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ing distin-guished and founding members of our society at the next In-stallation Banquet. This should be an exciting celebration and I look forward recognizing our founding fathers!
I would like to take the time to thank our wonderful sponsors. Their help and financial support is much appreciated and we would not be able to be successful without them. Please take the time to personally thank each of them at our upcom-ing CE events. I would also like to thank our wonderful Board and Board of Trus-tees. I truly appreciate all your guidance and support. The countless hours each of you spends to better our society is “priceless.” Thank you. And lastly, I would like to thank our fantastic mem-bers. The AAOS family holds a special place in my heart and again, I am very humbled and honored to serve such a wonderful group. I look forward to an exciting and eventful year. See you all at the Mach 20th CE!
Cheers!
-Stacey Gin
Dear AAOS Family, I am humbled and honored to serve as your 2011-2012 AAOS President. This is my 7th year serving the AAOS family. My involvement with the society began as a third year student where I served as one of the SCCO Class of 2006 liaisons and have been committed to AAOS ever since! I am excited and privileged to work with such a wonderful board and membership and look for-ward to a great year. Thank you for this opportu-nity.
For those of you who don’t know me, I love to keep busy! I purchased my prac-tice, Glendale Optometric Center, in 2007 and prac-tice with four other doctors. One of the doctors is also my husband, Jeff Nishi, our AAOS Social Chair. We recently got married this past September. Yes, we practice together and love it…well, so far!!! I serve on the board for the Glendale Kiwanis Service Club and Glendale Healthy Kids. Both are very important to me and focus on serving the children in our community. When I’m not working, I en-joy fishing, sports and pi-lates! My trophy fish is an 8 ½ foot Pacific Sailfish caught on the East Cape of
Cabo and is mounted on my office wall. It’s defi-nitely a conversation piece. Jeff and I recently had a new edition to our family. We adopted a Havanese puppy. Her name is Leia and she definitely keeps us busy!
As your President, I have several goals for our up-coming year. The first goal is to continue to keep all our continuing education FREE! With over 12 hours of FREE CE, reputable speakers, delicious food and wonderful raffle prizes, can it get any bet-ter? Another goal is to continue to grow our mem-bership. I would like to expand our AAOS family and focus on retaining membership and recruiting new members. We have developed an esteemed reputation within our opto-metric profession and a healthy membership will help us to continue our strong CE programs and social functions. We are always looking for new members, so if you have colleagues who are inter-ested in joining, please have them contact our membership chair, Kenny Fukuda. Another goal is to celebrate our upcoming 40th anniversary by honor-
President’s Message: Dr. Stacey Gin Special points of interest:
RECAP OF THE 2011
INSTALLATION BANQUET
MANAGEMENT OF POSTOP-
ERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS
MARCH 20: 5 HOUR CE
AAOS APPLICATION FORM
INTRODUCTION OF
THE 2011 AAOS BOARD
MEMBERS
BOARD MEMBERS’ FAVORITE
MOVIES
2011 INSTALLATION BANQUET
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ARTICLE: POSTOPERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS
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UPCOMING EVENTS: MARCH 20 CE
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MEET THE AAOS BOARD MEMBERS
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AAOS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
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SPONSORS 9,11
Inside this issue:
February 2011 Volume 3, Issue 1: Eye to 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
E y e t o A A O S
Hello AAOS members and welcome to another year with us! 2011 has definitely kicked off to a great start with the success of our first event, the annual Installation Banquet. This year, the banquet took place aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach on the evening of Saturday January 29th. Guests gathered in one of the ship’s grand ballrooms where “cocktail hour” consisted of a number of puz-zles, brain-teasers, and riddles pro-vided by our master magician/entertainer of the night, Mr. Barryn Vaughn. Although most agreed these puzzles proved to be very challeng-
ing, a good number of our guests were able to solve them and received prizes in return. After dinner was served, Mr. Vaughn began his very interactive show where guests were involved in every act. Those who were called on stage defi-nitely worked off their dinners. From relay races to a high-speed Frisbee toss, Mr. Vaughn definitely kept the crowd on their toes! A speech from past president Aaron Sako was made, thanking the old board and welcoming the new board of 2011. And of course, no AAOS event can be complete without the infamous raffle drawing. This year,
multiple gift cards, a Flip Recorder, and the grand prize of an iPad was given out. Over $1,000 was raised in raffle ticket sales to be given to the much deserving “Glendale Healthy Kids” charity.
