Speakers

Our renowned faculty, hailing from all corners of the world, are leading specialists in their fields of medicine and business. They are innovators and leaders in their areas of expertise and are always enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge and experiences.

Ophthalmology

Shaheer Aboobaker

MBChB, DIP OPHTH, MMed, FC OPHTH, FRCSC

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Ike Ahmed

MD, FRCSC

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Ahmed Al-Ghoul

MD, MBA, FRCSC, DipABO

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Andre Ali-Ridha

BSc, MD, FRCSC

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Tarun Arora

MD, DNB

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Supriya Arora

MS, DNB

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Analisa Arosemena

MD

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Brandon Ayres

MD

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Nupura Bakshi

MD, FRCSC

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Scott Barnes

MD

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Harleen Bedi

MD, FRCSC

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Graham Belovay

MD, FRCSC

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John Berdahl

MD

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Matthew Brink

MD

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Matthew Bujak

MD, FRCSC

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Clara Chan

MD, FRCSC, FACS

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Jordan Cheskes

MD, FRCSC, MD, FRCSC

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King Chow

MD, FRCSC

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Dan DeAngelis

MD, FRCSC

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Robert Devenyi

MD, FRCSC

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Jose Daniel Diaz

MD

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Samuel Dresner

MD

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Sameh Fanous

MD, FRCSC

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Mitchell Fineman

MD

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Andrew Fink

FRCOphth, MRCGP, MD

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Fatimah Gilani

MD, FRCSC

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Brendan Girschek

MD, FRCSC, FACS

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Amit Gupta

MD, FACS

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Michael Henry

MD, FRCSC

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Sheldon Herzig

MD, FRCSC

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Simon Holland

MD, FRCSC, FRCOPH

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Hamza Khan

MD, FRCSC

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Yasser Khan

MD, FRCSC

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Baseer Khan

MD, FRCSC

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Irfan Kherani

AB, MD, FRCSC

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Anne Kunkler

MD

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WaiChing Lam

MD, FRCSC

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Andrea Leung

MD, FRCSC

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Myrna Lichter

MD, FRCSC

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John Lloyd

MD, FRCSC

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Thomas LoBue

MD

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Jennifer Loh

MD

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Samuel Markowitz

MD, FRCSC

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Rookaya Mather

MD, FRCSC

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Cynthia Matossian

MD, FACS

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Beeran Meghpara

MD

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Rosa Braga Mele

MD, FRCSC

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Michael Mills

MD, FRCSC

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Daniel Montenegro

MD

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Fariba Nazemi

MD, FRCSC

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Keon Nia

MD, FRCSC

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Nick Nianiaris

MD, FRCSC

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Bruce Nichols

BSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS

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Joel Pearlman

MD, PhD

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Laura Periman

MD

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Peter Pham

MD

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Theodore Rabinovitch

MD, FRCSC

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Salar Rafieetary

MD

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John Randolph

MD

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Alena Reznik

MD

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Guillermo Rocha

MD, FRCSC, FACS

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Jonathan Leon Rosen

MD

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Francis Roy

MD, FRCSC

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Asif Salyani

MD, FRCSC

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Paul Sanghera

MD, FRCSC

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Briar Sexton

MD, FRCP

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Amber Sheikh

MD, FRCSC

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Jeffrey Sher

MD, FRCSC

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Neera Singal

MD, FRCSC

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Eric Singman

MD, PhD

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Nirojini Sivachandran

BSc, MD, PhD, FRCSC

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Allan Slomovic

MD, FRCSC

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Sohel Somani

MD, FRCSC

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Rebecca Stein

MD, FRCSC

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Raymond Stein

MD, FRCSC

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William Trattler

MD

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Nancy Tucker

MD, FRCSC

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Michael Venincasa

MD

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Ana Carolina Victoria

MD, FACS

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Kenneth Wals

MD

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David Yan

MD, FRCSC

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Optometry

Rami Aboumourad

OD, FAAO

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Meenal Agarwal

OD

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Paul Ajamian

OD

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Joseph J. Allen

OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO

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Thomas Aller

OD, FBCLA

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Christine Allison

OD

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Roya Attar

OD, MBA, DHA, FAAO

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Vi Tu Banh

OD

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Melissa Barnett

OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA

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Curt Baxstrom

OD, FCOVD, FAAO

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Trisha Beal

BSc, OD

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Manveen Bedi

OD, FAAO, FSLS

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Edward Bennett

OD, MSEd, FAAO, FSLS

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Luigi Bilotto

MS, OD, FAAO

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Etty Bitton

BSc, Optométriste (Optometrist), MSc, FAAO, FBCLA

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Sondra Black

OD, FAAO

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David Black

OD, HBSc

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Marc Bloomenstein

OD, FAAO

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Marie Bodack

OD, FAAO

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Laurence Boily

OD, MSc

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Alison Bozung

OD, FAAO

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Elise Brisco

OD, FAAO, FCOVD, CCH

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Marianna Butera

OD

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Stephen Byrnes

OD, FAAO

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Barbara Caffery

OD, PhD, FAAO

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Sophia Capo

OD, FAAO

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Laurie Capogna

OD

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Tony Cavallerano

OD, FAAO

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Michael Chaglasian

OD, FAAO

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Vick Chan

OD

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Clark Chang

OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO

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Freddie Chow

OD

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Angelica Cifuentes

OD

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Adriana Cotovio

BSc, OD

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Dan Cunningham

OD, FAAO

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Derek Cunningham

OD, FAAO

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Helene Defalque

BSc, Optométriste (Optometrist)

