AOP honours Professor Bruce Evans

Optometrist Professor Bruce Evans has received the AOP’s Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of a career that has spanned three decades

On receiving the award, Evans told OT: “It is a real surprise, a huge honour, and a slight sense of impostor syndrome, because I know lots of people in the profession who I think deserve it much more than me. A huge sense of gratitude, because it is really a reflection of the teams that I’ve worked with and of the people that have inspired me.”

During the event, the AOP also recognised excellence across a number of areas of the profession, with the

Association announcing the winners of three award categories that focus on sustainability, research and community-led care. These included: Recognising sustainable excellence, awarded to Simon Berry; Recognising excellence in community-led care, awarded to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Primary Care Optometry and Secondary Care Glaucoma Teams; and Recognising research excellence, awarded to Professor James Wolffsohn.

Read more about the AOP’s Excellence in eye care award recipients on the OT website: bit.ly/3JghR2D

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