If the rest of 2011 goes just as well as
that night did, then we’ve got a great
year in store! I’m so excited to be
working with our new president, Sta-
cey, and the rest of our board.
We’ve got a lot of great events com-
ing up and look forward to giving
back to you, our members!
- Kristal Kawamoto
Brain Teasers, Relay Races, Raffle Prizes, Entertainer Make a Memorable Installation Banquet at Queen Mary
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Endophthalmitis is one of the most feared complications of intraocular surgery. In an era of modern operative tech-niques, where expectations of flawless refractive outcomes
run high, endophthalmitis remains a source of significant morbidity. As the population ages, the number of intraocular procedures is expected to increase dramatically and endophthalmitis cases will likely increase as well.
Pathogenesis and epidemiology Postoperative endophthalmitis can develop following any in-traocular procedure. Because of the sheer volume cataract sur-geries performed, endophthalmitis following cataract extraction accounts for the majority of cases seen. Fortunately, the inci-
dence is low - around 0.09% in a several large studies1,2. Clas-sically, endophthalmitis following cataract surgery can be either acute or chronic. Acute cases occur within six weeks of surgery. Both acute and chronic infections are likely the result of normal eyelid or conjunctival flora gaining entry into the eye. The
causative organisms in acute cases are often Staphylococcus spe-cies, but other gram positive and gram negative bacteria can be seen. In contrast, chronic endophthalmitis typically results from less aggressive strains such as Propionibacterium acnes or Staphy-lococcus epidermidis.
Infections can also be seen following other intraocular proce-dures such has glaucoma filtering surgery, penetrating kerato-plasty, and vitrectomy. The rate of endophthalmitis immediately following glaucoma filters is low at around 0.16%1. However,
the presence of the filtering bleb and the use of antimetabolites during the surgery can increase the risk of developing a delayed onset endophthalmitis, even years after surgery. Streptococcus and Haemophilus species are important causative organisms3. Penetrating keratoplasty and vitrectomy are associated with low
rates of postoperative endophthalmitis at 0.10% and 0.011%, respectively, in a recent study4.
Signs and Symptoms Acute postoperative endophthalmitis usually develops shortly
after surgery. In the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study (EVS), the landmark study investigating treatment for acute post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis, 78% of patients presented within 2 weeks and the median time to presentation was 6 days5. The most frequent symptoms included blurred vision (94% of pa-
tients), redness (82%), and pain (74%). The most frequent find-ings included decreased vision (worse than 20/200 in 86%), hypopyon (85%), and opaque media (retinal vessels obscured in 79%). Other findings included eyelid swelling, corneal edema, anterior chamber cell and flare, fibrin, vitritis, and retinitis.
In contrast, chronic endophthalmitis has a much milder clinical appearance. Symptoms can start months after surgery and in-clude mild pain, decreased visual acuity, and light sensitivity. A whitish plaque on the posterior IOL surface can sometimes be seen in cases of Propionibacterium acnes infections. These depos-
its represent organisms sequestered within the capsular bag that can be inadvertently released into the vitreous following YAG capsulotomy. Other exam findings can include anterior chamber cell and flare, keratic precipitates, and vitritis. A frank hy-popyon is often absent.
Bleb-associated endophthalmitis can occur at any time following filtering surgery. The classic appearance of the eye is "white on red," where a white bleb filled with purulent material stands out
Management of Postoperative Endophthalmitis: David S. Liao, M.D.-Ph.D. RETINA VITREOUS ASSOCIATES|offices in Torrance, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, No. Hollywood, Santa Clarita|213.483.8810
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on a background of red, injected conjunctiva. The anterior and posterior findings are similar
those seen in post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis.
