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American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry

March 1, 2023

Newsletter – ABCMO News & Updates – March 2023

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Welcome New Specialists in Medical Optometry!

First and foremost, the Board would like to welcome all those Optometrists newly certified in the Specialty of Medical Optometry:

  • Matthew Beard
  • Luanne Chubb
  • Sara Ciccotelli
  • Matthew Cordes
  • Luke Cyr
  • Deborah Duan
  • Jason Fliegel
  • Angella Gentry
  • Alicia Greene
  • Lindsey Hardy
  • Matthew Horton
  • Yun-Ting Huang
  • David Johnson
  • Allicia Kelly
  • Jenna Leber
  • Elizabeth Lemos
  • Jarett Mazzarella
  • Guadalupe Mejia
  • Tran Nguyen
  • Joshua Oliver
  • Neelam Patadia
  • Shephali Patel
  • Hilary Price
  • William Prunty
  • Eric Reinhard
  • Lea Rogers
  • Allison Schafers
  • Ryan Terry
  • Julie Tuten
  • Erica Vanderpool
  • Eric Viloria
  • Michael Wingard

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

JoMO – The Journal of Medical Optometry

Work continues on the first edition of the new journal. Currently, the article submission form is on the ABCMO website but it will move to the JoMO website upon publication. Submissions are welcome, always.

Journal of Medical Optometry – Submit an Abstract or Article

ACMO Exam – June 22, 2023

The next ACMO exam is Thursday, June 22, 2023. If you know any Optometric Residents or participate in their training, ABCMO would appreciate it if you forwarded this email to them. There is a significant discount on exam fees if it is taken in the Residency year.

ACMO Exam – More Info

Verification of Certification (VOC) – What ABCMO Reports

When ABCMO receives a VOC request (most often from a Joint Commission accredited health care facility) it reports one of the following status categories for the O.D. in question: Active, Inactive, Retired, Revoked or Never Certified. Active and Inactive status are based on participation in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Retired status may be requested at any time.

Verification of Certification
Maintenance of Certification

Medical Optometry – Case by Case

As part of our ongoing mission to keep the definition of Medical Optometry up to date and highlight the advanced competence of practicing Specialists, ABCMO is looking for authors to write case studies about the eye conditions, diagnoses, treatments and outcomes encountered by those practicing Medical Optometry.

Case Studies – Author Info and Signup Page

Continuing Education (CE) – Informal Survey

Are you taking CE that you feel is equal to COPE-ARBO accredited CE in terms of scope and difficulty? Who or what organization administers it? Would you send us some details? As a matter of policy, ABCMO Maintenance of Certification relies on COPE-ARBO accredited CE because it is a national standard but we are also very interested in learning about high-quality CE from other sources.

March 1, 2023
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  • 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

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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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