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American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry

July 10, 2023

Newsletter – ABCMO News & Updates – July 2023

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New Specialists in Medical Optometry

The Board would like to welcome these Optometrists newly certified in the Specialty of Medical Optometry:

  • Grace Bissonnette
  • Victoria Butcko
  • Michelle Chen
  • Andrew Crist
  • Heather Jones
  • Andrew Mick
  • Margaret Moore
  • Kendra Pollard
  • Sanjeet Virk

If you work with any of these Specialists, please introduce yourself and congratulate them on their new certification – they’ve done a great deal to accomplish this!

Journal of Medical Optometry – First Edition

The Journal of Medical Optometry (JoMO) recently published its first issue. If you haven’t seen it please check it out and, of course, consider submitting your own article(s) for publication. Remember, this is your journal.

Board Members Doug Rett (JoMO Editor-in-Chief) and Richard Zimbalist (JoMO Designer) along with all first edition contributors have done an incredible amount of work to bring this to fruition.

Journal of Medical Optometry (Website)
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Lapel Pins Available

ABCMO has a limited number of 1” diameter lapel pins available. To request one, please submit your current mailing address at the link below.

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For Optometrists who wish to highlight their certification as specialists, ABCMO recommends the following:

Abbie Seemo, O.D., Board Certified in Medical Optometry

or

Abbie Seemo, O.D., Board Certified in Medical Optometry (ABCMO)

This is a topic that will be addressed in more detail later. For now, it is important to recognize that the use of “Board Certified in _____” is standard within Medicine and well-understood by the public.

Journal of Medical Optometry – A Small Sample

  • Subjective Dyschromatopsia as Presenting Symptom of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration,  Adam C. LePosa, OD, FAAO, Rigo Arteaga, Lindsay Agro, OD, FAAO
  • Conjunctivochalasis: A Report of Two Cases,  Eric M. Lee, OD, FAAO
  • Principles of Diabetic Care, Leslie Wilderson, OD, FAAO
July 10, 2023
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ABCMO News

  • ACMO Exam Scheduled for Friday, June 7, 2024
  • Newsletter – ABCMO News & Updates – July 2023
  • The Journal of Medical Optometry – First Edition
  • Newsletter – ABCMO News & Updates – March 2023
  • Newsletter – ABCMO News & Updates – May 2022

Reflections – Editorials and Articles of Interest

  • 10 Administrators for Every Doctor
  • What is Medical Optometry?
  • A Letter to VA Optometry Residency Coordinators: Benefits of ACMO
  • Retail and Clinical Pharmacy
  • It’s Time to Rethink Board Recertification

Comments are welcome and can be sent to editor@abcmo.org for publication under the author's name.

Certification Requirements

The following are in addition to an O.D. degree from an accredited North American school or college of optometry and a current state license to practice.

Residency: Completion of a full-time, ACOE (or equivalent) accredited, postgraduate clinical residency training program having major emphasis on medical optometry.

ACMO Exam: Passage of the Advanced Competence in Medical Optometry exam (or equivalent) offered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.

Practice: Documented significant practice of medical optometry for a minimum of two years immediately prior to application for certification.

The Practice requirement is waived in the two years immediately following residency training.

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