Awards & Recognition
Jay S. Pepose, M.D., PH.D.

2017 American Academy of Ophthalmology: Life Achievement Honor Award
1993-2016 “Best Doctors in America” Citation
2002-2016 America’s Top Ophthalmologists – Consumer’s Research Council of America
2001-2016 America’s Top Docs – Castle Connolly Guide
2015 Guest lecturer at St Louis Ophthalmological Society meeting
Guest lecturer at Washington University School of Medicine
Featured at the Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Journal Club
Guest lecturer at the Italian Ophthalmological Society
Awarded the prestigious Best Paper of Session at the current ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery
Recognized by the American Journal of Ophthalmology
Guest lecturer at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Hawaiian Eye Global Meeting
2014 ASCRS Best Poster Winner – Keratorefractive – Comparison of Depth of Focus and Mesopic
Contrast Sensitivity in Small-Aperture Inlay, Accommodating IOL, and Multifocal IOL Patient
2013 Best Cataract Poster Presentation at the XXXI Congress of the ESCRS, Amsterdam
2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award Lecture, The Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins
2012 Active Member, The American Ophthalmological Society (AOS) with thesis
2012 ASCRS Best Paper of Session Award “Prospective, randomized evaluation
of bilateral implantation of 3 FDA-approved presbyopia-correction IOLs”
2011 Patient’s Choice Award
2010 ARVO Gold Fellow
2009 Inaugural Silver Fellow, Association for Research in Vision Ophthalmology
2003 Distinguished Service Award 15 Years of Dedication to Ophthalmology –
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
2003 American Journal of Ophthalmology Distinguished Editorial Board Member
2002 Eye Care America Volunteer
2002 Bausch & Lomb Esteemed Presenter Innovator’s Lecture Series – ASCRS
2001 National Registry of Who’s Who
1999 All-Star Docs – St. Louis Magazine
1998-1999 VISX Star Award
1996 Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Investigator Award
1995 Well Known Specialist Citation in “Best Hospitals in America”
1994-1999 Bernard Becker Endowed Chair
1991 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Cogan Award and Lecture
1990 American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award
1990-1991 Research to Prevent Blindness Olga Keith Wiess Scholar Award
1989 Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness Lectureship
1988-1990 American College of Surgeons Fellowship
1987 Georgetown University Clinical Research Award
1984 NEI-ARVO Travel Fellowship
1983 Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship
1982 Alpha Omega Alpha
1981 Alpha Omega Alpha Research Award
1979-1980 National Cancer Institute Predoctoral Trainee
1979 American Society for Microbiology Research Award
1977 Roche Laboratories Award in Neuroscience
1976 National Foundation Research Fellowship
1975 University of California Regents Scholar
Mujtaba Qazi, M.D.

2014 ASCRS “Best Paper of Session” 4-D, CORNEA Endothelial Cell Count, Cornea Anatomy
2013 Panelist, Keratorefractive, Presbyopia, ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and
Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, CA
2012 American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award
Panelist, Keratoconus, Ectasia, ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and
Refractive Surgery, Chicago, IL
2011-2014 Best Doctors in America
2011 Chair, APPNA CARES – Clinic Day
2011-2012 Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Life Patron of the Trust, Al-Shifa Trust Rawalpindi for the Prevention & Cure of Blindness
2010 Best Doctors in St. Louis, Ophthalmology (St. Louis Magazine)
President, APPNA – Greater St. Louis Chapter
Nancy Holekamp, M.D.

2011 America’s Top Doctor
2011 Secretariat Award
2010 Fifteen-Year Clinical Faculty Award, Washington University
2007 American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Honor Award
2007 American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award
2005 – 2014 America’s Best Doctors
2003 Macula Society Research Grant, $10,000
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