May 2018

ASCO’s Own, LaShawn Sidbury, Selected for Competitive Leadership Program

ASCO’s Own, LaShawn Sidbury, Selected for Competitive Leadership Program

ASCO staff member LaShawn Sidbury was selected for a highly competitive leadership program for association managers and leaders from diverse backgrounds. Ms. Sidbury, who serves as ASCO’s Director of Meetings and Special Interest Groups (SIGs), was chosen by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as one of 12 candidates selected from a large pool […]

Bausch + Lomb News

Bausch + Lomb News

Bausch + Lomb Receives FDA Approval of Lumify™ – The Only Over-the-Counter (OTC) Eye Drop with Low-Dose Brimonidine for the Treatment of Ocular Redness Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LUMIFY™ (brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic solution 0.025%) as the first and only over-the-counter (OTC) […]

CooperVision News

CooperVision News

CooperVision Introduces its 2018 Best Practices Honorees Third Class of Honorees Set to Collaborate and Leverage Their Leadership in Optometry to Address a Challenge to the Profession From every corner of the country, practices big and small submitted their stories of excellence in eye care, sharing the innovation, business momentum, patient experience, and culture that […]

Diopsys News

Diopsys News

Diopsys Introduces the Latest in Electrophysiology Testing At ASCRS RETINA PLUS and multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) will offer eye care experts access to powerful new tools for understanding the health of the retina Diopsys Inc, the world leader in modern visual electrophysiology, is announcing the latest advancements in visual electrophysiology testing for the ophthalmic practice. Diopsys […]

Hoya News

Hoya News

Hoya Blue Light White Paper Available In an effort to clear up confusion around the performance of blue light filtration products, Hoya spent the past several months combing published peer-reviewed research to develop new tools that help independent practices know fact from fiction. The white paper, “What We Know – And Don’t Know – About […]

Luxottica News

Luxottica News

Luxottica Launches Website to Support ODs on their Career Path Luxottica launched a new website dedicated to helping current and future optometrists implement their vision into practice. The site, www.LuxotticaEyeCare.Luxottica.com, provides knowledge and industry know-how to help support their career path and goals. This external site is designed to present the myriad of options that […]

Oculus News

Oculus News

Go beyond the cornea! New Cornea Scleral Profile Report: Now available for Pentacam® The sagittal height, needed for scleral lens fitting, can now be measured with the Pentacam®. 250 images at coverage up to 18 mm are taken. All images are taken during the CSP scan at the same visual axis and no necessary eye […]

RevolutionEHR News

RevolutionEHR News

Rev360 Announces Image Management Service for RevolutionEHR Users Image Management Enabled within RevolutionEHR   Rev360, the eye care software and business services company that serves practices centered on RevolutionEHR, is pleased to announce the launch of RevImaging, an image management service built for and enabled directly within RevolutionEHR.  RevImaging provides a completely unified, efficient, feature rich […]

Allergan News

Allergan News

Seventy years ago, Gavin S. Herbert, Sr, and his son, Gavin Herbert, Jr, created Allergan with the goal of improving the lives of patients. Since that time, Allergan has remained dedicated to advancing eye care, launching 125 products for prevalent eye conditions. We are committed to helping ECPs deliver superior patient care through R&D, philanthropy, […]

4th Future Faculty Program Proves to Be a Success

4th Future Faculty Program Proves to Be a Success

 ASCO held its fourth biennial Future Faculty Program (FFP) on April 20-22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. This year’s program was co-chaired by Dr. Joan Portello, Associate Professor at SUNY, State College of Optometry, and Dr. Jeffrey Walline, Associate Dean for Research at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. The program was attended by twenty […]