Listing of Optician, Optometric, Ophthalmology and Eyecare Resources, Schools and Colleges, Licensing Boards, Trade Press, Optical Trade Associations and Non Profits with the appropriate links. Please let us know if you would like to be added to the list.
National Optometric, Ophthalmology Associations
- American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- American Optometric Association (AOA) -
- Armed Forces Optometric Society (AFOS)
- Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO)
National Optician Associations
- American Board of Opticianary (ABO) and
- National Academy of Opticianry – note please click on link for state affiliates
- National Contact Lens Examiners (NCLE)
- Optician Association of America.
State Associations
Alabama
Alaska
- Alaska Board Of Examiners In Optometry
- Alaska Board Of Dispensing Opticians
- Alaska Optometric Physicians Association
Arizona
- Arizona State Board Of Optometry
- Arizona Ophthalmological Society
- Arizona Optometric Association
- Arizona State Board of Dispensing Opticians
Arkansas
- Arkansas State Board Of Optometry
- Arkansas Ophthalmological Society
- Arkansas Board Of Dispensing Opticians
- Arkansas Optometric Association (arkansasopometric.org)
California
- California Board Of Optometry
- California Academy Of Ophthalmology
- California Optometric Association (coavision.org)
- Los Angeles County Optometric Society
- Orange County Optometric Society
- San Diego County Optometric Society
- San Francisco County Optometric Society
Colorado
Connecticut
- Contact Lens Dispensing Permit Program
- Connecticut Association Of Optometrists
- Connecticut Opticians Association
- Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians (cteyemed.com)
Delaware
Florida
- Florida Optometric Association
- Florida Society of Ophthalmology
- Dade County Optometric Association
- Florida Society of Ophthalmology
- Florida State Board Of Opticianry
- Palm Beach County Ophthalmology Society
- Palm Beach County Optometric Association
- Professional Opticians Of Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
- Kansas Optometric Association
- Kansas Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Kentucky
- Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
- Kentucky Optometric Association
- Society Of Dispensing Opticians On Kentucky
Louisiana
- Louisiana Association Of Dispensing Opticians (LADO)
- Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation
- Louisiana Ophthalmology Association
- Optometry Association Of Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeon
- Massachusetts Society Of Optometrists
- Opticians Association Of Massachusetts
Michigan
- Michigan Ophthalmic Personnel Society
- Michigan Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
- Opticians Association Of Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- New Jersey Academy Of Ophthalmology
- New Jersey Society Of Optometric Physicians
- New Jersey State Board Of Examiners Of Ophthalmic Dispensers
- Opticians Association Of New Jersey
Nevada
New Mexico
New York
- New York State Ophthalmological Society
- New York State Board Of Ophthalmic Dispensing
- New York State Optometric Association
- New York State Society Of Opticians
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
- Ohio Optical Dispensers Board
- Opticians Association Of Ohio
- Ohio Ophthalmological Society
- Ohio Optometric Association
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Oregon Academy of Ophthalmology
- Oregon Optometric Physicians Association
- Opticians Association Of Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- South Carolina Board Of Examiners In Opticianry
- South Carolina Optometric Association
- South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Tennessee Academy Of Ophthalmology
- Tennessee Dispensing Opticians Association
- Tennessee Optometric Association
- Tennessee State Board Of Dispensing Opticians
Texas
- Registered Opticians Of Texas
- Houston Ophthalmological Society
- Texas Ophthalmological Association
- Texas Opticians Registry Advisory Committee
- Texas Optometric Association
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
- Virginia Society Of Ophthalmology
- Virginia Board Of Opticians
- Opticians Association Of Virginia
- Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
- Virginia Optometric Association (Northern)
Washington
- Washington State Dispensing Optician Examining Program
- Optometric Physicians Of Washington
- Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
- Opticians Association Of Washington
Washington DC
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Licensing Boards of Opticianary
Licensing Boards of Optometry
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Optometry Schools and Colleges
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Optician Schools
Arkansas
California
- American Career College Los Angeles, Inland Empire, Orange County Campuses
- Hacienda La Puente Adult Education- La Puente, CA -626-934-2940
- Palomar Community College District- San Marcos, CA
Connecticut
Florida
- Broward Community College
- Hillsborough Community College- Tampa, FL
- Miami Dade Community College- Miami, FL
Georgia
Indiana
- Indiana University – bloomington , IN
Massachusetts
- Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology - Boston, Ma
Michigan
- Baker College - Jackson, MI
Nevada
- College of Southern Nevada- Las Vegas, NV
New Jersey
- Camden County College – Opticianry
- Essex County College – Ophthalmic Dispensing Newark, NJ
- Raritan Valley Community College – Opticianry -Somerville , New Jersey 08876-1265
New Mexico
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute – Albuquerque, NM
New York
- Erie Community College – Ophthalmic Dispensing
- New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY
- Suffolk County Community College- Brentwood, NY
- TCI College of Technology- NY, NY
North Carolina
Ohio
- Cuyahoga Community College- Cleveland, OH
Oregon
Rhode Island
- Community College of Rhode Island- Newport, RI
Tennessee
- Roane State Community College – Opticianry Harriman, TN
- The Learning Curve – Sevierville, TN (865_-453-3450
Texas
- El Paso Community College - El Paso, TX
- Tyler Junior College - Tyler, TX
Vermont
Virginia
- J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College – Opticianry Richmond, VA
- Tri Service Optician School – Yorktown, VA Nostra – Opticianry
Washington
- Highline Community College – Opticianry Des Moines, WA
- Seattle Central Community College – Opticianry
Non Profits
- Blind Babies Foundation
- Essilor Vision Foundation
- Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
- Helen Keller International (HKI)
- Lighthouse International
- National Association of Vision Care Plans (NAVCP)
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
- National Federation for the Blind (NFB)
- One Sight
- United Sight
- Optometric Extension Program Foundation
- Optometry Giving Sight
- Prevent Blindness America (PBA) – note please click on link for all state affiliates of PBA
Research
- Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO)
- College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
- Eye Mac
- Market Scope
- National Eye Institute
- National Organization of Rare Disorders
- Ocular Disease
- Opthalmology
- Schepens Eye Research Institute
- Vision 20-20
- Vision Science
- Contact Lenses Today E-Mail NewsletterEye & Contact Lens: Science and Clinical PracticeNational Talking Newspapers and Magazines, UKNova Southeastern University Job Board Retina International`s Scientific Newsletter
- World Health Organization
- Cochrane Eyes and Vision GroupCEVG is an international network of individuals working to prepare, maintain and promote access to systematic reviews of interventions to treat or prevent eye diseases or visual impairment.
