Dr. Andrew Gurwood Named Albert Fitch Alumnus of the Year by Salus University
Andrew Gurwood, OD ’89, FAAO, Resident ’90, a professor Clinical Sciences at Salus University’s Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) and co-chief of Suite 3 at The Eye Institute has been named the 2020 Albert Fitch Memorial Alumnus of the Year by the University’s Alumni Association.
Dr. Gurwood has lectured and published nationally and internationally on a wide range of subjects in the area of ocular disease. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Review of Optometry, where he also serves as the chair of the Clinical Case Reports Committee.
He is on the editorial review boards of Optometric Management Journal, Clinical and Experimental Optometry (Aus), and The Spanish Journal: Optometry. He is a founding member of the Optometric Retina Society, a member of The Optometric Glaucoma Society, a charter (founding) member of The Optometric Dry Eye Society, chair of the Buxmont Optometric Society Continuing Education Committee and serves as the Diagnostic Quiz Columnist for Review of Optometry Journal.
The award is presented to an alumnus of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry who has distinguished himself/herself through extraordinary service and contributions to the profession of optometry, bringing honor and prestige to Salus and PCO.