

Washington to earn a B.S. in Cell and

Molecular Biology. During her under-

graduate studies she had to pleasure

of working with optometrists and

ophthalmologists at a multi-specialty

clinic where she developed a passion

for optometry. At SCCO Danielle

enjoy being involved in campus life.

Shes had to privilege of serving on

3rd Year Liason: Danielle Leong

the Student Associa-

tion Board as the De-

partment of Educa-

tion chair and enjoys

tutoring and helping

instructors as a

Teaching Assistant.

In 2008 she had the

opportunity to travel

to El Salvador for an SVOSH mission

trip. Danielle is looking forward to her

rotation sites next year in Salt Lake City,

UT, VA Las Vegas, and IHS HuHuKam

in Sacaton, AZ. After graduating, Dan-

ielle plans to complete a residency

program. In her free time, she likes

to travel, spend time with friends

and family and play with her Silky

Terrier, Bax-

ter.

3rd Year Liason: Jane Kuo

4th Year Liason: Trung Tran

Trung was raised in Riverside, CA

where he also attended the

University of California, Riv-

erside. During his time there,

he earned a Bachelor's in Bi-

ology and spent a year in

Spain where he attended the

Universidad Complutense de

Madrid, soaking up the Span-ish language and culture and

backpacking through as many

European countries as his wal-

Trung is excited about being a part of

AAOS and is looking forward to the fun

year ahead.

let would allow. Currently, Trung is a

third year student at SCCO and

has been active in class gov-

ernment, the Student Associa-

tion Board and volunteer op-

portunities. He recently re-

ceived 1st place in the AOA's

first photo contest in the

"Practice Settings" category and enjoys spending his free

time in photography, playing

guitar and climbing rocks.

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2010 Membership Application

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Please Kenneth Fukuda, O.D. Annual Membership Fee Scale Mail To: 9615 Nightingale Ave. If you graduated in:

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2009 (2nd year)

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