Kellogg Photographers Take Top Honors Again in International Competition

Part science, part art, ophthalmic imaging is an exacting discipline essential to documenting and diagnosing eye diseases. Each fall the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society (OPS) host a competition celebrating this best work of ophthalmic imaging specialists from around the world.

Images are entered in the print division (two-dimensional) and the stereo division (three-dimensional). There are multiple juried categories, including the various modalities for imaging the back of the eye, such as fundus photography, angiography, autofluorescence, and the front of the eye like slit lamp, gonio and external photography.

An Amelanotic Choroidal Melanoma nasal to the optic nerve with exudative retinal detachment, Tim Steffens, CRA, OCT-C, FOPS

Posterior Subcapsular Cataract, Dena Harris, CRA

End-stage macular degeneration with extensive macular atrophy and fibrosis with massive subretinal fluid and peripheral exudates, Tony Medina, CRA, FOPS

Facing tough competition from across the U.S. and as far away as Singapore, Australia, Thailand and Slovenia, Kellogg’s imaging team continued its impressive winning streak in the 2022 competition. Three team members combined to win 31 awards, and for the fifth straight year a Kellogg team member took the Best-of-Show award in the Stereo category.

Kellogg’s dominance in ophthalmic imaging dates back nearly 50 years. From 1975 to 2000, Csaba Martonyi, CRA, FOPS, served as Director of Ophthalmic Photography at Kellogg. A longtime active member and past president of the OPS, Martonyi was a technical and artistic pioneer and a revered teacher. Each year the Csaba L. Martonyi Award recognizes the image judged overall best-in show at the competition.

This year, an image produced by Tim Steffens, CRA, OCT-C, FOPS, the current Director of Ophthalmic Imaging & Information Systems, won the Martonyi Award—the third time in five years this honor has come home to Kellogg. Steffens also placed first in the “Eye as Art” category, which recognizes creativity and visual appeal.

“Our team is so proud of the work we do, and so honored to represent Kellogg at this prestigious event,” says Steffens.

An Amelanotic Choroidal Melanoma nasal to the optic nerve with exudative retinal detachment, Tim Steffens, CRA, OCT-C, FOPS