Jan. 4, 2024 — The Contact Lens Institute (CLI) has announced the recipients of the inaugural CLI Culture Awards, recognizing eyecare practices with positive contact lens cultures as described in CLI’s recent report, “The Culture Calculation: Data-Backed Behaviors for Contact Lens Success.”
“While there are substantial differences in geography, practice size, and areas of concentration, all [recipients] recognize the multiple vision, lifestyle, confidence-boosting, and practice-building aspects of contact lens prescribing—and have made that central to their culture,” says Stan Rogaski, CLI’s executive director.
The following practices and eyecare professionals have been recognized as 2023 Contact Lens Institute Culture Award honorees:
- Advanced Eye Care Professionals, Oak Lawn, IL
- Athens Eye Care, Athens, OH
- Coan Eye Care and Optical Boutique, Ocoee, FL (Roxanne Achong-Coan, O.D., FAAO, FIAOMC, FSLS)
- Contact Lens Institute of Seattle (not affiliated with CLI), Seattle, WA (Noha Seif, O.D., FAAO, FSLS)
- Dry Eye & Wellness Center, Sugar Land, TX (Faheem Inayatali, O.D., MBA, MPH, FAAO, Dipl. ABO)
- First Sight Vision Care, Fulton, MD (Susan J. Gromacki, O.D., M.S., FAAO, FSLS; Kelly Molina, Brittany Montgomery, and Callie Salmons)
- Laria Eye Care & Optical, Miami, FL (Vicky Fischer, O.D.)
- Northwest Tennessee Eye Clinic (Frances Bynum, O.D.)
- Treehouse Eyes, Vienna, VA (Stephanie Bray-Voorhes)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS (Roya Attar, O.D., MBA, DHA)
- Winchester Optical, Winchester, MA (Joseph Deering, O.D.)
- West Point Optical Group / Family First Vision Care, Roswell GA & Jacksonville FL (John Womack, O.D.)