Treatment
General guidelines for the treatment of acute endophthalmitis following cataract surgery are often based on the results of the EVS. Manage-ment depends on initial visual acuity. Eyes with at least hand motions vision can be initially treated with a vitreous
tap, which is sent for culture, and an intravitreal injection of antibiot-ics. In contrast, eyes with light perception vision are managed with vitrectomy and intravitreal antibiotics. Currently, most physicians use a combination of vancomycin and ceftazidime, since these drugs cover the vast majority of causative organisms. Amikacin can be
used in place of ceftazidime in patients with allergies to b-lactams. The EVS showed no benefit of intravenous antibiotic therapy, but newer drugs such as the fourth generation fluoroquinolones pene-trate the vitreous well and may be useful adjunctive therapy. Some physicians also advocate the use of dexamethasone injections to
combat the often severe inflammation, although this remains contro-versial. Chronic endophthalmitis following cataract surgery can be treated with the injection of intravitreal antibiotics as well. Because the cap-sular bag likely contains infectious material, a vitrectomy with subto-
tal removal of the capsule can be considered. Should these proce-dures fail, it may be necessary to remove both the lens implant and the capsule entirely. Treatment of bleb-associated infections can also vary. If only the bleb and anterior chamber show inflammation, the infection may
respond to topical fortified antibiotics. Involvement of the vitreous requires intravitreal antibiotics and possibly vitrectomy.
Outcomes The course of improvement following treatment of endophthalmitis is
often slow and multiple procedures may be required. However, outcomes are often favorable. In the EVS, 53% of patients achieved a visual acuity of 20/40 or better. The most common cause for decreased visual acuity was a macular abnormality such as an epiretinal membrane or macular edema. Corneal or vitreous
opacities may also limit vision. In summary, the diagnosis and treatment of endophthalmitis can be daunting tasks. Different etiologies and causative organisms can produce varied presenting symptoms and clinical courses. However, a high index of suspicion, prompt treatment, and vigilant follow up
can lead to a good result.
References 1. Aaberg TM Jr, Flynn HW Jr, Schiffman J, Newton J. Ophthalmology. 1998 Jun;105
(6):1004-10. Nosocomial acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis survey. A 10-year review of incidence and outcomes.
2. Javitt JC, Street DA, Tielsch JM, Wang Q, Kolb MM, Schien O, Sommer A, Bergner M, Steinberg EP. Ophthalmology. 1994 Jan;101(1):100-5. National outcomes of cataract
extraction. Retinal detachment and endophthalmitis after outpatient cataract surgery. Cata-ract Patient Outcomes Research Team.
3. Greenfield DS, Suñer IJ, Miller MP, Kangas TA, Palmberg PF, Flynn HW Jr. Arch Ophthal-mol. 1996 Aug;114(8):943-9. Endophthalmitis after filtering surgery with mitomycin.
4. Wykoff CC, Parrott MB, Flynn HW Jr, Shi W, Miller D, Alfonso EC. Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Sep;150(3):392-398. Nosocomial acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis at a
university teaching hospital (2002-2009).
5. Arch Ophthalmol. 1995 Dec;113(12):1479-96. Results of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy
Study. A randomized trial of immediate vitrectomy and of intravenous antibiotics for the
treatment of postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis. Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study
Group.
U p c o m i n g E v e n t s
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March 20th: Spring 2011 Education Symposium
featuring 5 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Franklin Lusby: Candidate Selection and Emerging Technologies in Refractive Surgery
Dr. Tom Tooma: Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Dry Eye
Dr. Dan Tran: Technology and Intra-Ocular Surgery
Dr. Julia Song: Post-op Management of Trab and Tubes
Dr. Alice Song: Ophthalmic Side Effects of Systemic Medications
May 2011: Senior Honors Banquet TBD
July 31, 2011: AAOS Takao Shishino Education Symposium
Sheraton Hotel, Cerritos
The cost is ZERO as a benefit to members $100 for non-members
Sign up soon as space is limited Deadline is March 13, 2011
Please register online at www.aaosociety.org
Email [email protected] for more information
Time: registration at 7:00 Breakfast will be served
Lecture 8AM-2PM Place: Sheraton Cerritos Hotel
12725 Center Court Drive Cerritos, CA 90703
Free parking is available at the hotel
Win an iPad Proceeds from raffle sales will benefit Glendale Healthy Kids !
