Resources

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RESOURCES

Useful resources for the public and healthcare professionals:
 

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

AAO is the largest national membership association of eye M.D.s. The website allows visitors to search for an ophthalmologist by location and specialty, and find information about eye conditions and diseases.

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Ophthalmology

The Section on Ophthalmology (SOOp) is dedicated to improving the care of infants, children and adolescents by providing an educational forum for the discussion of problems and treatments related to ophthalmologic conditions in children. SOOp is active in fostering cooperation on children's eye health issues, both academic and political, with the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) as well as the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS). SOOp acts as an expert resource for the AAP by developing policies in areas such as retinopathy of prematurity and diabetic retinopathy, and establishing guidelines for ophthalmologic examinations in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (AAPOS)

AAPOS is the North American society that promotes training and continuing education in pediatric ophthalmology. The website allows visitors to research information about eye conditions, and find a pediatric ophthalmologist.

American Foundation for the Blind

A nonprofit organization founded in 1921 and recognized as Helen Keller's cause, the AFB is a leading national resource for people who are blind or visually impaired, the organizations that serve them, and the general public. The website features an extensive listing of resources for the blind, including a guide to toys for blind and visually impaired children. It also includes reviews of computer products, including screen magnifiers and audio screen readers.

Center for Brain Health

The Center for Brain Health seeks to understand the brain's ability to restore or protect healthy brain function, protect the brain from unnecessary mental decline and heal the brain through treatments that regenerate brain function.
 

Center for Value Based Medicine

The Center for Value Based Medicine is a preeminent professional healthcare consulting and research organization focused on value, comparative effectiveness and patient access. The company is comprised of extraordinary healthcare professionals providing a strong, multidisciplinary background of experience to focus on patients' needs for quality care, cost effectiveness and market prominence.

Eye Care America

Eye Care America is the Foundation for the American Academy of Ophthamology. This website offers information on eye anatomy, eye diseases, the latest news on eye disease, and has a search tool to find the doctor that is right for you.

Foundation for Blind Children (FBC)

FBC is an essential resource to families and children with blindness or low vision. Without FBC, blind children would not get the opportunities that should be available to every child: learning, playing sports, participating fully in the world around them and becoming successful, productive adults.

Fight for Sight

Fight for Sight encourages and finances research in ophthalmology, vision and related sciences to prevent blindness.
 

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness is a national eye research organization that funds laboratory and clinical research at over 40 prominent institutions in the United States and foreign countries. It has contact information for affiliated volunteer organizations around the country, as well as a National Registry of people willing to participate in medical trials.

Glaucoma Research Foundation

The Glaucoma Research Foundation protects the sight and independence of people with glaucoma through research and education, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure. A registered charitable 501(c)(3) organization, 100 percent of its proceeds go to research and education; overhead and fund-raising expenses are covered from investment earnings.

Helen Keller Foundation

Based on the legacy of Helen Keller, the Helen Keller Foundation strives to prevent blindness and deafness by advancing research and education. The Foundation aspires to be a leader in integrating sight, speech and hearing research with the greater biomedical research community, creating and coordinating a peer-reviewed, worldwide network of investigators and institutions.

International Albinism Center

The International Albinism Center is a team of research professionals at the University of Minnesota. It is a multi-disciplinary group of researchers with interests in clinical genetics, molecular biology, ophthalmology, dermatology and biochemistry, all with a central theme of understanding the cause and effect of albinism and other forms of pigment loss in humans. The website includes an electronic copy of Facts About Albinism, including links to illustrations.

Kids Health

Kids Health from Nemours is a resource for a wide amount of informatione to answer a variety of  your eye health questions such as tips on which eye doctor to use, eye exams,  vision facts and myths, and tips on how to get your child to wear their glasses.

Knights Templar Eye Foundation

The Knights Templar Eye Foundation aims to provide research, surgical treatment and hospitalization to those who suffer from diseases or injury to the eyes.

Lighthouse International

Founded in 1905 and headquartered in New York, Lighthouse International is a nonprofit organization. Through its pioneering work in vision rehabilitation services, education, research and advocacy, Lighthouse International enables people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted to lead independent and productive lives. The website features information on their advocacy efforts as well as a downloadable catalogue of products and publications to help those with low vision.

National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NAACHRI)

The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions is an organization of children's hospitals with 218 members in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, China, Mexico and Puerto Rico. NACHRI promotes the health and well being of all children and their families through support of children's hospitals and health systems that are committed to excellence in providing health care to children. NACHRI works to ensure all children's access to health care and children's hospitals' continuing ability to provide services needed by children. Children's hospitals work to ensure the health of all children through clinical care, research, training and advocacy.

National Eye Institute (NEI)

One of the components that constitute the federal government's National Institutes of Health, NEI supports more than 80 percent of the vision research conducted in the United States. In addition, the Institute conducts studies in its own facilities in Bethesda, Maryland. The NEI attempts to discover safe and effective methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases and disorders of the visual system. Illustrated brochures and research information are available on the website.

National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH)

NOAH is a U.S. based nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that offers information and support to people with albinism, as well as their families and co-workers. It is operated on a volunteer basis and is funded primarily by dues and contributions of its members. NOAH has also received grants from foundations and organizations for specific projects. The website includes documents and a Web board (public forum) to address questions and concerns regarding albinism.

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinitis Pigmentosa International supports research to end blindness from degenerative eye disease, promote a public awareness and education campaign, and provide human service programs to better the quality of life for those with vision loss.

Retina Specialists

Retina Specialists is a leader in the area of retinal diseases and offers leading-edge technologies and procedures in the care of their patients. The website provides information about retinal conditions and surgeries including diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, macular degeneration, macular hole, macular pucker, macular cyst, uveitis, ocular tumors and retinal vascular diseases.

The Association of Retinopathy of Prematurity and Related Diseases

This Association of Retinopathy of Prematurity and Related Diseases aims to eliminate retinopathy of prematurity and associated retinal diseases.

National Association for the Visually Handicapped

The NAVH works with the visually impaired so that those affected can live with as little disruption as possible. The website features a visual aids store.

Low Vision Gateway

This website was established as a starting point to access information on the World Wide Web related to the fields of low vision and blindness.

Matt Leinart Foundation

The beneficiaries of the Matt Leinart foundation include children facing severe economic, physical and emotional hardships limiting achievement of their dreams.

National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments

NAPVI provides leadership, support and training to assist parents in helping children reach their potential.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation offers answers to commonly asked questions for children's eye health by a board certafied ophthalmologist.

Prevent Blindness America

This volunteer eye-health and eye-safety organization is dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. The website features a public forum to discuss vision concerns.

Retina Foundation of the Southwest

The Retina Foundation of the Southwest, an independent, non-profit research organization, opened its Tom and Dorothy Anderson Vision Research Center in Dallas, Texas, in 1982 with two lead researchers. Today, the Foundation has grown into one of the leading independent vision research centers in the United States, with a staff dedicated to finding the causes, treatments and potential cures for blinding eye diseases. Along the way, the Foundation has made a life changing difference in the lives of patients who suffer from retina related diseases.

Vision of Children

The Vision of Children Foundation's mission is to cure hereditary childhood blindness and vision disorders, and to improve the quality of life of visually impaired individuals and their families. It advances towards this goal by directing and sponsoring scientific research leading to the prevention and treatment of these conditions, and by serving as an information source for the medical community, the public and families affected by genetic vision disorders.