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The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry announced that David A. Heath, OD, MEd, has been elected as its president.

Heath is president of the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry and served as president of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) during the 2012-2013 academic year, according to a press release from ASCO. He has been a member of ASCO’s board of directors since 2007.

Heath was dean of academic affairs at the New England College of Optometry from 1994 to 2006 and vice president from 2000 to 2006, according to the SUNY website. He was the recipient of ASCO’s Jack Bennett Innovation in Education Award for his leadership in optometric education nationally. 

His term as president of ASCO began July 1, according to the ASCO release.

“The coming year at ASCO will be one of transition and opportunity as our new executive director, Dawn Mancuso, begins her tenure and as we initiate a comprehensive strategic planning process,” Heath said in the press release. “This is an important time as we enter ASCO’s 75^th year as an association. As a community, we will embrace this transition as an opportunity to increase the impact of ASCO and to advance optometric education.”

ASCO is a nonprofit association representing the interests of the 21 schools and colleges of optometry in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, the release said. A number of optometry schools outside the U.S. are affiliate members.