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To be able to see ► Improves Education ► Provides Job Opportunity ► Furthers The Quality of Life
| •Dr. Franklin Harms formed VOSH-Kansas in 1971. He re-organized in 1975 as VOSH/Interstate. His early accomplishment inspired other states and optometry schools to join his movement which resulted in VOSH/International. |
chapters in the United States, Canada, Honduras, Africa, South America and the Netherlands. Chapter members and partners are
optometrists, ophthalmologists, opticians, and lay volunteers.
VOSH OFFICERS: |
| President: Ellis Potter, OD, FVI, FAAO This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| VOSH-KANSAS |
| CHAPTER LIAISON: VOSH-KANSAS VOSH-MISSOURI |
| Immediate Past President: Greg Pearl, OD, FVI This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| VOSH-CA |
| CHAPTER LIAISON: VOSH-ARIZONA VOSH-CALIFORNIA VOSH-HONDURAS |
| Vice President: David McPhillips, OD, FAAO
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| VOSH-PA (DELAWARE VALLEY, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA) |
| CHAPTER LIAISON: VOSH-CONNECTICUT VOSH-NEW YORK VOSH-NORTHEAST (RHODE ISLAND, NEW YORK, MARYLAND) VOSH-ONTARIO VOSH-ONE ( OF NEW ENGLAND) VOSH-PA VOSH-SANTA CRUZ (MONTEAL, QUEBEC, CANADA) |
| Director: Mike De Rosier, OD, FVI This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| VOSH-NORTHWEST |
| CHAPTER LIAISON: VOSH-OREGON VOSH-SOUTH DAKOTA VOSH-WYOMING VOSH-BRITISH COLUMBIA (TWECS) |
| Director : Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO
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| VOSH-Illinois |
| CHAPTER LIAISON: SVOSH-UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY (BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, SOUTH AMERICA) SVOSH-UNIVERSITY OF LA SALLE SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA) SVOSH-UNIVERSITY SANTO TOMAS (BUCARAMANGA, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA) SVOSH-UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST (CAPE COAST, GHANA, AFRICA) SVOSH-KWAME NKRUMAH UNIV OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (KUMASI, GHANA, AFRICA ) SVOSH-NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA)) SVOSH-DEPARTMENT OF OPTOMETRY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCE, ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY(ABIA, NIGERIA, AFRICA) SVOSH-DEPARTMENT OF OPTOMETRY UNIVERSITY OF BENIN (BENIN,NIGERIA, AFRICA) SVOSH-GONDAR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY, ETHIOPIA |
| Director: Clive Miller, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| OPTOMETRY GIVING SIGHT LIAISON |
| Director: John Spencer, OD This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| VOSH-MICHIGAN |
| STUDENT LIAISON: SVOSH-UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA) SVOSH-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST-LOUIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA) SVOSH-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY (BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, USA) SVOSH-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, USA) SVOSH-MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY ARIZONA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (GLENDALE, ARIZONA, USA) SVOSH-WESTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (POMONA, CALIFORNIA, USA) SVOSH-NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, USA) SVOSH-SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, USA) |
| Director: James Vaught, OD
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| VOSH-SOUTHEAST |
| CHAPTER LIAISON: VOSH-SOUTHEAST VOSH-KENTUCKY VOSH-VIRGINIA VOSH-NORTH CAROLINA |
| Director: Leslie L. Walls, OD, MD, DOS This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| STUDENT LIAISON: SVOSH-UNIV OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY (BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, USA) SVOSH-OPTOMETRY SCHOOL AT CENTRO DE EDUCACION PROFESSIONAL FILADELPHIA (FILADELPHIA, BOLIVIA, SOUTH AMERICA) VOSH-NETHERLANDS SVOSH-NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, TAHLEQUAH, (OKLAHOMA, USA) SVOSH-PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (FOREST GROVE, OREGON, USA) SVOSH-SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY AND SCIENCE EUROHISPANO (LIMA, PERU, SOUTH AMERICA) SVOSH-INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY (BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO) |
| Director: Ellen Weiss, OD This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| VOSH-NEBRASKA VOSH-IOWA |
| LIAISON RESPONSIBILITIES: |
| 1. Contact Chapters (principally by email but other also occasionally when applicable) on quarterly basis. 2. Update chapters on pending activities that might involve their chapter. 3. Notify dates of annual meeting; encourage attendance 4. Ask for chapter suggestions 5. Ask for questions 6. Encourage newsletter articles 7. Encourage newsletter article of month 8. Update missions |
SUPPORT STAFF:
VOSH/INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTS:
| Ellis Potter, OD, FAAO |
2011-2013 |
VOSH-Kansas |
Greg Pearl, OD, FVI |
2009-2011 |
VOSH-California |
Larry Hookway, OD, FVI |
2007-2009 |
VOSH-Ohio |
|
Ruth McAndrews, OD, FVI |
2005-2007 |
VOSH-Iowa |
|
Dale Cole, OD, FVI |
2003-2005 |
VOSH-Kansas |
|
Harry Zeltzer, OD, DOS, FVI, FAAO |
2001-2003 |
VOSH-ONE (Of New England) |
|
Jeffrey Marshall, OD, FVI |
1999-2001 |
VOSH-Indiana |
|
Phil Hottel, OD, FVI * |
1997-1999 |
VOSH-Iowa |
|
Michel Listenberger, OD, FVI |
1995-1997 |
VOSH-Michigan |
|
Phil Freitag, OD * |
1993-1995 |
VOSH-S Dakota |
|
Jim Hess, OD, FVI |
1991-1993 |
VOSH-Minnesota |
|
Wayne Vanderleest, OD, FVI |
1989-1991 |
VOSH-Iowa |
|
Charles Gray, OD, FVI |
1987-1989 |
VOSH-Nebraska |
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Thomas C. Henley, OD, FVI |
1985-1987 |
VOSH-Indiana |
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Stephen Rose, OD, FVI |
1983-1985 |
VOSH-Iowa |
|
Bud Falkenhain, OD, FVI |
1981-1983 |
VOSH-Missouri |
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Russell Dorland, OD * |
1979-1981 |
VOSH-Minnesota |
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Franklin Harms, OD * |
1971-1978 |
VOSH-Kansas |