Pure and Applied Research

Professional Societies

These societies, academies, and associations provide practitioners with organized resources and excellent opportunities for continuing education. Many have webinar archives that can be viewed at any time.

  • American Academy of Optometry: Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technology
  • American Optometric Association: Cornea and Contact Lens
  • British Contact Lens Association
  • Contact Lens Society of America
  • Eye and Contact Lens Association
  • Gas Permeable Lens Institute
  • International Keratoconus Academy
  • Optometric Cornea Cataract and Refractive Society 
  • Scleral Lens Education Society 
  • The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • Cornea Society