Leadership news
Citing personal reasons, Ronald L. Benner, O.D., has resigned as AOA president. After being informed, the AOA Board of Trustees met and designated the organization’s serving President-elect, Steven T. Reed, O.D., of Mississippi, as acting president for the next two months. Dr. Reed’s planned installation as President remains set for June 2024, during Optometry’s Meeting in Nashville, and the one-year term will run through June 2025.
How to avert an eye care crisis
A noted author and lecturer is sounding the alarm over the growing gap between the demand for eye care services and the declining number of ophthalmologists.
What happened to the FTC’s noncompete ban?
The federal rule would have prevented noncompete arrangements, common in physician employment agreements. But rule enforcement is on hold while courts review.
3 reasons to read AOA’s newest clinical practice guideline
WATCH the chair of the AOA’s Evidence-based Optometry Committee offer recommendations and clinical notes from Care of the Patient with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, First Edition.