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Alicia Hoglund

PEOPLE

Colonel Donald Gagliano, MD, has joined Bausch + Lomb as its newest vice president, global development operations. MODO Eyewear has appointed Liz Tontodonati to the position of vice president of marketing and licensed brands. Previously she held management positions at Carrera, Marcolin, and Viva International Group. High Performance Optics has appointed Larry Rodriguez chief operating officer. Rodriguez is an experienced senior executive, and has held key positions with Pixel Optics and other companies. Schneider Optical Machines has named Brandon Butler its consumable product manager-North America. Above, Liz Tontodonati, MODO Eyewear; below, Brandon Butler, Schneider Optical Machines

BUSINESS UPDATES

PixelOptics has stopped distribution of its first-generation Empower electronic focusing eyewear product and is working on a second-generation version. The redesigned product is expected to launch later this year.

Transitions Adaptive Sunglasses, a line of automatically adjusting sunglasses and shields from Transitions Optical, Inc., will be the 2013 presenting sponsor for The Grill Room, a weekly, two-hour radio show about golf. Hosted by Bob Bubka and Alex Miceli, the show airs Saturdays and Sundays on the PGA TOUR Network on Sirius 208/XM 93.

GOOD DEEDS

Prevent Blindness America will be hosting its sixth annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament at the Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2013, in conjunction with 2013 International Vision Expo West. Interested parties may sign up in foursomes or individual spots. Sponsorship opportunities and committee positions are still available.

INFO: preventblindnessamerica.us/swingforesight, or email ddisch@preventblindness.org

AWARDS

Optometry Giving Sight recently presented awards to its top donors for 2012. The newly formed Chairman’s Circle, which recognizes excellence in personal and practice contributions, inducted its first members: Fig Garden Optometry, CA (Jeffrey Krohn, OD); Vision Source Family Eye Center, TX (Moes Nasser, OD); Isthmus Eye Care, WI (Victor J. Connors, OD; Colin V. Connors, OD; Scott A. Jens, OD, FAAO; and Callie M.P. Maursetter, OD); Chapel Hills Vision and Monument Vision, CO (Joanne Hendrick, OD, and Frank Puckett, OD); and Carolina Family Eye Care, NC (David Lupinski, OD, and Amir Khoshnevis,OD). The following were also recognized: Philanthropist of the Year, Dennis Kuwabara, OD, Eye Care Associates of Hawaii; Practice of the Year, Isthmus Eye Care, WI; World Sight Day Challenge Outstanding Contribution, Springfield Vision Clinic, MO.

Optometry Giving Sight CEO Clive Miller (l) and Chairman’s Club members pose with the 2012 OGS Chairman’s Circle inductees and awards winners

Adlens’ award-winning Emergensee adjustable glasses

Adlens has won third place in the Lifestyle and Social Impact category of the Edison Awards for its Emergensee adjustable glasses.

WORD SEARCH

Below are the answers to the Ocular Emergencies and Maladies word search by Jenean Carlton, BA, ABOC, NCLC.