E-mail Publication: Eye-Mail ® Monthly Publication information including Eye-Mail ® Monthly

Founded: 1922

2011 and 2012 Board of Directors (formerly referred to as the Executive Council)

President:   Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD
President-Elect:   Bernard J. Dolan, OD, MS
Secretary-Treasurer:   Brett G. Bence, OD
Immediate Past President:   Mark W. Eger, OD
Member:   Barbara Caffery, OD, PhD
Member:   Michael G. Harris, OD, JD, MS
Member:   Timothy T. McMahon, OD
Member:   Joseph P. Shovlin, OD
Executive Director:   Lois Schoenbrun, CAE

Fellows and Fellow Emeritus who Reside in the United States: 3628
(About 10 percent of practicing optometrists in the United States.)

Candidates: 367

Student Members: 924

International Fellows: 484

Countries with Fellows: 42

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States

Sections: 8

Binocular Vision, Perception and Pediatric Optometry; Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractive Technologies; Disease; Low Vision; Optometric Education; Primary Care; Public Health and Environmental Optometry; and Vision Science

Chapters: 30

Geographic: 20

  • European (Continental)
  • Great Britain
  • Quebec (Canada)
  • South Africa
  • United States: California, Florida, Hawaii, Heart of America, Illinois, Indiana, New England, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northeastern Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia

Student: 10

  • Illinois College of Optometry (ICO)
  • New England College of Optometry (NECO)
  • NOVA Southeastern University College of Optometry
  • Salus University (SU) (Formerly PCO)
  • Southern California School of Optometry (SCCO)
  • State University of New York (SUNY)
  • University of Alabama School of Optometry
  • University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry (UCBSO)
  • Ecole d'optometrie, Universite de Montreal
  • University of Waterloo School of Optometry

Upcoming Annual Meetings:

October 12-15, 2011 in Boston, MA
October 24-27, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ
October 23-26, 2013 in Seattle, WA
November 12-15, 2014 in Denver, CO
October 14-17, 2015 in New Orleans, LA
November 16-19, 2016 in Anaheim, CA
October 4-7, 2017 in Boston, MA