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Indianapolis optometrist Marjorie J. Knotts, OD., has been named the Indiana Optometric Association’s 2009 Optometrist of the Year. Dr. Knotts, a Connersville native, was given this honor at the IOA’s 112th Annual Spring Convention on April 18 in French Lick, Indiana.
The Optometrist of the Year award is the IOA’s highest award and is bestowed upon the IOA member who has demonstrated not only contributions to his or her profession, but also service in behalf of the visual welfare of the public and service to the community at large.
“I would really like to thank my patients, staff and the community on the northeast side of Indianapolis,” Dr. Knotts said to the more than 200 optometrists attending the convention while accepting the award. “They have all been delightful to get to know.”
Dr. Knotts, an Indiana University School of Optometry graduate, has gone above and beyond the call of duty for the profession of Optometry while she has remained actively involved in her community. In addition to serving at all levels of IOA leadership, Dr. Knotts has served her community on various boards, committees and commissions, including the Indiana State Handicap Commission, the Indiana Public Health Foundation, the Medicaid Advisory Committee, Prevent Blindness of Indiana where she has served as vice president for programming for eight years, and the Indiana University School of Optometry’s Dean’s Advisory Council.
She has donated her services to the community by providing vision screening for the Indiana School for the Deaf for the past 10 years, being a participant in ECCO (the Eye Care Community Outreach Program,) which provided vision service free of charge to the needy and through volunteering at the eye clinic at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Carmel.
While running her own practice on the northeast side of Indianapolis, she has served her business community as the treasurer of the Binford Commons Condominium Board and as a business consultant to Binford Redevelopment and Growth (BRAG,) an organization of citizens whose mission is the commercial and residential enhancement of Binford Boulevard and adjacent neighborhoods.
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