ACVO Member, Dr. Shelby Reinstein’s clinic, Vet Vision Center in Lambertville, NJ, recently won the Grand Prize for the National Veterinary Hospital Design Competition hosted by Fetch DVM360!

Falcor, an 11-year-old, 412-pound white Bengal-hybrid tiger, was treated by UC Davis ophthalmologists for an eyelid tumor.

ACVO Member, Dr. Kate Myrna, was recently featured in CNN’s article...

Thanks to the generosity and resources of more than 260 board certified veterinary ophthalmologists across the U.S.A., Canada, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and the U.K., more than 5,500 Service and Working Animals received free sight-saving eye exams

Message from ACVO BOR & DEI Ad Hoc Committee.

Congratulations to ACVO Member, Dr. Elizabeth A. Giuliano, DVM, MS, DACVO who was the first ever veterinary ophthalmologist to be invited to speak at the annual American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeons Annual Scientific Symposium.

Listed below are the 23 candidates who have passed all three sections of the 2023 ABVO Examination and were granted ACVO diplomate status in August 2023.

ACVO Member, Dr. Gus Aguirre, was honored as a co-recipient of the 2023 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research from the Helen Keller Foundation & BrightFocus Foundation.

Three elderly king penguins at Singapore's Jurong Bird Park were recently fitted with custom-made eye lenses during cataract surgery performed by ACVO Member, Dr. Gladys Boo.

ACVO Member, Dr. Elizabeth Giuliano of the University of Missouri, was named the recipient of the 2023 Jordan Hoyt Memorial Tribute to Women Award.

ACVO Member, Dr. Rachel Allbaugh, received Iowa State University's Inspiration Award in May 2022!

ACVO Member, Dr. Freya Mowat with University of Wisconsin-Madison, lead a team of researchers on a study of what dogs watch on television to help lay the groundwork for developing better ways of assessing vision in dogs.

The Basic Science Committee is excited to announce that registration IS OPEN for the 2023 course! This year, the Basic Science Course will again be offered as a series of online lectures and discussions following the same general format used in 2020 and 2021. It will run for approximately 8 weeks and comprise three consecutive parts.

ABVO is happy to congratulate the following new ACVO Diplomates from the 2022 ABVO Exam!

The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO®) is proud to announce that registration for the limited 2022 ACVO/Epicur National Service Animal Eye Exam event is now open!

As a reminder, the event this year is running on a limited basis, so appointments and locations may be limited in your area. Registration of the event does not guarantee qualifications, nor an appointment.

We are pleased to announce that after working with our diplomate members and our sponsor, the 2022 ACVO/Epicur National Service Animal Eye Exam Event will be taking place in 2022 on a limited basis!