Hello AAOS members! I am so excited and honored to be returning for my 4th year on the Board as President-Elect. We’ve got a great group working to-gether to make 2011 the best yet. The Installation Banquet was a successful and extremely entertaining start to the year. Let’s hope this sets the tone for the months to come. We continue to spark the interest of major optometric/ophthalmic companies who express their desire to support AAOS. I must say that this is largely due to the continued participation by you, our members. Thank you for making us such a strong organization. Our sponsors make it possible for us to continue all of
our great events and in return, give back to the AAOS members. So I was asked to write about a favorite movie of mine, and I must say, it was more difficult than I thought it would be. I don’t have an all-time favorite movie, and to be honest, you’d rarely find me in a movie theater on my own free will. But if I had to choose, Pretty Woman is definitely a movie that I don’t seem to mind watching again and again. It’s a classic! The dynamics be-tween Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is so natural, you’d think you were watching reality TV. It’s a fun, feel-good movie that lifts the spirits and takes you away from the real world for a few hours. And isn’t that what movies are all about?!On that
note, I can only hope that our events do the same for our members, but I am realis-tic. The words “CE” and “fun, feel-good, lifts the spirits” rarely come together in the same sentence. But we do hope we are making these required hours as painless as possible. Our huge raffle prizes and the annual Installation Banquet are just a few ways we add some fun to our profession! We are always open to suggestions and comments to improve and better direct the organization. Do not hesitate to contact any of us. Our next event will be the Spring CE in March, and I look forward to seeing all of you there. Best wishes for a happy, “feel-good” 2011! -Kristal
Meet the 2011 AAOS Board Members
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Hello! My name is Jeff and I am very honored and excited to serve as the new Social Chair for AAOS in 2011-2012. This will be my third year being
involved with AAOS as I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to be a student liaison for my 3rd and 4th years while attending SCCO until I recently graduated last May. Looking ahead I will be in charge of planning the 4th year SCCO honors ban-
Social Chair: Dr. Jeff Nishi quet/CE in May 2011 as well as the next installation banquet in January 2012. For those who did not attend the banquet this year at the Queen Mary it was a blast with
fun activities, good food and company as well as awesome raffle prizes (Great job Kristal!). With the continued support of our wonderful sponsors I hope to continue the tradition of another fun-filled and successful year. Keep a close eye out for more infor-mation regarding the upcoming honors
banquet in May. We will make sure to keep you guys posted as soon as the ex-act date and time is determined. If any-one has suggestions on any venues for our
next installation banquet and/or sugges-tions for changes they would like to see happen at any of these two events please let me know. Thanks! I hope to see every-one at our next CE on March 20th at the Cerritos Sheraton!
-Jeff
President Elect: Dr. Kristal Kawamoto
Administrative Assistant: Dr. Connie Liu Hi AAOS members! I’m excited to start my first year as Ad-ministrative Assistant, and hopefully I can make Christina Leung proud! As far as
my favorite movie goes, it is so hard to decide. I’m going to go old-school
ing me he had paid less than a dollar to watch it in the movie theaters and that he had never forgotten the experience. So I guess I love the movie because not only is
it full of drama and romance, it also gave me time to bond with my parents! -Connie
though, and say Gone with the Wind. I still remember the first time I watched it sitting on the couch with my parents. I was so excited because I actually got to watch
television on a weeknight (which was typi-cally banned!). I remember my dad tell-
My favorite movie of all time, hmmm…. If it was trilogies it would be Lord of the Rings, musical Dream Girls, comedy Dumb and Dumber, but the movie that I always go back to is an action adven-ture. It has your typical car chases, fight scenes, suspense, and one liners, but the soundtrack of the movie always gives me chills and inspiration. Not to mention that it has Vanessa Marcil in
her prime. While Sean Connery and Nick Cage are not my favorite of actors, they fit their respective roles perfectly. Not to mention Ed Harris. And while this is one of the first of Michael Bay typical action movies it still stands out as my favorite. By now, I hope you know that I am talking about… The Rock!
