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INSIDE OPTOMETRY

What it takes to work on a comprehensive care team

AOA member Nanette Curtis, O.D., shares the five essentials.

Honoring optometry’s best and brightest

As the AOA and AOSA gathered for Optometry’s Meeting® 2025, the outstanding contributions of AOA members and friends of optometry were recognized.

Committee spotlight: AOA’s Meetings & Member Experiences Committee

Optometry's Meeting® is the profession’s premier event—and that’s because of a team of AOA volunteers who make it happen! Get to know the AOA’s Meetings & Member Experiences Committee and what they have planned for this year’s event.

AOA’s 24/7 media advocacy puts eye exams on everyone’s radar

Plus, how the latest iteration of Eye Deserve More uses tech specs to promote eye health.

Making her dream a reality

What do you do when opportunity knocks? Alyssa Putman, O.D., opened the door—and on the other side was the practice she dreamed of.

Discover Minneapolis

Optometry’s Meeting® is just weeks away, June 25-28 in Minneapolis! Start planning your trip—inside and outside of the convention center—with these recommendations from the locals.

AOA Innovation Hub debuts at Optometry’s Meeting® 2025

At Optometry’s Meeting® in Minneapolis, June 25-28, the brand-new AOA Innovation Hub will bring together top minds and companies to discuss how technology will, and is, shaping the optometric landscape.

Student-centered initiatives promote optometry careers

As students contemplate their futures, inspire them to consider careers in optometry.

Can’t-miss hands-on workshops at this year’s Optometry’s Meeting®

Doctors of optometry and paraoptometric professionals can develop their skills and advance patient care with cutting-edge hands-on workshops at this year’s Optometry’s Meeting® in Minneapolis, June 25-28.

1 year strong, Myopia Collective advancing a new standard of care

A groundbreaking partnership between the AOA and CooperVision that launched last spring, the Myopia Collective’s 3,500 members are just getting started on their mission to elevate the standard of care for children with myopia.

AOA supports doctors of optometry facing UnitedHealth cyberattack loan repayment

After offering grants to impacted optometrists, the AOA continues advocacy.

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