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

Founded: 1922

2009 and 2010 Board of Directors (formerly referred to as the Executive Council)

President:   Mark W. Eger, OD
President-Elect:   Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD
Secretary-Treasurer:   Bernard J. Dolan, OD, MS
Immediate Past President:   Richard E. Weisbarth, OD
Member:   Brett G. Bence, OD
Member:   Barbara Caffery, OD, 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: 3479
(About 10 percent of practicing optometrists in the United States.)

Candidates: 367

Student Members: 924

International Fellows: 463

Countries with Fellows: 40

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

Sections: 8

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

Chapters: 26

Geographic: 21

  • 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, Virginia and Wisconsin

Student: 7

  • 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 California, Berkeley School of Optometry (UCBSO)

Upcoming Annual Meetings:

November 11-14, 2009 in Orlando, FL
November 17-20, 2010 in San Francisco, CA
October 12-15, 2011 in Boston, MA
October 24-27, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ
October 23-26, 2013 in Seattle, WA