Dr. Henry Greene, optometrist and founder of Academy Eye Associates, received the 2008 William Feinbloom Award from the American Academy of Optometry at its annual meeting in October in Anaheim, California.
Dr. Greene, who also serves as a clinical professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina, is an internationally-known researcher and developer in the field of visual impairment. He has been the principal investigator on National Eye Institute and Canadian Institute for the Blind funded projects to develop novel optical aids for those with macular degeneration and other visual disorders. With over $1 million in research grant awards, the devices developed are now prescribed worldwide and include the world’s only autofocusing bioptic telescope system.
The William Feinbloom Award is given once-yearly to a person who has made a distinguished and significant contribution to clinical excellence and the direct clinical advancement of visual and optometric service, and thus the visual enhancement of the public.