New Website Focuses On Eye Care For Veterans

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness
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Article Date: 03 Nov 2006 - 0:00 PDT

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As Veteran's Day approaches, the nation's largest group of Eye M.D.s (ophthalmologists) launched a Web site today dedicated to providing quality eye care information and resources for U.S. veterans.

Veteranseyecare.com, a service of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, grew out of the organization's commitment to ensure that all veterans receive superior eye care and know where and how to find it.

"The American Academy of Ophthalmology's partnership with the Association of Veterans Affairs Ophthalmologists has been instrumental in helping us reach our patients," AVAO President-elect Ivan J. Suner, MD, associate professor Duke University Eye Center, and former active-duty major in the U.S. Air Force said. "The new website is another extension of our commitment to deliver outstanding customer service and care to our Veterans."

Veterans of yesterday and today face more eye-related conditions, diseases, and injuries than ever before. The Academy is uniquely poised to help: the Academy comprises more than 90 percent of practicing U.S. Eye M.D.s, including physicians and surgeons in the 154 VA hospitals and more than 875 clinics across the country.

Veteranseyecare.com is a one-stop reference designed to provide connecting information on eye diseases, treatment and facilities. In addition, it can assist veterans and top-notch physicians for all aspects of eye care, from preventive medicine to eye surgery.

"The Academy represents leadership in providing exceptional eye care to patients," said Academy International Envoy Michael W. Brennan, MD, a West Point graduate and army veteran, who recently participated in health infrastructure efforts in Iraq. "Opening this window of communications to veterans, their families and the public is a timely and appropriate public service."

About the American Academy of Ophthalmology

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons -- Eye M.D.s -- with more than 27,000 members worldwide. Eye health care is provided by the three "O's" -- opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists. It is the ophthalmologist, or Eye M.D., who can treat it all: eye diseases and injuries, and perform eye surgery. To find an Eye M.D. in your area, visit the Academy's Web site at http://www.aao.org.

American Academy of Ophthalmology
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