American Ophthalmological Society

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American Ophthalmological Society
AbbreviationAOS
Formation7 June 1864
FounderEdward Delafield
Type NGO
Location
  • San Francisco, CA, USA
Servicesprofessional advancement
Website http://www.aosonline.org/

The American Ophthalmological Society (AOS) is a medical society of ophthalmologists and the second oldest specialty medical society in the United States, after the New York Ophthalmological Society (founded on March 7, 1864). [1] [2] It was founded on June 7, 1864, by 18 physicians, including Henry Drury Noyes, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa, and Edward Delafield (its first president and also one of the founders of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary). [3] [4] The society is now based in San Francisco, California. As of 2019, there are approximately 360 active members. [5]

Admission to membership in the society is via nomination from current members and the submission of a scholarly thesis, which when approved are published in a peer-reviewed journal, The American Journal of Ophthalmology . [6]

A collection of the society's papers are held at the National Library of Medicine. [7]

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References

  1. Am J Ophthalmol 1989;108:97-98
  2. Stevens, Rosemary (1998). American Medicine and the Public Interest, p. 103. University of California Press, 1998
  3. Newell, F. W. (1989). "The American Ophthalmological Society: the first 125 years". Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society, Vol. 87, pp. 47–56. Retrieved via PubMed 17 May 2013.
  4. "Membership List". American Ophthalmological Society. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  5. The American Ophthalmological Society. Membership Information Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. "American Ophthalmological Society Records 1925-c.1940". National Library of Medicine.