AAO Life Achievement Honor Award to Dr Santosh G Honavar

AAO Life Achievement Honor Award
Question:Which Indian ophthalmologist has been conferred with the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) highest award Life Achievement honour?
(a) Santosh G Honavar
(b) Ravi Kataria
(c) Anish Bajmi
(d) None of These
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
  • Dr Santosh G Honavar, India’s ophthalmologist has been conferred with American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) highest award Life Achievement honour that is given to its members.
  • He is the first Indian chosen for the honour.He has been chosen for this award along with 19 others specialists.
  • Dr Santosh G. Honavar, a Hyderabad-based Indian ophthalmologist was chosen for its highest award to recognize his contributions to the Academy, its scientific and educational programs, and to the advancement of ophthalmology.
  • The award was formally presented to Dr Honavar at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology held in San Francisco.
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world’s largest association of eye specialists. Founded in 1896 and headquartered in San Francisco, USA, American Academy of Ophthalmology has 32,000 professional members.

Links:

https://www.aao.org/about/awards/achievement-life