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Celebrating Our Residents

Resident Forum.
At the 2026 Resident Forum.

Twenty residents from our on-campus and affiliate programs celebrated a successful Resident Forum continuing education event and received residency certificates marking the completion of a year of advanced residency education – congratulations!

“We are so proud of the residents and the hard work that they put into delivering high level and engaging continuing education to our profession. Resident Forum is the culmination of a year of study and provides the residents with a platform to display their clinical growth, expertise and readiness to become leaders in optometry.” – Dr. Chris Wilmer

Faculty were recognized for their work with the resident program, including Dr. Kanai for 10 years of Residency Program Leadership, Dr. Deborah Orel-Bixler with the 2026 Residency Leadership Award, and Dr. Joan Browne of VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System, Reno, who received the Bernie Dolan Resident Mentor of the Year Award.

Resident Forum