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Eric DesGroseilliers

OD

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Mark Dunbar

OD, FAAO

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Dawn Dunford

OD

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Robert Dunphy

OD

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Roshni Echharam

OD, B.Optom

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Faten Edris

OD

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Kathleen Elliott

OD, Dipl. ABO

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Mark Eltis

OD, FAAO, Diplomate, ABO

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Daniel Epshtein

OD, FAAO

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Arthur Epstein

OD, FAAO, FABCO, FBCLA, DPNAP

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Ahmad Fahmy

OD, FAAO, Diplomate, ABO

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Steven Ferrucci

OD, FAAO

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Stéphane Fitoussi

OD

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Randi-Jo Francis

OD, FAAO

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Jordan Friedman

BSc, OD

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Benjamin Gaddie

OD, FAAO

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Michael Gallaway

OD, FAAO, FCOVD

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Kristine Kerestan Garbig

OD

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Marie-Lou Garon

OD, MSc

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Brad Genereux

OD

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Jeffry Gerson

OD, FAAO

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Alan Glazier

OD FAAO

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Aaron Gold

OD, FAAO

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Larry Golson

OD

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Jeff Goodhew

OD

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Tina Goodhew

OD

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Solomon Gould

OD, MBA

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Aditya Goyal

OD, MS, COVD

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Alicia Groce

OD, FAAO, FCOVD

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Clare Halleran

BSc, OD

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Kate Hamm

OD

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David Hansen

OD

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Whitney Hauser

OD, FAAO

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Jessica Haynes

OD, FAAO, FORS, Dipl ABO

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Jay Haynie

OD, FAAO

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Lynn Hellerstein

OD, FAAO

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Julie Helmus

OD

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Milton Hom

OD, FAAO

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Murray Hurlbert

OD

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Catherine Ieraci

OD, MSc

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John Jantzi

MSc, OD

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May Jarkas

OD, FAAO, Diplomate ABO

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Erin Jenewein

OD, MS, FAAO, Diplomate (BVPPO)

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Saleel Jivraj

OD, MBA, FBCLA, FEAOO, FCOptom, FAAO

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Sandy Johal

OD, FAAO

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Alan Kabat

OD, FAAO

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David Kading

OD, FAAO

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Michael Kaplan

OD

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Paul Karpecki

OD, FAAO

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Hardeep Kataria

OD, FAAO

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Upen Kawale

OD

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Farooq Khan

OD

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Salma Kiani

OD, FAAO

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Thomas Kislan

OD

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Michael Kling

OD

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Robert Kloepfer

OD

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Cecelia Koetting

OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO

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Caroline Korkis

OD

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Elise Kramer

OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA

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Justin Kwan

OD, FAAO

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Angela Kyveris

OD

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Marcella LaBelle

BSc, OD

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Cory Lappin

OD, MS, FAAO

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Anu Laul

OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO

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Ken Lawenda

OD (In Memory)

