Speaker Biography:  Leonid Skorin, Jr., OD, FAAO, DO, MS, FAAO, FAOCO

Dr. Skorin is glad you’re reading his biography.  He is the senior staff ophthalmologist at Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.  He is the Director of Continuing Medical Education and the Chair of the Institutional Review Board at the Albert Lea facility.

Dr. Skorin serves as the International Editor-In-Chief of the ophthalmology journal, Clinical & Surgical Ophthalmology.  He also serves on the editorial review board of several medical and optometry journals.  He has over 400 publications – articles, book chapters, textbooks.

Dr. Skorin is the President of the Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society.  He is a Costin Institute Scholar in osteopathic medical education and received the Presidential Achievement Certificate for his medical and surgical mission work in Ukraine from the American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology.  In 2007 Dr. Skorin was named Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academies of Practice in the Osteopathic Medical Academy and currently serves as its Chair.

Dr. Skorin completed the Mayo Clinic Leadership Development Program in 2010 and a Master’s of Science in Medical Education Leadership through the University Of New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. He is currently enrolled in the American Osteopathic Association Health Policy Fellowship.

He enjoys cruising the country lanes in his 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air convertible and is an amateur herpetologist specializing in chelonians