Global Education & Training
CEF of AAPOS’ Global Education & Training Initiative helps international physicians and emerging pediatric ophthalmologists attend the AAPOS Annual Meeting. This yearly gathering brings together experts in pediatric eye care, providing a platform to discuss the latest medical advancements and newest technologies.
In 2012, the late Dr. Marilyn Miller made the inaugural gift that established what is now the Miller International Travel Award. Her generosity, and the continued support of our donors, has allowed 35 pediatric ophthalmologists from more than 20 countries to participate in the AAPOS Annual Meeting, many from underserved areas.
CEF expanded its training program in 2023 to include the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Ophthalmology Resident/Medical Student Travel Grant, a program designed to nurture the next generation of pediatric ophthalmologists. This funding helps medical students and residents from KTEF commanderies to attend the AAPOS Annual Meeting. Since its inception, more than 100 travel grants have been awarded, with many recipients presenting their research or posters at the meeting.
2025 Miller International Travel Grant Award Recipients
Dr. Chimozi Tembo
University Teaching Hospitals Eye Hospital | Zambia
Rebecca Lusobya, MD
Makerere University College of Health Sciences | UgandaPast Marilyn Miller Travel Grant Recipients
2024
- Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen- Vietnam
2023
- Tsengelmaa Chuluunbat- Mongolia
2022
- Laura Angelescu-Romania
- Quazi Sazzad Iftekhar- Bangladesh
2021 (Virtual)
- Muneeb Alam-Saudi Arabia
- Maria Angelescu-Romania
- Ghada Hassan Allam-Egypt
- Sahithya Bhaskaran-India
- Chavisa Bunyavee-Thailand
- Varada Gokhale-India
- Ibrahim Matende-Kenya
- Amra Nadarevic Vodencarevic-Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020
Annual Meeting Canceled Due to COVID-19
2019
- May May Choo, FRCS- Malaysia
- Thi Que Anh Vu- Vietnam
2018
- Anuradha NN Ganesh- Oman
- Alketa Ajazi Tandili-Albania
- Mohammad Mostafa Hossain-Bangladesh
2017
- Maria Laura Curutchet, MD-Argentina
- Mark Roland Jacoby, MD-South Africa
- Chinyelu Nkemdilim Ezisi, MD- Nigeria
- Satenik Gagikovna Agagulyan, MD-Russia
2016
- Israr Ahmed Bhutto, MD-Pakistan
- Jitendra Nenumal Jethanim, MD- India
- Ibrahim Ondeko Ndale Matende, MD- Kenya
- Teresita de Jesús Méndez Sánchez, MD-Cuba
- Rosa María Naranjo Fernández, MD- Cuba
2015
- Muhammad Nazmul Haque Kallol, MD-Bangladesh
- Srijana Adhikari, MD -Nepal
- Kateryna Alimivna Fedchuk, MD -Ukraine
- Ngoc Quang, DO-Vietnam
- Olubunmi Temitope Bodunde, MD-Nigeria
2014
- Dr. Adedayo Omobolanle Adio, Nigeria
2013
- Dupe Ademola-Popoola, MBBS –Nigeria
- Dechen Wangmo, MD- Bhutan
2012
- Ahmed Mohamed Fahmi, MD-Sudan
