2013 NAVAO Membership Sign-Up/Renewal

Attention VA Optometrists and NAVAO Members: Please join or renew your membership for 2013 to strengthen our voice for VA Optometry. We’d also ask that you please encourage other optometrists at your facility to join NAVAO as well. Current or former members can simply login to the members area of the NAVAO website and follow the instructions to renew at the top of the page. Prior members with expired membership should also login to the members area to renew as your membership information will still be in our database. Please click on the Forgot User Name/Password link if you cannot remember your login information. New members (those who have never been a member of NAVAO) should join by visiting the Join Us page and selecting the appropriate membership category. Thank you!

We would like to announce Dr. Jessica Fedor from the Minneapolis VA as the winner of our "early bird" membership renewal drawing and Dr. Bhagya Segu from the Houston VAMC as the winner of our membership renewal drawing for those who renewed by January 31. Drs. Fedor and Segu will receive free membership in 2014.

Please join now and support VA Optometry!

2012 NAVAO Annual Meeting

NAVAO held its annual business meeting and reception on October 25, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix in conjunction with the American Academy of Optometry Meeting. Many thanks to all of our members and distinguished guests in attendance. Our keynote speaker was Dr. John Townsend, Director of the VA Optometry Service. Dr. Chuck Haine and Mrs. Connie Haine were also recognized for their many years of service to the Optometry Residency Matching Service (ORMS). We look forward to seeing our members at next year's meeting in Seattle!
 

Free Online Continuing Education

Please visit the Citizen Soldier Support Program website for a free online continuing education course about "Recognizing the Signs of mTBI during Routine Eye Examinations"

(2.0 COPE Hours, 2.0 Contact Hours, 0.2 CEU)

Instructions (two ways to access the course):

See link above or URL below for Free COPE Approved 2 Hour CE as presented at the AAO Meeting in Boston 2011.
1) go to www.aheconnect.com/citizensoldier
2) go to Courses
3) go to "Recognizing the Signs of mTBI During Routine Eye Examinations"

OR

Also see The Ohio State University College of Optometry Website for the Free COPE Approved 2 Hour CE as presented at the AAO Meeting in Boston 2011.
1) go to http://optometry.osu.edu/
2) go to Home Page
3) go to Continuing Education
4) go to "Recognizing the Signs of mTBI During Routine Eye Examinations"

About the NAVAO

The National Association of VA Optometrists (NAVAO) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1977. The objectives of the NAVAO are to encourage and promote the best possible primary eye and vision care for our nation's veterans and to promote the education, training, professional growth, and welfare of optometric staff, residents, and students. The NAVAO is also dedicated to fostering camaraderie and professional development among VA optometrists. Any VA staff, attending, consultant, research fellow, resident optometrist, or any other optometrist having an interest in VA optometry is eligible for membership.

Benefits of membership include:

• Professional recognition in a national optometric organization
• Access to FAQ sheets on topics of interest to VA optometrists
• Opportunities to network with other VA optometrists
• Access to information about policies and guidelines that affect VA practice
• Quarterly newsletter
• Invitation to the annual NAVAO business meeting and dinner
• Access to minutes of the monthly VA Optometry Service conference calls

The NAVAO is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(6) non-profit tax-exempt organization.

Please click on the 'Join Us' tab to the left and select your appropriate membership category to join.

Thank you for your support of VA Optometry!

Sincerely,

Brian S. Kawasaki, O.D., M.B.A., FAAO

President, NAVAO