ICO Leader Letter:
Resources for Societies To Recognize World Sight Day

August 2004, Volume 1, Number 5

In This Issue:

1. August 10 Deadline To Update Society and Residency Information (Fritz Naumann, MD)

2. Outstanding Course for Residency Program Directors in Mexico (Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD)

3. Societies Urged to Recognize World Sight Day, October 14 (Fritz Naumann, MD)

4. Let Us Know Your Representatives for the IFOS Assembly, October 23 (Bruce Spivey, MD)

5. Bradley Straatsma, MD, JD, Honored with Visionary Recognition Award

6. Steve Ryan, MD, To Chair Scientific Program for São Paulo Congress (Rubens Belfort, MD)

7. Please Re-send E-mails to "leader@icoph.org"

8. More News

9. Forward the ICO Leader Letter to your Colleagues

10. Coming in the September ICO Leader Letter

11. Comments, Change of Address, Privacy Policy, Subscribe and Unsubscribe

1. August 10 Deadline To Update Society and Residency Information

Dear Colleagues:

Fritz Naumann, MD

We have extended the deadline to August 10. Changes must be made by that date in order for accurate information to be included in the "Directory of International Ophthalmology" that we will publish later this year.

Please check at www.icoph.org/soc/ifos.cfm to assure that your information is up-to-date. If it is not, see www.icoph.org/soc/database.html#review for directions on how to change your listings.

If you have questions or need help, contact Secretary General Bruce Spivey, MD, at mailto:spivey@icoph.org. Thank you for helping to keep our listings up-to-date.

– Fritz Naumann, MD, ICO President

2. Outstanding Course for Residency Program Directors in Mexico

There were more than 80 participants, including an international faculty and residency program directors from 20 residency programs throughout Mexico.

Topics discussed included: resident selection, program accreditation, academic curriculum, teaching in the operating room and clinic supervision, evaluation, and certification of residents.

Organized by Enrique Graue, MD, a member of the Advisory Committee to the ICO, and his colleagues from the Mexican Council of Ophthalmology, the course was stimulated by the ICO's efforts to enhance education of ophthalmology residents and supported in part by the ICOFoundation.

For more information, contact Dr. Graue at: mailto:egrauew@yahoo.com.

- Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD, ICO Council Member

3. Societies Urged To Recognize World Sight Day, October 14

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness/Vision 2020 has developed a World Sight Day Implementation Pack that can be downloaded at: www.v2020.org/world_sight_day.

The Implementation Pack includes:

• World Sight Day 2004 Goals
• Suggested Activities
• Basic Guidelines for Targeting Media
• Declaration of Support

Please let us know (mailto:leader@icoph.org) how you recognize World Sight Day and about other preservation of vision programs sponsored by your society.

- Fritz Naumann, MD, ICO President and Advocacy Coordinator

4. Let Us Know Your Representatives for the IFOS Assembly, October 23

Bruce Spivey, MD

IFOS, for which the ICO is the executive body, will meet from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. on October 23, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, prior to the joint meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and European Ophthalmological Society (SOE).

IFOS is currently composed of national ophthalmologic societies, but will consider amendments to its statutes that would allow subspecialty and other ophthalmologic societies to become members.

For more details on the IFOS meeting, see: www.icoph.org/soc. If you have questions, contact me at mailto:spivey@icoph.org.

- Bruce Spivey, MD, ICO Secretary-General

5. Bradley Straatsma, MD, JD, Honored with Visionary Recognition Award

Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD

Dr. Straatsma, of Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, is one of five eye care professionals honored as part of the company's 150th anniversary celebration for embodying the "the highest ideals in vision care." Other recipients are:

• Eleanor Faye, MD, Lighthouse International, New York, New York
• Michael Trese, MD, Associated Retinal Consultants, Royal Oak, Michigan
• George Waring, III, MD, InView Vision, Atlanta, Georgia
• Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, Ohio State University, College of Optometry, Columbus, Ohio

Bausch & Lomb is contributing $30,000 to a vision-related non-profit organization for each recipient, and Dr. Straatsma has selected the ICOFoundation to receive the donation in his name.

- Bruce Spivey, MD, ICO Secretary-General

6. Steve Ryan, MD, to Chair Scientific Program for São Paulo Congress

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We all know and appreciate Dr. Ryan's superb capacity as an investigator, physician, educator and organizer.

As a former secretary of the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology and active member of many international ophthalmological organizations, he will be of great help as we continue to strengthen the scientific program for the Congress.

Co-sponsored by the International council of Ophthalmology, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology and the Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, the Congress is scheduled February 20 - 24, 2006, the week before Carnival. For more, see: www.ophthalmology2006.com.br.

- Rubens Belfort, MD, ICO Council Member and President of the XXX Congress

7. Please Re-send E-mails Sent to "leader@icoph.org"

We discovered in early July that e-mails sent to "leader@icoph.org" were not being forwarded to us.

Sincere apologies if you sent us an e-mail and did not receive a response.

If you sent a message to "leader@icoph.org" from mid-May to July 9, please resend it to mailto:leader@icoph.org. We will be sure to respond.

8. More News

For more news of the ICO and international ophthalmology and resources for ophthalmologic leaders, see the ICO's Eye Site at www.icoph.org.

9. Forward the ICO Leader Letter to your Colleagues:

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10. Coming in the September ICO Leader Letter:

Preview of the ICO and IFOS meetings in October in New Orleans

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