Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO Professor of Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011; 52:8900-7. J Neurological Sci. 2011; 309:34-9. Klemencic S, McMahon J, Upadhyay S, Messner LV. Optom Vis Sci. 2011; 88:1014-9. Neurology. 2011; 76:1456-62. Tsang T, Messner LV, Pilon A, Lombardi L.

Home • Alumni • Get Involved • Alumni Association Alumni Association Our largest alumni organization Association Scholarship The Alumni Association Scholarship was initiated by the ICO Alumni Council in 2011

Home • Events • Homecoming Homecoming Welcome home, doctors! Practice Opportunities Commencement Homecoming Homecoming 2026 September 11 - 13, 2026 More information coming This years’ reunion classes are: 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Dominick L. Opitz, OD, FAAO Dominick L. Clin Exp Optom. 2011 Mar;94(2):200-6. Opitz DL, Tung S., Jang US, Park JJ. Clin Exp Optom. 2011 Sep;94(5):438-42. Opitz DL, Harthan JS.

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Tahira Bedgood, MS Tahira Bedgood, MS Instructor of Ophthalmic Optics Subsequently, being Ophthalmic Optics Laboratory Coordinator was added to her responsibilities and in 2011 Optometry Awards & Honors 2009 Faculty Advisor to National Varilux Student Grant Winner Casey Bartz 2011

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Ashley Speilburg, OD, FAAO Ashley Speilburg, OD, FAAO Associate Professor Special Interests Glaucoma, ocular disease, primary eye care Education 2011 Illinois College of Optometry Disease Residency 2010 Illinois College of Optometry, OD 2005 University of Michigan, BS Experience 2011

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Megan S. Allen, OD, FAAO Megan S. also highly involved in many Myopia Management studies, participating in many studies involving low dose Neurol. 2011 Apr 26;76(17):1456-62. J Neurol Sci 2011 Oct 15;309 (1-2): 34-9.

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Darren Koenig, OD, PhD, FAAO Darren Koenig, OD, PhD, FAAO Assistant Journal of Vision, 11(1):21, 1-24, 2011. Koenig DE, Hofer HJ (2011). Does reporting color facilitate detection in a threshold-level, dual-judgment task? Koenig DE, Hofer HJ (2011).

Catherine Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Catherine Niermann, OD, MS, FAAO Catherine Niermann, OD private practice Awards & Honors 2012 Gold Key International Society, Southern College of Optometry 2011

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Michelle K. Man, OD, FAAO, FSLS Michelle K. Linda Cushing Scholarship for Contact Lens Management 2011-2014 Dean’s Departmental Award, Clinical Honors

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Xiaohua Zhuang, PhD, FAAO Xiaohua Zhuang, PhD, FAAO Associate Professor Statistics 2003 Peking University, China, BS in Psychology Experience 2013-2015 University of Chicago 2011 Zhuang, X., & Papathomas, T.V. (2011).

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Harneet Randhawa, OD, FAAO Harneet Randhawa, OD, FAAO Assistant Professor College of Optometry, Primary Care and Ocular Disease Residency 2016 Illinois College of Optometry, OD 2011