-Shawn
Here is the updated treasurer’s report: Our current balance is $29,016.18. Available scholarship funds are as follows: SCCO $2,829 Berkeley Fund $3,307 Research Fund $3,153 RTK Foundation $1,225 AAOS Foundation $1,150 Total $11,664
Operating budget $17,352.18
Meet the 2011 AAOS Board Members
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Happy New Year to all AAOS mem-bers! Another year is upon us and we eagerly look forward to what the new year has in store for us. The important things for me to keep track of: Will the Lakers win another championship and achieve another 3-peat? Will Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen make a come-back from rehab? Will people come to their senses and realize that Justin Bie-ber and Kesha have no talent?
We started out the year with the Instal-lation Banquet…if you were able to
Membership Chair: Dr. Kenny Fukuda attend, you really missed a very fun and entertaining night. We found our very own Shawn Yamamoto has ninja-like quick re-flexes and can catch Frisbees thrown at very fast speeds. We also found some guest are quite talented in obeying com-mands that put them in precarious positions just to have a chance at winning a prize. Some guests demonstrated “skills” in con-trolling a vehicle that makes me question whether I want to be on the road while
they are driving. You had to be there to get the whole experience! Oh, and did I mention that there were great prizes that
were taken home by some lucky guests? Please remember to renew your member-ship for 2011. An application is enclosed; send it to me with payment or visit our website, www.aaosociety.org, to pay by Paypal. When asked what one of my favorite movies is, I would have to say Ferris Buel-ler’s Day Off. Hope everyone has a happy and prosper-ous new year…we’ll see you at one or
more of our events during the year, start-ing with the Spring CE in March!
-Kenny
Treasurer: Dr. Shawn Yamamoto
Educational Chair: Dr. John Lee Hello everyone. Thanks for reading my corner of the newsletter. We are all excited to pre-sent another year of continuing education programs for you. We will start the year off with an event on March 20 with 5 hours of CE at the same place and same time. There will be a little bit of
something new and a little bit of some-thing familiar. See the attached flyer for more information. We will also host an-
my favorite movie? I don’t see too many movies because I just don’t have the time but I’m a big fan of Toy Story 3. By the time you read this, you will know if it has won the Best Animated Feature category (a shoe-in) and if it has won Best Picture (a long shot). We’ll have to see. Thanks for letting me serve as your CE
chair. -John
other 2 hours in May at the Honors Ban-quet for our newest doctors of optometry and we will close off the year with an-other 5 hours of CE on July 31 so please save the date. We always strive to have CE that is cur-rent and helpful to your practice. If you have any suggestions for speakers or to
make the meetings better, please let me know. I hope to see you at a future event. To go along with everyone else, what is
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Trung was raised in Riverside, CA where he also attended the Uni-versity of California, Riverside. During his time there, he earned a Bachelor's in Biology and spent a year in Spain where he at-tended the Universidad Com-plutense de Madrid, soaking up the Spanish language and culture and backpacking through as many European countries as his
wallet would allow. Currently, Trung is a fourth year student at SCCO and has been active in class government, the Student As-sociation Board and volunteer op-portunities. He received 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. Trung is ex-
cited about being a part of AAOS and is looking for-ward to the fun year ahead.
Meet the 2011 AAOS Student Liaisons
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Danielle is very thankful for the opportunity to be serving as a fourth year student liaison for AAOS this year. She is origi-nally from Seattle, WA where she went to the University of Washington to earn a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology. During her undergraduate stud-ies she had to pleasure of working with optometrists and ophthalmologists at a multi-specialty clinic where she devel-
4th Year Liaison: Danielle Leong
oped a passion for optometry. At SCCO Danielle enjoys being involved in campus life. She’s had to privilege of serving on the Student Association Board as the Department of Education chair and enjoys tutoring and helping instructors as a Teaching Assistant. In 2008 she had the opportunity to travel to El Salva-dor for an SVOSH mission trip. Danielle’s rotation sites this year are in Salt Lake City, UT, VA Las
Vegas, and IHS Hu-HuKam in Sacaton, AZ. After graduat-ing, Danielle plans to complete a resi-dency program. In her free time, she likes to travel, spend time with friends and family and play with her Silky Terrier,
Baxter.
