The Academy Blog

Flora Lum, MD, the organization’s key executive in charge of clinical guidance and the IRIS Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight), and Cathy Cohen, who leads Academy advocacy efforts, announced this week they are retiring.

Time to take stock and remember all the reasons why we chose ophthalmology and how they can carry us through this pandemic and beyond.

In this session we heard about options to traditional single specialty group ophthalmology private practice, including private equity, hospital/health system employment and solo practice.

The Academy expresses deep concern for ophthalmologists, their patients, and people across Ukraine. The attack has put their lives and safety at risk and disrupted the delivery of ophthalmic and medical care.

The coronavirus pandemic was the focus for David W. Parke II, MD, in his final two years as Academy CEO. Under his leadership, the Academy moved expeditiously to start providing critical guidance to ophthalmologists, practice administrators, eye health patients and the publi…