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EW SHOW DAILY 20 ASOA News Today Monday, May 8, 2017 Founded in 1986 by administra- tors for administrators, ASOA is the premier organization for the busi- ness side of the ophthalmic practice. Serving physicians, administrators, managers, and other practice and clinic staff, its mission is to advance the skills and professionalism of ophthalmic management. ASOA's tagline says it best— Focusing on the BUSINESS of Ophthalmology. Currently, ASOA services more than 2,800 practice management staff across the U.S. and abroad. EW T he American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) announced its new president is William Koch, COE, Texas Retina Associ- ates, Dallas. The immediate past president is Daniel Chambers, COE, Key Whit- man Eye Center, Dallas. The president elect is Karen Bachman, COE, The Eye Institute of Utah, Salt Lake City. Vice president is Janna Mullaney, COE, Katzen Eye Group, Towson, Maryland. Members at large of the ASOA Board of Directors include Patti Bar- key, COE, Bowden Eye & Associates, Jacksonville, Florida; Trish Daniels, RN, Riverside Eye Center, Sebas- tian, Florida; Deborah Davis, COE, Atwal Eye Care/Buffalo Eye Care Associates, Buffalo, New York; Cathi Lyons, COE, National Board for the Certification of Ophthalmic Exec- utives (NBCOE) president, Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute, San Diego; and Hayley Boling, MBA, Administrator Beginners Circle (ABC) liaison, Boling Vision Center LLC, Elkhart, Indiana. The ASOA Board also includes Donald Bell, ASCRS chief operating officer, as the ASCRS liaison and Laureen Rowland, CAE, ASOA executive director. ASOA announces new board Visit NIDEK Booth #447 Visit NIDEK Booth #447 AL-SCAN OPTICAL BIOMETER AL-SCAN OPTICAL BIOMETER William Koch, COE Lazer, The EyeMDs, PLLC, Parkers- burg, West Virginia; Sharon Brown, COE, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, Boston; Mary Jo Krist, COE, Eye Consultants of Northern Virginia, PC, Springfield, Virginia; and Daniel Chambers, COE, ASOA immediate past president, Key Whit- man Eye Center, Dallas They join returning board members Liz Parrott, COE, Raleigh Ophthalmology, Raleigh, North Carolina; Jane Shuman, COE, Eyetechs, Needham, Massachusetts; Tamim Qaum, MD, ASCRS liaison, Martinsburg Eye Associates, PLLC, Hagerstown, Maryland; and ASOA T he National Board for the Certification of Ophthal- mic Executives (NBCOE) announced Cathi Lyons, COE, Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute, San Diego, as its 2017–2018 president. The president-elect is Sondra Hoffman, COE, Florida Eye Clinic, Altamonte Springs, Florida. The new vice president is Traci Fritz, COE, Children's Eye Care, West Bloomfield, Michigan. The immediate past president is Karen Butler, COE, Crew Eye Cen- ter, Big Rapids, Michigan. New board members are Sandra Barrett, COE, George, Strickler & New NBCOE board members elected Cathi Lyons, COE executive director Laureen Row- land, CAE. The COE designation recognizes those who have achieved the experi- ence, knowledge, and skills identi- fied by the NBCOE as essential to practice management and promotes excellence and professionalism in ophthalmic practice management. NBCOE board members volun- teer their time to ensure the validity, credibility, and continuing prestige of the COE. For more information about NBCOE, go to www.asoa.org/about- asoa/nbcoe. For more information about the COE designation, go to www.asoa.org/coe. EW