4th Year Liaison: Trung Tran
4th Year Liasion: Jane Kuo
Jane graduated from the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley with a BA in Molecular & Cell Biology, 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 Ameri-can Student Association on cam-pus. Even as a student at South-ern California College of Op-tometry, her heart is set on mak-ing a difference on campus and
with rotations at VA LAACC, Travis Air Force Base, & Kaiser. After she graduates she hopes to enter a residency program. Her hobbies include laying on the beach, watching musicals, and traveling.
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 participated in many vision screenings for different organiza-tions such as Lion Clubs & RAM. She is delighted to continue to contribute to the optometric com-munity as a AAOS Liaison. Jane continues her optometric journey
Erin is currently a third year student at SCCO and is truly honored to be a part of AAOS this year! She was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV and graduated from the University of Nevada-Reno with a major in Biology and minor in Psy-chology. Although her interest in optometry be-gan in high school, she solidified her interest while working at an optometrist’s office during her undergraduate years. In the past three
years, she’s had the privilege of taking on multiple leadership roles, such as serving as Class Secretary, Class President, and Omega Delta Fraternity Historian. She is very excited for her 4th year rotations in Sandy, UT; Las Vegas, NV; and Lawton, Oklahoma. On her free time, she likes to go bike riding along the beach, dance, and
spend time with family and friends.
Meet the 2011 AAOS Student Liaisons
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As a native southern Californian, Silvia was raised in Monterey Park, CA. Before starting optometry school at SCCO, she graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in psychobiology and a minor in political sci-ence. During her undergraduate studies, she was fortunate to work in a developmental optometry office as a vision therapist. At SCCO, Silvia enjoys being involved with volunteering opportunities and is active in various organizations as the student liaison for the College of Optometrists in Vision
3rd Year Liaison: Sylvia Han
Development and BSK treasurer. As third year approaches to an end, she is looking forward to her rotation sites next year at an IHS in New Mexico, VA Las Vegas, and a developmental optometry office in Denver, Colorado. She plans to enter a residency program in vision therapy upon graduation. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends – whether it may be cooking, watching movies, or traveling.
3rd Year Liaison: Erin Frillarte
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Glendale Healthy Kids has been se-lected as our charity of the year. All of our raffle proceeds will go to this non-profit organization. We have already raised almost $1300 for GHK this year. This non-profit focuses on helping children gain access to vision and health care and also stresses the importance of preventative care. GHK sponsors sev-
eral vision screenings and health fairs, works closely with the Lions Eye Mobile and will be featuring the VSP Eye Clinic at their upcoming Health and Fitness Expo on April 9th. If you are interested in volunteering your ser-vices as an optometric provider, please e-mail [email protected]. Thank you!
Revenue from Raffles Benefits Local Children’s Organization
Guess the AAOS Board Members’ Favorite Movies:
ANSWERS: 1. Mark Sawamura 2. Jason Lam 3. Jason Lam 4. Mark Sawamura 5. Jeff Nishi 6. Shawn Yamamoto 7. Shawn Yamamoto 8. Jason Lam 9. Mark Sawamura 10. Kenny Fukuda 11. Connie Liu 12. Greg Kame 13. Shawn Yamamoto 14. Stacey Gin, Erin Frillarte 15. Brenda Lien, Jason Lam16. Kristal Kawamoto 17. Mark Sawamura 18. Mark Sawamura 19. Cindy Siu 20. Mark Sawamura, Shawn Yamamoto 21. Mark Sawamura 22. John Lee 23. Mark Sawamura 24. Mark Sawamura
1. Anchorman 2. Avatar 3. Big Trouble in Little China 4. Black Hawk Down 5. Braveheart 6. Dream Girls 7. Dumb and Dumber 8. Elf 9. Enter the Dragon 10. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 11. Gone with the Wind 12. Grease
13. Lord of the Rings 14. My Best Friend’s Wedding 15. My Sassy Girl 16. Pretty Woman 17. Sleepless in Seattle 18. Star Wars 19. The Fifth Element 20. The Rock 21. Tombstone 22. Toy Story 3 23. True Lies 24. When Harry Met Sally
*some board members have more than one favorite
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