Posts by April Wilhelm

Following ABO’s annual Board of Directors meeting in June, the specialty committee met to continue developing and refining the Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) pilot program. Earning a CAQ will…

ABO is please to introduce two new board members elected at the annual ABO Board of Directors Meeting in June – Lynn Hammonds, OD and David Parker, OD. Dr. Lynn…

Congratulations to our Diplomates who were selected for Newsweek’s America’s Best Eye Doctors! Each year, Newsweek surveys over 10,000 medical experts to rank the top 175 US optometrists using a…

Welcome to our spring edition of On Board.  Thank you for taking the time to read about our latest updates for ABO Diplomates. In the very near future, ABO will…

Dr. Deepa Chandrasekaran began her optometry career in India, graduating from the Elite School of Optometry in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Now a resident of the greater Nashville, Tennessee area,…

We need your response! Look for our Diplomate Survey to hit your inbox the week of May 16!  ABO continually strives to improve board certification and the Maintenance of Certification…

Save the date for Thursday, May 26th from 8:00 – 10:00 PM EDT for a free COPE-accredited CE webinar “Advances and Innovations in the Management of Ocular Diseases.”  A collaboration…

ABO Diplomates are passionate about learning and many of them share that passion with their staff, students, and externs, as evidenced by recently submitted quality improvement activities (QIAs). Dr. Jenelle…

Happy New Year and congratulations to all Diplomates who recently completed their first CAP assessment cycle. As individual doctors you have benefited from Board Certification through continuous education and assessment.…

The Cataract/Refractive Surgery/Glaucoma CAP assessment that was offered last year was the most challenging of the nine assessments that have been developed so far by ABO. It was also the…