October | November - Missouri Optometric Association
October | November - Missouri Optometric Association October | November - Missouri Optometric Association
October | November 2008 Dr. Ryan Powell Honored With Young Optometrist of the Year Branson MO--Dr. Ryan Powell of Insight Eyecare Specialties was presented with the Young Optometrist of the Year Award at the Missouri Optometric Association’s (MOA) 2008 Awards luncheon on October 10 held at the Chateau on the Lake in Branson, Missouri. The awards luncheon is part of the MOA’s annual Convention and Education Forum. The Young Optometrist of the Year Award is presented to a Missouri optometrist who has been in practice less than ten years and shows leadership in optometry and service to the visual welfare of the public. Dr. Powell serves as the InfantSEE state coordinator for Missouri and on the Missouri Optometric Association Board of Directors. He was the MO-PAC chairman from 2002 to 2005. Dr. Powell received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1996. He was a Cum Laude graduate of Southern College of Optometry in 2002. He was voted class president and a member of the Gold Key Optometric Honor Society and the Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Fraternity. Dr. Powell was recognized for all his efforts and dedicated service in promoting optometry in Missouri. He is the owner of Insight Eyecare Specialties with 4 locations in western Missouri. He has associate doctors including Dr. Patrick Whitworth, Dr. Andrea Keele, Dr. Lee Anne Whitworth, Dr. Glade Whitworth, and Dr. Irv Fudemberg working at his offices in Kansas City, Independence and Rock Port, Missouri. Dr. Powell was presented with the Young Optometrist of the Year Award by his father, Dr. Jeffery Powell. When Dr. Ryan Powell went to the podium to accept he was accompanied by his wife of 11 years, Amy, and their three children, Andie, age 9; Landyn, age 8; and Jake, age 5. 8
October | November 2008 Jennifer Ross Honored as Paraoptometric of the Year Jennifer Ross was voted 2008 Paraoptometric of the Year for the state of Missouri. The Paraoptometric of the Year Award is sponsored by Sutherlin Optical. Jennifer Ross was presented the Paraoptometric of the Year Award by Steve Sutherlin of Sutherlin Optical. She is the Research Coordinator with InSight Eyecare in Warrensburg, Missouri. Jennifer is currently active on the Missouri Board of Directors for the Missouri Paraoptometric Association. She has been in the optical profession for 27 years. She has passed her CPOA (Certified Paraoptometric Assistant) and ABOC (American Board of Opticianry Certified) exams. A touching moment during the awards luncheon was when Jennifer’s family surprised her by being at the ceremony, but out of sight, so they could join her at the podium. Jennifer was joined by her husband of 33 years and three daughters. She also has one son-in-law in the Army and five grandchildren. President’s Message, from page 3 Younger ODs...I encourage you to share your vision and eagerness with the older docs, to want to step up and invest in your profession. You cannot sit back and do nothing, for it will be taken away from you and all the hard work from the previous generations will have been for nothing. Visit and learn from the older doctors, learn from their successes and yes…..their mistakes. It is going to take an effort by all of us to continue to keep our profession heading in the right direction and keep focused on serving patients, which in the end is what we are all about. In this day and age when the media and society state and portray “it is all about me,” it is not. Change that mindset — it is about serving others. With that in mind, it is my pleasure and honor to serve the MOA and its great members. 9
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<strong>October</strong> | <strong>November</strong> 2008<br />
Dr. Ryan Powell<br />
Honored With Young<br />
Optometrist of the Year<br />
Branson MO--Dr. Ryan Powell<br />
of Insight Eyecare Specialties<br />
was presented with the Young<br />
Optometrist of the Year Award at the<br />
<strong>Missouri</strong> <strong>Optometric</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s<br />
(MOA) 2008 Awards luncheon on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 10 held at the Chateau on<br />
the Lake in Branson, <strong>Missouri</strong>. The<br />
awards luncheon is part of the MOA’s<br />
annual Convention and Education<br />
Forum.<br />
The Young Optometrist of the Year<br />
Award is presented to a <strong>Missouri</strong><br />
optometrist who has been in practice<br />
less than ten years and shows<br />
leadership in optometry and service<br />
to the visual welfare of the public.<br />
Dr. Powell serves as the InfantSEE<br />
state coordinator for <strong>Missouri</strong> and on the <strong>Missouri</strong> <strong>Optometric</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Board of<br />
Directors. He was the MO-PAC chairman from 2002 to 2005.<br />
Dr. Powell received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of <strong>Missouri</strong><br />
at Columbia in 1996. He was a Cum Laude graduate of Southern College of<br />
Optometry in 2002. He was voted class president and a member of the Gold Key<br />
<strong>Optometric</strong> Honor Society and the Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Fraternity.<br />
Dr. Powell was recognized for all his efforts and dedicated service in promoting<br />
optometry in <strong>Missouri</strong>. He is the owner of Insight Eyecare Specialties with 4<br />
locations in western <strong>Missouri</strong>. He has associate doctors including Dr. Patrick<br />
Whitworth, Dr. Andrea Keele, Dr. Lee Anne Whitworth, Dr. Glade Whitworth, and<br />
Dr. Irv Fudemberg working at his offices in Kansas City, Independence and Rock<br />
Port, <strong>Missouri</strong>.<br />
Dr. Powell was presented with the Young Optometrist of the Year Award by his<br />
father, Dr. Jeffery Powell. When Dr. Ryan Powell went to the podium to accept he<br />
was accompanied by his wife of 11 years, Amy, and their three children, Andie,<br />
age 9; Landyn, age 8; and Jake, age 5.<br />
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