Leadership – World Council of Optometry

First Ever World Optometry Foundation (WOF) Student Travel Fellowships Awarded to Attend the 3rd World Congress of Optometry and Academy 2019 Orlando Joint Meeting

Each year the American Academy of Optometry recognizes distinguished individuals who have made countless important contributions to advancing the profession of optometry. “Every nominee represents exactly what the American Academy of Optometry and the American Academy of Optometry Foundation hope to inspire in all of us,” Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD, FAAO, Awards Committee Chair, said

American Academy of Optometry Announces Barbara Caffery, OD, PhD, FAAO, as President

15NovemberGarryn MarlenEducation, Global vision, Leadership

BHVI: First Vietnamese-trained optometrists herald new hope for Vietnam’s national eye health

15NovemberGarryn MarlenEducation, Global vision, Leadership

First Vietnamese-trained optometrists herald new hope for Vietnam’s national eye health Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 8 November 2018: Today‘s date will be remembered

Today is World Diabetes Day

14NovemberGarryn MarlenChildren's vision, Education, Global vision, Leadership

Today is World Diabetes Day! We encourage you to let us know how your practice or initiatives impacted patients with diabetes and ocular related diabetic complications, particularly diabetic retinopathy. Let us know by visiting http://bit.ly/2O3qNsc .

Meet Dr. Timothy Fricke: Supporting Optometry Programs in Vietnam Through the WCO Fellowship Programme

13NovemberGarryn MarlenEducation, Global vision, Leadership

Meet Dr. Timothy Fricke: Supporting Optometry Programs in Vietnam Through the WCO Fellowship Programme Dr. Timothy Fricke of Melbourne, Australia was recently granted a fellowship to support emergent optometry programs in Vietnam. His work for the fellowship will begin November 7, 2018 and end December 1, 2018. Dr. Fricke has been mentoring eye care educators in Vietnam since

Asia Pacific Council of Optometry’s (APCO) 22nd Congress in 2019

12NovemberGarryn Marlen4 CommentsEducation, Leadership, Meetings

Click here to check out the video for the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry’s (APCO) 22nd Congress in Manila, Philippines. APOC’s 22nd Congress will take place June 17-20, 2019

BHVI: Complex Cases begins tomorrow + 2019 courses now open

12NovemberGarryn MarlenEducation, Global vision, Leadership

We know that myopia is growing around the world and recent studies indicate that 50% of the world will be myopic by 2050. We also know that practitioners are obligated to take a front line role in managing myopia – and so we created an education program that takes the latest advances in research, makes them clinically relevant

World Diabetes Day: Compendium of Good Practices

12NovemberGarryn MarlenEducation, Global vision, Leadership

The American Academy of Optometry Foundation announces the 2018 Vincent Salierno Scholarship Recipients

5NovemberGarryn MarlenEducation, Leadership

Category Archives: Leadership

First Ever World Optometry Foundation (WOF) Student Travel Fellowships Awarded to Attend the 3rd World Congress of Optometry and Academy 2019 Orlando Joint Meeting

American Academy of Optometry 2018 Award Recipients

American Academy of Optometry Announces Barbara Caffery, OD, PhD, FAAO, as President

BHVI: First Vietnamese-trained optometrists herald new hope for Vietnam’s national eye health

Today is World Diabetes Day

Meet Dr. Timothy Fricke: Supporting Optometry Programs in Vietnam Through the WCO Fellowship Programme

Asia Pacific Council of Optometry’s (APCO) 22nd Congress in 2019

BHVI: Complex Cases begins tomorrow + 2019 courses now open

World Diabetes Day: Compendium of Good Practices

The American Academy of Optometry Foundation announces the 2018 Vincent Salierno Scholarship Recipients