The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is the largest national membership medical association of ophthalmologists medical doctors (MDs) specializing in eye care and surgery including medical, surgical and optical care.
http://www.aao.org/ The Maryland Society of Eye Physicans & Surgeons (MSEPS) is the only statewide organization representing Maryland ophthalmologists and their patients.
http://www.marylandeyemds.org/ The National Eye Institute (NEI) is one of the US National Institutes of Health that was established in 1968. The mission of NEI is to prolong and protect the vision of the American people. The NEI conducts and performs research into treating and preventing diseases affecting the eye or vision.
http://www.nei.nih.gov/ The Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington (POB), the largest local prevention of blindness agency in the United States, is dedicated to the improvement and preservation of sight by providing services, education, advocacy and innovation.
http://www.youreyes.org/ The American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) is an independent, non-profit organization responsible for certifying ophthalmologists (eye physicians and surgeons) in the United States of America.
http://www.abop.org/ EyeCare America is a public service foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology that reduces avoidable blindness and severe visual impairment by raising awareness about eye disease and care, providing free eye health educational materials and facilitating access to medical eye care.
http://www.eyecareamerica.org/ Spanish-speaking patients and physicians now have a version of the EyeSmart public-education website in their own language, with this weeks launch of OjosSanos.org. The new site provides MD-reviewed information about more than 50 diseases and conditions, plus vision-correction information, tips on maintaining healthy vision and more than 80 short videos. The Academy will be supporting the launch of OjosSanos with a media campaign and other efforts to increase the new sites visibility.
http://www.ojossanos.org EyeWiki, the Eye Encyclopedia written by Eye Physicians & Surgeons, is a single site where ophthalmologists, other physicians, patients and the public can view an eye encyclopedia of content written by ophthalmologists covering the vast spectrum of eye disease, diagnosis and treatment in the field of ophthalmology.
http://www.eyewiki.aao.org