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Academy News
Joint Board Certification Project Team
Find the latest updates here (Updated 4/21/09)    May 04, 2009
Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses & Refractiv...
Submit your abstracts for the Scientific Program!    May 02, 2009
Academy Releases New Position Papers
    April 30, 2009
Eye-Mail Monthly - April 2009
Read it here!    April 29, 2009
Optometric Guidelines for Independent Continu...
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