Optometric Glaucoma Society
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Contact information
Michael A. Chaglasian
Illinois College of Optometry
3241 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616-4201
USA
Tel.: +1 312 949 7303
Fax.: +1 312 949 7367
E-mail: mchaglas@ico.edu
Web site: http://http://optometricglaucomasociety.org/
  

Board
John FlanaganPresident
Murray FingeretPast President
Michael A. ChaglasianSecretary
Tom LewisTreasurer
Ian Benjamin GaddieVice President
  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 2002
The society has statutes (bylaws) Yes
The statutes address financial accountability* Yes
* Is it clear how the flow of income and expense (including meetings) is and which officer or committee is responsible?  
The board members are elected No, by General Members
New members of the board are added by cooptation** Yes
** Cooptation means officers are appointed by the leadership without an election process involving the total membership  
The term of functioning for members of the board is 2 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 83
Our society has an annual printed report No
Criteria for Membership
  1. Members must have had formal specialist training
    (i.e. established glaucoma fellowship training) in glaucoma
 No
  1. Members must have had informal specialist training (i.e. all forms of training outside established glaucoma fellowships) in glaucoma

    If not specialist / generalist ratio
 Yes
-
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by publications
 Yes
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by the percentage of glaucoma patients seen (or by other criteria)
 Yes
  1. Members have expressed interest in glaucoma
 Yes
  1. Everyone can be a member without further qualification
 No
  1. We use other criteria
 Yes

Mission statement/goals
The purpose of The Society is to enhance the understanding of glaucoma, what it is, what causes it, and how best to diagnose and treat it. The Society’s specific aims and activities are in particular: a) To establish personal contacts and to promote exchanges between persons engaged in glaucoma research and the diagnosis and treatment of patients with glaucoma; b) To organize, every second year, The Meeting of the Glaucoma Research Society (“The Meeting” as referred to in Chapter IV of these by-laws), and to arrange other meetings as deemed appropriate; c) To encourage research work on glaucoma; d) To encourage collaborative studies of glaucoma

Liaisons with other organizations
Liaisons with a general ophthalmological society No
Liaisons with other organizations Yes

Guidelines
Code of practice on society - Industry relationships available No
Society guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma available No
Using guidelines made by an other organization 0

Miscellaneous
Research foundation No
On-line discussion forum (e.g. AGS-net) Yes

Society program
The Society program*** contains: organizing glaucoma meetings Yes
*** Program = total of activities of the Glaucoma Society  
The Society program contains: form of publication Yes
The Society program contains: other initiatives No
Current initiatives -
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available? No

Meeting
Meeting frequency Yearly
Time of year end of October, one day
Meeting attendance
  • No. of foreign delegates
 5
  • No. of local delegates
 95
The ratio of glaucoma specialists to generalists that attend the meeting is 50
The meeting has oral paper sessions Yes
The meeting has poster sessions Yes
The meeting has discussion sessions Yes
Presentation / discussion time ratio
Presentations are on original research Yes
Presentations are updates / reviews No
Presentations are both original research and updates / reviews Yes, 8: 1
The meetings are mono – sponsored Yes
The meetings are multi -  sponsored No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to the Society Yes
Financial benefits from the meeting go to individuals No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to others No

Glaucoma Patient Organizations
Our country has a Glaucoma Patient Organization 1
Additional remarks