2020 Annual Report

Advancing Leadership within Healthcare at the University Eye Center This year University Eye Center (UEC) Executive Director and Vice President for Clinical Administration, Liduvina Martinez-Gonzalez, MS, FACHE, was named as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders. Fellow status represents the gold standard of achievement in professional development, a distinction held by only 25 percent of ACHE’s 48,000 members. “It is a privilege to have received this honor, especially at a time when

healthcare leaders and providers of all levels are working closely together to navigate the new and uncertain challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis. I am

To obtain the FACHE designation, candidates must fulfill multiple requirements, including passing a comprehensive examination, meeting academic and experiential criteria, earning continuing education credits, and demonstrating professional/community involvement. Fellows are also committed to ongoing professional development and undergo recertification every three years.

committed to strengthening and redefining our approaches to care for the benefit of our patients and entire community.” —Liduvina Martinez-Gonzalez, UEC Executive Director and VP for Clinical Administration

McGovern Named Among Jobson Eyecare Heroes University Eye Center Chief Medical Officer, Michael McGovern, OD, is among the optometric providers and educators selected as a Jobson’s Eyecare Hero, recognizing those who have helped to navigate their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am pleased to accept this recognition on behalf of all my colleagues on the College’s COVID Emergency Response

Team. They are a group of true professionals who have ensured every decision and action taken over the past six months is consistent with our most important goal – to safeguard the health and well-being of students, employees, and patients.” —Dr. Michael McGovern, UEC Chief Medical Officer

Also nominated to Jobson’s Eyecare Heroes is fellow SUNY Optometry graduate, Arlene Schwartz, OD, ’89, who oversees a busy optometric practice in Forest Hills, New York and served until 2020 as Assistant Clinical Professor at the College.

SUNY Optometry Educator and Researcher Is Appointed New Editor-in-Chief of International Journal The College of Optometrists appointed Mark Rosenfield, MCOptom, PhD, FAAO as the new Editor-in-Chief of its leading international vision science and optometry journal, Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics (OPO).

OPO has been the top-ranked international optometry research journal in the world for the past five years. Rosenfield’s first issue as Editor-in-Chief was published in September 2020.

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