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

Founded: 1922

2005 and 2006 Board of Directors (formerly referred to as the Executive Council)

President: Joe Yager, OD
President-Elect: Richard E. Weisbarth, OD
Secretary-Treasurer: Mark W. Eger, OD
Immediate Past President: Thomas L. Lewis, OD, PhD
Member: Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD
Member: Thomas F. Freddo, OD, PhD
Member: Brett G. Bence, OD
Member: Bernard J. Dolan, OD, MS
Executive Director: Lois Schoenbrun, CAE

Fellows and Fellow Emeritus who Reside in the United States: 3325
(About 10 percent of practicing optometrists in the United States.)

Candidates: 367

Student Members: 601

International Fellows: 484

Countries with Fellows: 43

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, 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: 20
  • European (Continental)
  • Great Britain
  • Quebec (Canada)
  • 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: 6

  • Illinois College of Optometry (ICO)
  • New England College of Optometry (NEWENCO)
  • NOVA Southeastern University College of Optometry
  • Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO)
  • Southern California School of Optometry (SCCO)
  • University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry (UCBSC)

Upcoming Annual Meetings:
October 22-25, 2008 in Anaheim, CA
November 11-14, 2009 in Orlando, FL
November 17-20, 2010 in San Francisco, CA