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Associations and Organizations

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Features information both about the academy and about ophthalmology as a whole.

American Academy of Optometry

Contains a wealth of information about the Academy.

American Association For Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

(AAPOS) Contains lots of patient information as well as information about the Association.

American Optometric Association

Provides a great deal of information about the Association and the profession. Includes links to State organizations and the AOA Dr. Locator.

American Optometric Student Association

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

American Society of Retina Specialists

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalomology (ARVO)

Primary focus is information about the ARVO annual meeting.

Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry

ARBO's Web site is designed to provide resources to state regulatory boards of optometry throughout North America. Services include: A directory of continuing education (CE) programs, a directory of optometry boards with Web site links, and a directory of licensed optometrists in the United States.

Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

(U Miami)

Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research

(Indiana University Optometry School)

Canadian Association of Optometrists

Also has links to Provincial associations.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.

Contact Lens Society of America

DirLine : Directory of health organizations.

National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Doheny Eye Institute

At the University of Southern California

Glaucoma Research Foundation

Primarily an introduction to the Foundation for the layperson. Includes listing of funded projects.

Healthfinder: your guide to reliable health information.

US Department of Health and Human Services

This is a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the internet and links to selected information and Web sites from over 1,700 health-related organizations.

Healthy People 2000 Consortium on the Internet

List of websites for participating organizations.

International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE)

International Center for Eyecare Education

International Perimetric Society

International Society for Eye Research

Lighthouse International

Advocacy for and support of the visually impaired.

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

Massachusetts Society of Optometrists

National Board of Examiners in Optometry

National Board of Examiners in Optometry (U.S.)

This web site has been designed to provide comprehensive information about the National Board examinations. It is intended to help answer questions, and to assist in the preparing for licensing examinations. Includes sections on: exam content (Parts I, II, III, TMOD), application form, application info, application review, FAQs, become an examiner, and NBEO articles.

National Eye Institute

National Eye Institute.

Information for researchers, health care professionals, public and patients, educators, and the media. Contains: clinical studies databases, NEI publications, funding, grant and contract information, National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) information, low vision education program information, intramural research information, and a photograph, image and video catalog. Offers online access to issues of NEI's Outlook.

National Optometric Association

"With nearly 34 years of service to the optometry profession, educators, students and patients nationwide, the National Optometric Association (NOA) has been a leader in the cause of improving the quality and accessibility of eye care in minority and other historically underserved communities."

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)

OPTICAL Research Group

Older project based at UC Berkeley -- little on the site after 1999.

Optical Society of America

Perkins School for the Blind

Prevent Blindness America

Retina International

Scheie Eye Institute

Located at U Penn

Schepens Eye Research Institute

"The Schepens Eye Research Institute is the largest independent eye research institute in America. An affiliate of Harvard Medical School and located in Boston, Massachusetts, the Institute was founded in 1950 by famed retinal surgeon Charles L. Schepens."

Sight for Students.

Vision Service Plan (VSP).

"Sight for Students is a VSP (Vision Service Plan) charity that provides free vision exams and glasses to low-income, uninsured children. The program operates nationally through a network of community partners who identify children in need and VSP network doctors who provide the eyecare services."

State Professional Optometric Associations

United States.

Syndicat National des Ophthalmologistes de France (SNOF)

In French. Extensive information about a variety of disorders, including images.

Tilganga Eye Centre.

Tilganga Eye Centre is the implementing body of the Nepal Eye Program, a non-profit, community-based, non-government organization. The Nepal Eye Program was officially launched in July 1992 to support the prevention & control of blindness in Nepal and the region.

Unite for Sight, Inc.

A worldwide nonprofit that seeks to spread the gift of sight locally and internationally through community vision screenings, public education about eye disease, and eyeglass drives.

Vision 2020: The Right to Sight.

World Health Organization (WHO)/International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAHB).

The "global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness."

Vision Sciences Society

Visual Sciences Group, Indiana University Optometry School

Includes links to several of the group's research papers.

VOSH/International : Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity.

"The primary mission of VOSH / International is to facilitate the provision of vision care worldwide to people who can neither afford nor obtain such care." Worldwide organization of which the NECO student chapter is a part.

Wills Eye Hospital