Lions/PAAO Award in Blindness Prevention
The Power of the Pan-American Network
Established in 2011, the Lions/PAAO Award in Blindness Prevention recognizes an individual ophthalmologist with a record of excellence, innovation, and dedication in the field of blindness prevention. The Lions/PAAO Award in Blindness Prevention is granted once a year to a nominee that is a citizen and practicing ophthalmologist in the host country of the Pan-American Regional Course or Congress.
List of Historical Recipients
| 2017 | XXXIII Pan-American Congress |
| Lima, Peru | |
| Recipient: Mercedes Zambrano Paco MD (Peru) | |
| 2016 | XXIV Pan-American Regional Course |
| Asunción, Paraguay | |
| Recipient: Sara M. Pozzi MD (Paraguay) | |
| 2015 | 31st Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology |
| Bogotá, Colombia | |
| Recipient: Virgilio Galvis MD (Colombia) | |
| 2014 | no recipient |
| 2013 | 30th Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Recipient: Andrea Zin MD (Brazil) | |
| 2012 | 19th Pan-American Regional Course |
| Cartagena, Colombia | |
| Recipient: Claudia Zuluaga Botero MD (Colombia) |