AOA News
ACOE Standards updates take effect: What they mean for optometric education programs
Professional Optometric Degree Program accreditation standards took effect Jan. 1, ensuring the continued educational rigor necessary for optometry’s expanding and essential role in health care.
Show off your unique cases, research at this year’s Optometry’s Meeting®
Clinicians, students and faculty can showcase their work on an international stage during this year’s Poster Sessions at Optometry's Meeting® | 5th World Congress of Optometry in Minneapolis. Call for abstracts is open until Feb. 14.
The AOA Foundation empowers optometry’s future in 2024
The AOA Foundation advances student success, diversity and innovation through scholarships and opportunities in 2024.
AOA Foundation disaster fund provides shot in arm to devastated practices
With 2024 winding down, how do you help support colleagues enduring an unexpected disaster?
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Seeding change
The AOA Foundation advances eye health and vision care through its key programs, including InfantSEE®, Optometry’s Fund for Disaster Relief, student scholarships and the AOA/AOSA Opportunities in Optometry Grant.
New Year’s resolutions come to life at Optometry’s Meeting® 2025
Optometry’s Meeting® 2025 lands in the heart of the Midwest at the Minneapolis Convention Center, June 25-28, 2025. Prepare for the year ahead with access to early registration notifications.
Leadership Institute advances leadership in the optometric profession
Elevate your career and become a leader who inspires and advances the profession. The AOA Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for 2025.
Field Notes: Florida doctor recounts hurricanes Helene, Milton
Media reports describe “devastating” winds, rain and flooding as Hurricane Milton makes landfall—how a Tampa Bay area doctor comes to terms with not one but two hurricanes in as many weeks.
AOA Foundation makes emergency appeal for doctors, students in Helene-ravaged states
In the devastating path forged from Hurricane Helene, shell-shocked residents in the southeastern U.S., including AOA members, are putting their lives back together.
AOA drives national discourse on optometry and importance of in-person eye care
This year, the AOA has generated more than 5B impressions from 2.5K earned media placements, including CNN, FOX News, U.S. News & World Report, CNET, USA Today and more. A recent New York Times article was yet another opportunity for the AOA to be part of and influence the discourse.