Spring - Summer 2005

Inside this issue
2004 ISPB Illinois Annual Fireworks Survey	FDA Approves Implantable Chip
2004 ISPB Illinois Annual Fireworks Survey	Protect Your Eyes from the Sun
ISPB	Protect Your Eyes from the Sun
Board of Directors 2004-2005	Talking With Your Doctor
Financial Statement 2003 -2004	Research Updates
Save the Dates	Thank you, Walgreens
American Foundation for the Blind (Toys)	Embedded Jewelry for the Eye
2004 ISPB LECTURESHIP - Illinois Optometric Association	Remembrances
New ISPB Health Education Coordinator	NEI Health Vision Month
EYE SPY Training for Nurses	Quick Tips

ISPB Board Welcomes Four New Members

The ISPB Board of Directors welcomes Philip B. Dray, M.D., Glenn R.Londos, O.D., Marilyn B. Mets, M.D. and Todd S. Parkhurst to the board for fiscal year, 2004-2005. All will serve a one-year term.

Philip B. Dray, M.D., as the immediate past president of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, will be continuing the tradition of becoming a member of the ISPB Board. Dr. Dray is chairman and program director of ophthalmology at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. His special interests include trauma surgery of the eye, retinopathy of prematurity and cataract surgery.

Glenn R. Londos, O.D., a Cum Laude graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, has been in private optometric practice since 1982. He has been instrumental in privatizing the vision care service at three Chicago Department of Health Neighborhood Health Clinics from 1985 to present.

Marilyn B. Mets, M.D. , a graduate of Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C., is a professor in the department of ophthalmology and clinician-investigator at Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Mets is also head of the division of ophthalmology at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Mets specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and retinal electrophysiology.

Todd S. Parkhurst is a partner with Holland & Knight LLP in Chicago with practice areas including litigation, transactions, counseling and solicitation
in patent, trademark, copyright and computer
law causes.

Annual Meeting

Slate of Officers
Leslee Williams, President;
Wesley E. Bass, Jr., Lisa F. Rosenberg, M.D. and Walter M. Jay, M.D., Vice Presidents;
Burton W. Hales, Jr., Secretary; and
Thomas S. Bridges, Treasurer.

Directors
Peter J. Latz, Peter C. St. Aubin,
William P. White, III (for three-year term);
Mark D. Esarey, O.D. (for a two-year term);
Jonathan B. Rubenstein, M.D. (for a one-year term).

Continuing Directors
Marilyn T. Miller, M.D.; David H. Orth, M.D.;
Christine White; Charles M. Vygantas, M.D.

Directors Emeritus
Laurin H. Healy, Charles F. Scholl,
Mrs. Paul Sternberg


Philip B. Dray, M.D.	Glenn R. Londos, O.D.

Marilyn B. Mets, M.D.	Todd S. Parkhurst

The Visionary, published as a service of the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness,
is available upon request. The information contained in this issue,
taken from sources considered to be accurate,
does not replace the need for professional eye care consultations and treatments.

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