CLINICAL EYE CARE
AOA brings eye health, doctors of optometry into the national GLP-1 conversation
Amid growing GLP-1 use, the AOA’s national awareness campaign, Eye Deserve More, educates Americans on potential vision risks and reinforces the importance of comprehensive eye exams with a doctor of optometry.
Brain Injury Awareness Month: How optometric care delivers effective solutions for patients
Members of the AOA’s Vision Rehabilitation Committee share clinical tools and insights for brain injury and vision.
AOA members publish paper calling for comprehensive eye exams to detect retinitis pigmentosa
Existing AOA guidelines bring awareness to the underdiagnosed condition.
Optometry increasingly shoulders medical eye care as ophthalmology shrinks
The surgical specialty faces an overall net decline in workforce as optometry grows parallel to ballooning demand for eye care services in the U.S.
New AOA EyeLearn course: Building empathy for patients with diabetes-related eye disease
Self-paced course highlights disparities, unconscious bias and opportunities to build trust.
Rethinking dizziness after concussion
Vision plays a pivotal—and often overlooked—role in post-concussion dizziness. Here’s why doctors of optometry should be key members of the care team.
InfantSEE® celebrates 20 years of early detection
No-cost comprehensive eye exams for babies 6-12 months old revealed thousands of correctable eye health issues.
125 optometrist-approved toys and games for kids
Vision therapist Kellye Knueppel, O.D., shares beloved classics and new favorites on her annual holiday list.
Spectacular Piper
An internet sensation cast a spotlight on pediatric eye care. A decade later, the AOA continues to educate the public about infant eye care through InfantSEE®.
Changing the game
The Myopia Collective aims to profoundly disrupt the state of care for nearsightedness.
Vision therapy yields faster recovery from concussion-related eye condition
Study overturns “wait and see” approach, showing office-based treatment improves convergence insufficiency outcomes.
Committee Spotlight: AOA’s Ethics and Values Committee
The AOA’s Ethics and Values Committee works to center the optometry profession on the needs of patients. Learn more about the committee and the case studies that AOA members can access.