Following a graduation ceremony, the Duke Eye Center honored the seven new graduates of its Ophthalmic Medical Technician Program at a tea in the lobby of the new Albert Eye Research Institute on June 24. Lea Anderlini, Sharlene Clark, Leila Davies, Reginald Mapson, Ellen Martell, Jennifer Riley and Karen Sternbergh received certificates. Having completed the one-year program, the graduates are now eligible to take the national Certified Ophthalmic Technician exam. Three graduates Anderlini, Riley and Sternberg will begin their new career at the Eye Center. Karen Summerville, BS, COMT, is the director of the program. 

The program will be reorganized and accept students for the class that starts July 2006.