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OWL’s vision is to promote and develop diverse leadership to advance ophthalmic innovation and patient care.
OWL works across Eyecare. Our mission is to provide professional and personal development and create opportunities for collaboration.
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LEARN MOREThe OWL Awards are given annually at OWL's Signature Event during AAO. The finalists are distinguished and respected - always an impressive group!
Nominations for the OWL Awards open in the Summer. A Nominations Committee selects the finalists and then OWL members cast their votes in the Fall.
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Principal
Market Connections
Alexa Montesinos is the visionary founder and principal of Market Connections, a company she established to bridge the gap between industry and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in the eyecare sector. She is also the managing partner of iDocSocial, a pioneering social media platform dedicated to ophthalmology and optometry. With a focus on peer-to-peer education, Alexa helped launch iDocSocial with a clear mission: to combat misinformation and amplify the voices of true experts in the field.
Alexa's deep understanding of organizational dynamics and her commitment to fostering long-lasting relationships have been instrumental in her success. She skillfully balances a spirit of fun and positivity with innovative strategies, ensuring that both physicians and commercial partners achieve impactful, sustainable results. Her strong networking skills, coupled with her high emotional intelligence, make her a trusted connector and advocate for the ophthalmic community.
Under Alexa's leadership, both Market Connections and iDocSocial have become synonymous with excellence, driving progress and innovation in the global eyecare landscape. Her work is guided by a belief in the power of connectivity and the importance of empowering KOLs to shape the future of ophthalmology.
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Vision Innovation Partners
Chris entered the ophthalmic industry in 2009 as co-founder and CEO of Integrity EMR for Eyes, one of the first cloud-based EMR systems in ophthalmology. While at Integrity, Chris worked with several ophthalmic KOLs and the Integrity team to develop Veracity, a cataract surgical planning tool designed to increase surgeon comfort with recommending premium cataract options to patients.
Currently, Chris is the CEO of Vision Innovation Partners, a network of ophthalmic practices serving the mid-Atlantic region. He also is the Founder and Chairman of Navigate Patient Solutions, a company whose services are designed to support ophthalmic surgeons to educate patients on premium cataract surgery.
He is passionate about leveraging the global ophthalmic community to improve patient outcomes, solve the pending ophthalmology provider supply and demand crisis, while enhancing care delivery and impacting the innovation cycle of new devices and therapies.
Chris is a member of the American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery, American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators and Ophthalmic World Leaders.
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