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- Association for Macular Diseases, Inc. - Online resource providing information and support for people with macular degeneration and other macular diseases.
www.macula.org
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - Deals with research in various fields of ophthalmology.
www.arvo.org/arvo
- Association of Vision Science Librarians - An international organization composed of professional librarians, or persons acting in that capacity, whose collections or services include the literature of vision.
spectacle.berkeley.edu/~library/AVSL.HTM
- Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group - 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.
www.archie.ucl.ac.uk
- College of Optometrists in Vision Development - Certifying body for doctors in the optometric specialty called Behavioral/ Developmental/ Rehabilitative Optometry.
www.covd.org
- Contact Lens Council - Educational resource on vision correction for consumers. The primary goal of the CLC is to promote the safe use of contact lenses.
www.contactlenscouncil.org
- Diabetic Retinopathy Foundation - Not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to support research and public awareness which will lead to the prevention of one of the World's major causes of blindness -Diabetic Retinopathy.
retinopathy.org/index.html
- Eye Care Foundation - Non-profit foundation providing information and resources for patients with macular degeneration, eye cancer and related eye diseases.
www.eyecarefoundation.com
- EyeTownCenter Community of Ophthalmologists - Virtual community for ophthalmologists. Forums for speciality discussions, as well as image galleries. [Membership required for some sections]
www.eyetowncenter.com
- Fight for Sight - A non-profit organization funding fellowships and grants for vision research and children's eye clinics in the U.S. and internationally to prevent blindness and find cures for all eye diseases.
fightforsight.com
- International Colour Vision Society - International group of physiologists, psychologists, physicists, geneticists, optometrists, ophthalmologists and others who have a research interest in the many aspects of colour vision and colour vision deficiencies.
orlab.optom.unsw.edu.au/ICVS
- International Ophthalmology Symposium - From the Centennial Meeting of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society.
www.medic.mie-u.ac.jp/ophthalmology/text/oph.home-e.html
- International Refractive Surgery Club - International organization of the world's leading refractive surgeons.
www.refractive.org
- International Society for Eye Research - Dealing with ocular research and news updates.
www.iser.org
- International Society of Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology - Promoting the science of geographic and epidemiologic ophthalmology worldwide.
www.interchange.ubc.ca/bceio/isgeo
- International Society of Ocular Toxicology - The purpose and goals of ISOT are to encourage research, training, publication and dissemination of knowledge in all aspects of ocular toxicology.
www.isot2000.org
- International Society of Refractive Surgery - Provides informational resources on refractive surgery.
www.isrs.org
- Internet Ophthalmology - Non-profit organization devoted to the education and training of international eyecare providers.
www.ophthal.org
- National Eye Research Foundation - Non-profit organization providing information in contact lenses and orthokeratology as it develops.
www.nerf.org
- Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society - Organization of anesthesiologists, ophthalmologists, and CRNAs committed to sharing education and information.
www.eyeanesthesia.org
- Ophthalmic Photographers Society - Non-profit organization dedicated to highly specialized photography pertaining to ophthalmology.
webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/ops
- Sight and Hearing Association - Dedicated to preventing the needless loss of vision and hearing through effective screening, education, and research. This site provides public information about eye and ear topics as well as information regarding products and services.
www.sightandhearing.org
- Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation - Offers education and support, and strives to increase awareness and research into more effective treatments and a cure.
www.sjogrens.org
- Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International - Non-profit humanitarian organization to recruit volunteer ophthalmologists, nurses and technicians to perform free, sight-restoring surgery throughout the developing world.
www.seeintl.org
- Talking Newspaper Association - A talking newspaper for people who have low vision based in United Kingdom.
www.tnauk.org.uk
- Tissue Banks International (TBI) - Non-profit network of eye and tissue banks. Provide corneas and other eye tissue for sight-reconstruction surgery.
www.tbionline.org
- Varilux Presbyopia Forum - A reference site for eye care professionals. Fosters the exchange of information on vision problems and features solutions on how to accommodate presbyopes.
www.presbyopia.org
- Vision International Eye Missions - Non-profit organization that trains eye doctors and builds eye clinics to help the indigent blind in poor countries by providing free, sight-restoring surgeries.
www.vision-international.org
- Vitreous Society - Exchange of scientific information regarding diseases of the retina and vitreous.
www.vitreoussociety.org
- WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma - International alliance of interested parties to work for the global elimination of trachoma.
www.who.int/pbd/trachoma/pressrel.htm
- Orbis - Operating the world's only flying eye hospital.
www.orbis.org
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