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Aaron Lech

OD, FAAO

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Anabelle Leclerc

OD

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Michelle Lee

OD, FAAO

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Beth Lennox

BSc, OD

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Beata Lewandowska

OD, MS

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Nate Lighthizer

OD, FAAO

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Anthony Litwak

OD, FAAO

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Blair Lonsberry

OD, FAAO

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Debbie Luk

OD

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Janice Luk

BSc, OD

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Shaun MacInnis

BSc, OD

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Mahnia Madan

BSc, OD, FAAO

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Richard Maharaj

OD, FAAO

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Tara Mahvelati

OD

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Carolyn Majcher

OD, FAAO

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Rémy Marcotte-Collard

OD

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Danica Marrelli

OD, FAAO

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Wes McCann

BSc, MBA, OD

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Badr Mehdi

OD, Ocular Health Certificate

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Siva Meiyeppen

OD, FAAO

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Ron Melton

OD, FAAO

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Langis Michaud

OD, MSc, FAAO (Dipl), FSLS, FBCLA, FEAOO

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Barbara Mihalik

OD, FAAO

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Trevor Miranda

OD

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Andrew Morgenstern

OD, FAAO

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Scot Morris

OD

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Maryke Neiberg

OD, FAAO

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Aaron Neufeld

OD

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Wynn Nguyen-Le

OD

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Anu Ondhia

Optometrist

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Gale Orlansky

OD, MEd

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Shalu Pal

OD, FAAO

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Maria Parisi

OD, FAAO

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Judith Parks

OD

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Ritesh Patel

OD

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Fallon Patel

BSc, OD

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Angela Peddle

OD, FAAO

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Carlo Pelino

OD, FAAO

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Pat Pirotte

OD, FAAO

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François Piuze

OD

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Joseph Pizzimenti

OD, FAAO

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Kimberley Poirier-Schmidt

OD, FAAO

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Karen Pollack

Opt. R

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Patrick Quaid

Optometrist, FCOVD, PhD

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Jessilin Quint

OD, MBA, FAAO

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Katherine Rachon

OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO

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Mohammad Rafieetary

OD, FAAO

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Stephanie Ramdass

OD, MBA, MS, FAAO

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Kimberly Reed

OD, FAAO

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Sherrol Reynold

OD

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Bryan Rogoff

OD, MBA, CPHM, FAAO

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John Rumpakis

OD, MBA

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Dennis Ruskin

OD, FAAO

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Daniella Rutner

OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, FCOVD, Dipl. ABO, FNAP

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Kerry Salsberg

OD

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Dan Samaha

OD, MSc, FAAO

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Maria Sampalis

OD

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Olga Savitska

OD

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Amar Sayani

OD, MS, FAAO

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Scott Schachter

OD

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Mitchell Scheiman

OD, PhD, FAAO

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Leslie Scher

OD

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Gregory Schultz

OD, FAAO

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Justin Schweitzer

OD, FAAO

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Jonathan Shapiro

BSc, FCOptom, FAAO

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Diana Shechtman

OD, FAAO

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Harbir Sian

OD

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Kambiz Silani

OD

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Patrick Simard

OD, MSc, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA

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Joseph Sowka

OD, FAAO

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Martin Spiro

OD

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Jessica Steen

OD, FAAO, Dipl-ABO

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Jennifer Stewart

OD

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Lauren Tabone

OD

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Rana Taji

OD, MSc, FAAO

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Barry Tannen

OD, FAAO

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Marc Taub

OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD

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Rae Teixeira

OD

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Nohad Teliani

OD

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Vishakha Thakrar

OD, FAAO, FSLS

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Jacqueline Theis

OD, FAAO

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James Thimons

OD, FAAO

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Craig Thomas

OD

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Randall Thomas

OD, MH, FAAO

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Nancy Torgerson

OD, FAAO

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Richard Trevino

OD, FAAO

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Julie Tyler

OD, FAAO

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Alan Ulsifer

OD

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Denise Valenti

OD, FAAO

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Steven Vargo

OD, MBA

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Elvire Vaucher

PhD

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Jeffrey Walline

OD, FAAO

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Walter Whitley

OD, FAAO

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Abby Wicks

OD, FAAO, ABO

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Jill Woods

MSc, MCOptom, FAAO, FBCLA

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Mary Beth Yackey

OD

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Opticianry

Ted Beaton

RO

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Wendy Buchanan

RO

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Renato Cappuccitti

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Jason Carruthers

RO

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Sharon Carter

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Trudi Charest

RO, ABO

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Amy Chow

BSc, BJourn, RO

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Linda Cole

ABO, NCLE, CPOT

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Megan Forchetti

BS

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Ryan Heeney

BA

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Mark Hinton

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Rebecca Johnson

CPOT, COT, COE

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Fazal Khan

RO

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Ali Khan

RO

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Alla Khilevich

RO

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Lynn Lawrence

CPOT, ABOC, COA

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Valerie Manso

ABOC, FNAO

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Randy Marks

CEO

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Karen Michaelson

ABOC

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Nyah Miranda

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Albert Mo

RO

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Gregory Naes

MBA

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Korosh Nikeghbal

RO

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Jackie O'Keefe

LDO

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Arthur Orava

RO

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Mary Schmidt

ABOC, CPO

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Bryan Todd

RO

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Phernell Walker

MBA, ABOM, NCLEC

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Other Medical

Eugenio Angueira

MD

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Anu Chiarelli

RN, MA, CSAT, CSOPT, CMAT

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Karim Fahmy

PhD

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Michael Gross

MD, FACOB

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Lawrence Komer

MD, FRCSC

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Blair Lamb

MD, FCFP

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Milan Madhavji

DMD, MSc

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Sandeep Mishra

MSc, PhD

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Sofiane Oukli

MSc

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Chau-Minh Phan

MSc, PhD, FAAO

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Vanessa Poulin

MBA, BSc

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Benjamin Reinherz

DO

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Amy Stein

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Professional

Serash Akhtar

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Nimish Bhatt

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Jade Bodzasy

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Cory Boone

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Olivia Cicchini

Licensed Paralegal

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Urooj Faisal

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Julie A. Fotheringham

MA, PCC

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Patrique Gauthier

PFP

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John Hayes

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Kriti Kaur

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Karen Monet

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Marie-Helene Morin

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Claudia Pagan

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Mahmoud Rammal

PhD

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Ahmer Shaukat

Senior Relationship Manager - RBC

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Bob Shropshire

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Jennifer van der Zalm

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