- The New England Journal of Medicine
- Hardin Meta-Directory
- Yale Univ Medical Library – Ophthalmology
- Shiley Eye Center, UN California: SD
- Wilmer Eye Institute
- National Eye Institutute
- Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
- Visual Cognition Visual Cognition publishes new empirical research that increases theoretical understanding of human visual cognition. Studies may be concerned with any aspect of visual cognition such as perceptual organization; 0bject, face, and scene recognition; visual attention and search; short-term and long-term visual memory; visual word recognition and reading; eye movement control and active vision; dynamic vision; and visual imagery. The typical study will use behavioral methods, but papers reporting studies of alternative populations or based on methods such as neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI, ERP, MEG) or modeling (computational or mathematical) that bear on visual cognition are also published
Trade Shows and Manufacturer Trade Organizations
- Optical Laboratories Association (OLA)
- ReedExpo
- SECO International
- The Vision Council
- Optical Women Association To enhance and promote the leadership role of women in the ophthalmic industry through networking and peer support.
- Women of Vision Online Is professional organization designed to create opportunities for educating, mentoring, and networking dedicated to helping women optometrists be proactive in defining themselves.
- Women in OphthalmologyWomen In Ophthalmology, Inc. was founded to enhance and improve the professional environment for women ophthalmologists. We encourage diversity, impartiality, and economic parity, and strive to cultivate new opportunities for leadership, education, and public service in the field of ophthalmology for ourselves and future generations, both nationally and internationally
- Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA)
- Contact Lens Council (CLC)
- Protect Eyes (www.protecteyes.org)
- Sunglass Association of America (now with The Vision Council)
- MAFO- Ophthalmic Labs and Industry MAFO is the independent journal for producers, managers and distributors in ophthalmic optics worldwide.It is designed to reflect the interests of all sectors, at every link in the global eyewear delivery chain, including the industry’s importers and exporters. It also focuses on supplier’s relationship with retail optics, especially chains, marketing and buying groups.
Trade Press
- EyeCare Professional Magazine
- First Vision Media Group – Vision Care Product News, Optical Lab Products, Sunglasses
- Jobson Medical Information, LLC - 20/20, Vision Monday, Review of Optometry, Review of Ophthalmology and FRAMES Data
- LWW Vision Care Group – Eyecare Business, Optometric Management, New OD, Contact Lens Spectrum, Ophthalmology Management, New Ophthalmologist
- Slack, Inc
- Agingeye Times
- Archives Of Ophthalmology
- American Journal Of Ophthamology
- Contact Lens Spectrum
- Digital Atlas Of OphthalmologyThe Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology is a database of images drawn from the vast clinical experience of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary specialists and their colleagues around the world.The Digital Atlas is intended to serve as a visual reference and educational supplement for ophthalmologists, general physicians, and medical students.
- EyeNet Magazine
- Eye World
- Indiana Journal Of Optometry
- Journal of the Optical Society of America AThe Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A) is devoted to developments in any field of classical optics, image science, and vision. JOSA A includes original peer-reviewed papers on such topics as atmospheric optics, image processing, scattering and coherence theory, machine vision, statistical optics, diffraction and gratings, color, clinical vision, and visual optics.
- Journal Of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus
- Journal Of Refractive Surgery
- Journal Of The American Medical Association
- Ocular Surgery News
- Oph Source
- Ophthalmology Management
- Ophthalmology Review Journal
- Ophthalmology Times
- Optical Prism- With a circulation of over 10,000, and over 25 years of optical experience, Optical Prism has proven itself as a valuable source of information on the latest hottest trends, practice management, marketing and merchandising as well as the all important subject of eye health. Optical Prism’s distinctive layout and bold images highlight eyewear and features relevant up-to-the minute editorial features.
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