Southern College of Optometry (SCO) was honored at the National Optometric Association’s 47th annual summer meeting with three awards. The SCO chapter of the National Optometric Student Association (NOSA) received the Chapter of the Year Award; faculty member Dr. Janette Dumas was named Doctor of the Year; and 2015 graduate Dr. Brittany Tounsel was named […]
Dr. Ben Backus, Associate Professor at the State University of New York College of Optometry, is the principal investigator for a National Institutes of Health-funded study exploring whether light deprivation could be an effective treatment for amblyopia in adults. Subjects will live in complete darkness for 10 days in a specially equipped apartment and then […]
Unless otherwise indicated, the ASCO contact for all Special Interest Groups (SIGs) is LaShawn Sidbury, CMP, Director, Meetings and Special Interest Groups, lsidbury@opted.org or (301) 231-5944 ext. 3012. LOW VISION EDUCATORS Met: July 9-11, 2015, Pacific University College of Optometry Chair: Dr. Tracy Matchinski Actions: Dr. Sharon Lee became SIG Chair; two new steering committee […]
I am delighted and honored to be serving again as president of ASCO, an organization that has meant so much to me and plays such a vital role in our profession. This is a particularly exciting time for ASCO as we go through a major transition and approach the celebration of an important milestone. I […]
Dr. Elizabeth Hoppe was honored as the keynote speaker during ASCO’s 2015 Summer Institute for Faculty Development (SIFD), which took place July 12-15 in St. Louis. Dr. Hoppe, ASCO Secretary-Treasurer and the Founding Dean of Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, has been involved with the SIFD since its inception in 2006, providing […]
Marty, thank you for 25 years of outstanding, dedicated service to our profession. You have seen many changes over this time and have guided ASCO with your great leadership. Thank you! Doug Penisten, OD, PhD Dean, Northeastern State University – Oklahoma College of Optometry ASCO Board member
ASCO appreciates the continued support it receives from the following companies for its national programs and activities that benefit all the schools and colleges of optometry: *As of July 14, 2014
Longevity in office, alone, speaks for reliance and dependence by the membership and confidence in the individual. All of the “Marty plaudits” are justified. I was in San Juan and participated in his interview and retention. Moreover, I wrote a letter of congratulation to Marty BEFORE he was formally notified. (The other candidate, in my […]
The Centre for Contact Lens Research at the University of Waterloo announced that Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Companies has committed funding to continue the evolution of its four-year-old site, ContactLensUpdate.com. The site is meant to be an unbiased resource providing eyecare professionals worldwide with evidence-based clinical insights relating to key research findings. In addition, […]
Now under new leadership with Maureen Cavanagh as President, the Vision Impact Institute, supported by Essilor, is renewing its commitment to advocate for new data on the socio-economic impact of poor vision while expanding the scope of its mission to include the importance of healthy vision and the quality of life benefits of visual correction. […]
