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Eye Surgery Center of the Desert 39700 Bob Hope Dr. Suite 111 Rancho Mirage (760) 340-EYES	Palm Desert 41-990 E. Cook St. Building E #502 Palm Desert (760) 834-3382
39700 Bob Hope Dr Suite 109 Rancho Mirage (760) 340-EYES	LaQuinta Laser Center 78-560 Highway 111 LaQuinta, CA 92253 (760) 564-3887
555 Tachevah Drive Suite 1E-101 Palm Springs (760) 327-1561	Plaza Eye Fashions 139 S. Palm Cyn. Dr. Palm Springs (760) 325-6326

Winston H. Alwes

Education

University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry
Doctor of Optometry, 1990
Bachelors of Optometry (high Honors), 1988
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1985-86
Pasadena City College, Associate of Arts (honors), 1986

Practice History

Milauskas Eye Institute, Staff Optometrist, 1994–present
J. Harvey Marklinger, O.D., 1994
Pearle VisionCare, Staff Optometrist, 1990-94
Pearle VisionCare, Quality Assurance Committee, 1993
National Board of Examiners in Optometry, Consultant, 1991-94

Membership

American Optometric Association
California Optometric Association
Orange County Optometric Society, Trustee 1994
Cahuilla Optometric Association

Awards

100+ Club, Pearle VisionCare, 1992 (Quality Achievement Award)
Beta Sigma Kappa Membership (Optometric Honor Society)
UC Berkeley Educational Development Minigrant and Teaching Excellence Grant, 1990 BSK Senior Thesis Grant
Alcon NOVA program, October 1989
George Schneider Memorial Scholarship (Honorary Scholarship)
Honors, University of California Berkeley
Honors at University of California, Santa Barbara 1986

Papers

“Efficacy of Colored Lenses to Improve Reading”
Irving M. Borish, O.D. Award (Best Paper in Clinical Science)