Diplomate Digest - The American Board of Ophthalmology Blog

The American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring program, officially launched in 2018 after a two-year pilot, aims to increase diversity in the field of ophthalmology by helping medical students who are underrepresented minorities in medicine become competitive ophthalmology residency applicants. The American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) proudly signed on as a program sponsor last year in support of this laudable mission. The AAO recently reporte

The community of ophthalmology mourns the recent loss of American Board of Ophthalmology Diplomate Patricia Bath, MD, the pioneering ophthalmologist, inventor, and educator who spent a lifetime making history as the first: African-American resident in ophthalmology at New York University; Woman to join the Jules Stein Eye Institute; Woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology; African-American woman to serve on staff as a surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center

The American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) recently signed on as a supporter of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring (MOM) Program. The MOM program is a partnership between the AAO and the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) designed to attract underrepresented minorities in ophthalmology, including African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, to a career in ophthalmology. Open to medical students in their fir