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The World Council of Optometry (WCO) recently elected Professor George Woo as President at its biannual General Delegates meeting (GDM) held on June 5th and 6th in Melaka, Malaysia. The GDM was part of a larger meeting which included a joint conference with the hosts, the Association of Malaysian Optometrists (AMO).
Professor Woo, Chair Professor of Optometry and Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, takes over from Robert Chappell who served two years as president.
In his acceptance speech, Professor Woo said one of his aims as President would be to "push globally for optometrists to be recognized as primary healthcare professionals."
Professor George Woo has had an extensive and distinguished career in optometry, receiving his Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Subsequently, he obtained MSc and PhD degrees in Physiological Optics from Indiana University. In January 1997, he accepted an appointment as Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and currently holds this position as well as Chair Professor of Optometry. He is also an Honorary Professor at China's Sun Yat-sen University and Tianjin Medical University. Dr. Woo has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry since 1968.
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