Advocacy
Advocacy for our patients and profession is important, and we continue to teach young ophthalmologists the need to stay involved. Ophthalmologists are outnumbered by optometrists 3:1, but out-donated them financially 10:1. Because of this, we are trying to impart knowledge to the next generation of leaders in our community. Ophthalmologists donate to the Surgical Scope Fund and/or OphthPAC. Our goal is to get 20% of our membership to donate! The DAO gets money from the Surgical Scope Fund to pay for our lobbyist, Anne Farley, so our membership benefits directly from these funds.
ADVOCACY
Advocacy for our patients and profession is important, and we continue to teach young ophthalmologists the need to stay involved. Ophthalmologists are outnumbered by optometrists 3:1, but out-donated them financially 10:1. Because of this, we are trying to impart knowledge to the next generation of leaders in our community. Ophthalmologists donate to the Surgical Scope Fund and/or OphthPAC. Our goal is to get 20% of our membership to donate! The DAO gets money from the Surgical Scope Fund to pay for our lobbyist, Anne Farley, so our membership benefits directly from these funds.