Gradle Medal for Good Teaching
The Power of the Pan-American NetworkThe Gradle Medal for Good Teaching was established in 1960 by Mrs. Audry Hayden Gradle in memory of Harry S. Gradle, MD, co-founder of the PAAO. The Gradle Medal for Teaching acknowledges excellence in teaching and education in the field of ophthalmology. This award recognizes a professor ophthalmologist who has demonstrated leadership in developing, implementing, or maintaining an outstanding training program and/or continuing education in the field of Ophthalmology. The awardee exemplifies excellence and promotes best practice in education. The awardee promotes positive relationships between the training program and the community and has been an advocate and leader in the field of Ophthalmology.
List of Historical Recipients
| 2023 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Francisco Contreras MD (Peru) |
| 2019 | Cancun, Mexico | Denise de Freitas MD (Brazil) |
| 2017 | Lima, Peru | eLearning Committee: |
| Helena Prior Filipe MD MSc (Portugal) | ||
| Eduardo Mayorga MD (Argentina) | ||
| Eduardo Viteri Coronel MD (Ecuador) | ||
| 2015 | Bogotá, Colombia | Enrique Graue Wiechers MD (Mexico) |
| 2013 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Newton Kara José MD (Brazil) |
| 2011 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Rubens Belfort Jr MD (Brazil) |
| 2009 | San Francisco, California | Hugo D. Nano MD (Argentina) |
| & Albert Vaiser MD (USA) | ||
| 2007 | Cancun, Mexico | Bradley R. Straatsma MD (USA) |
| 2006 | São Paulo, Brazil | Miguel Burner Jr. MD (Canada) |
| 2005 | Santiago, Chile | Harley A. Bicas MD (Brazil) |
| 2003 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4 Basic Sciences Course Directors |
| Mario Perez Genovesi MD (Argentina); Ana Petrili MD (Brazil) | ||
| William Townsend MD (Puerto Rico); Carlos Vera Cristo MD (Colombia) | ||
| 2001 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Carlos A. Moreira Sr, MD (Brazil) |
| 1999 | Orlando, Florida | Ramon Font, MD (USA) |
| 1997 | Cancún, México | Manuel Miranda Sr., MD (Puerto Rico) |
| 1995 | Quito, Ecuador | William Townsend, MD (Puerto Rico) |
| 1993 | Caracas, Venezuela | Robert N. Shaffer, MD (USA) |
| 1991 | Anaheim, California | Aldolfo Gómez Morales, MD (Argentina) |
| 1989 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Raul Rodríguez Barrios, MD (Uruguay) |
| 1987 | Sto. Domingo, Dom. Rep. | Juan Verdaguer Taradella, MD (Chile) |
| 1985 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Bruce E. Spivey, MD (USA) |
| 1983 | Lima, Peru | Carlos Vera Cristo, MD (Colombia) |
| 1981 | Acapulco, Mexico | Feliciano Palomino Dena, MD (Mexico) |
| 1979 | Miami, Florida | A. Edward Maumenee, MD (USA) |
| 1977 | Santiago, Chile | Hilton Rocha, MD (Brazil) |
| 1975 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Guillermo Picó Santiago, MD (Puerto Rico) |
| 1972 | Houston, Texas | Michael J. Hogan, MD (USA) |
| 1968 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | John Harry King, MD (USA) |
| 1964 | Montreal, Canada | Juan Arentsen S., MD (Chile) |
| 1960 | Caracas, Venezuela | Brittain F. Payne, MD (USA) |