James Owen

The American Optometric Association (AOA) is a professional organization founded in 1898 that represents doctors of optometry, optometry students, and paraoptometric staff. The private company is based in St. Louis, MO and has subsidiaries in the United States. The AOA provides advocacy, professional development, and practice management tools to its members.

Part of American Academy of Ophthalmology, Inc., International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) is an international society that focuses on refractive surgery. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA. ISRS offers various resources such as meetings, webinars, and a multimedia library to its members. Members can also benefit from discounts on editing services for the Journal of Refractive Surgery and article processing charges for open-access articles. ISRS also provides an externship program for members to work alongside world-renowned refractive and cataract surgeons. The company hosts an annual meeting, the Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day, where members can learn about the latest topics in cataract, refractive, and lens-based surgery.

TLC Vision (USA) Corp. provides eye care solutions and technologies for the refractive and cataract eye care markets. They engage in the management of eye care centers and mobile surgery units that also serve rural hospitals. They perform outpatient, custom, and bladeless LASIK (Laser-Assisted-In-Situ Keratomileusis) surgery operations to correct myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and eye-related problems. They also offer laser vision correction procedures such as photorefractive keratectomy, monovision correctiom, and conductive keratoplasty. The company is headquartered in Chesterfield, MO.