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412Key IssuesAdvocacy and Education: The Crucial Combination Driving The Myopia Collective’s Next Phase
April 7, 2026 The Myopia Collective, a collaborative effort between CooperVision and the American Optometric Association (AOA), has grown into a peer-to-peer...
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205Latest Myopia NewsThe Myopia Collective Accepting New Applications for Change Agents, Student Change Agents
April 7, 2026 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Myopia Collective, a joint initiative from CooperVision and the American Optometric Association (AOA), is officially...
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617Practice ProfilesBuilding Myopia Management from Day One
December 16, 2025 By Caitlyn McHugh-Glab, OD When I purchased Focused Eye Care in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, in 2019, I already knew...
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524Latest Myopia NewsThe Myopia Collective Visits Congress to Fund Children’s Vision Health Program
November 21, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leaders from The Myopia Collective recently visited Congress in an effort to promote federal funding for...
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885Getting Started with Myopia ManagementStarting Myopia Management Treatment
How do you know when to initiate myopia management treatments? In short, the answer is as soon as possible. However, two recent...
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863Latest Myopia NewsThe Myopia Collective Marks One Year of Growth and Impact
August 7, 2025 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — CooperVision and the American Optometric Association (AOA) are accelerating the fight against childhood myopia through the...
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1.1KImplementationHow to Educate Parents Who Sought a Second Opinion From a Skeptical Colleague
August 1, 2025 By Katherine Schuetz, OD Those of us who have enthusiastically embraced myopia control in our practices have found it...
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432Getting Started with Myopia ManagementFocus on Parents and the Child
You’ve paved the way to victory with your staff on board to integrate myopia management into the conversation before patients even arrive...
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704Key IssuesCreating a Myopia Management SIG: A Vision for Access, Research, and Collaboration
February 18, 2025 By Shelby Johnson, OD, MPH, FAAO, Associate Clinical Professor and Chief of Pediatrics SUNY College of Optometry In 2024,...
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1.1KLatest Myopia NewsCooperVision Names Jennifer Lambert VP of Myopia Management & Cornea Care
February 10, 2025 ROCHESTER, New York — CooperVision has elevated the myopia management group within its global commercial structure, creating the role...
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1.1KImplementationBest Practices for Cultivating Referrals from Pediatricians
December 2, 2024 By Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, ABO Diplomate Effectively managing a child’s myopia can not only change the directive...
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1.4KLatest Myopia NewsNew Report Calls for Official Disease Classification for Myopia
September 17, 2024 WASHINGTON D.C. — The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report that calls...
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1.3KLatest Myopia NewsThe Myopia Collective Releases Back-to-School Resources for ECPs
August 12, 2024 SAN RAMON, Calif. — With back-to-school season underway, The Myopia Collective is helping practitioners prepare for the influx of...
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1.3KLatest Myopia NewsThe Myopia Collective Announces First Cohort of Change Agents
June 19, 2024 NASHVILLE — Earlier this year, CooperVision and the American Optometric Association (AOA) joined forces to create The Myopia Collective,...
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1.4KLatest Myopia NewsCooperVision, AOA Announce The Myopia Collective
April 23, 2024 SAN RAMON, Calif. — CooperVision and the American Optometric Association have joined forces to create The Myopia Collective, a...
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1.9KLatest Myopia NewsNASEM Holds First Meeting of the Committee on Focus on Myopia
August 16, 2023 BOSTON, Ma. — The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) held its first meeting of the Committee...
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3.6KEditor’s PerspectiveMyopia Management Is the Standard of Care
May 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Numerous optometry and ophthalmology organizations worldwide have developed guidance documents recommending...
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2.2KEditor’s Perspective
Don’t Wait: Past Progression Does Not Predict Future Progression
March 1, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE In virtually every survey conducted in recent years, most eye care...
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2.6KEditor’s Perspective
The Time to Act is Now
January 3, 2023 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE According to a recently published survey conducted by the American Optometric Association...
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2.2KLatest Myopia NewsAOA Survey Shows Nearly 70% of Optometrists Offer Myopia Management
December 7, 2022 ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The American Optometric Association’s (AOA’s) Research & Information Committee (RIC) surveyed optometrists throughout the United...
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1.8KClinicalThe 2021 Year in Review for Myopia Management
sponsored content January 3, 2022 By Neal Wolff, Vice President and Head of Marketing, Vylmua This year, awareness and understanding of myopia...
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3.3KEditor’s Perspective
Professional Leadership
September 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA Eye care practitioners often look to professional organizations to provide leadership. Depending...
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4.6KClinicalEverything ECPs Need to Know About Myopia Management and Where to Get It
sponsored content August 16, 2021 By Carla Mack, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA; Kelly Vaupel, MS; R. Alan Landers, OD, MS, FAAO The...
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4.6KLatest Myopia NewsAOA Releases New Clinical Report on Myopia Management
July 26, 2021 ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The American Optometric Association (AOA) released a new clinical report on myopia management that was developed...
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5.5KClinicalAxial Length Growth Curves to Assess Risk and Monitor Myopia Progression
July 1, 2021 By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA, Collaborating Scientist, Brien Holden Vision Institute The value of monitoring axial length change with...
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3.7KLatest Myopia NewsAOA Hosts Emergency Summit on Children’s Eye Health
March 25, 2021 ST. LOUIS — On March 24th, the American Optometric Association (AOA) hosted a summit on the state of children’s...
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3.9KLatest Myopia NewsAOA to Hold Emergency Summit on Children’s Eye Health March 24th
For a recap of the AOA’s Emergency Children’s Vision Summit after March 24, 2021, click here. March 9, 2021 ST. LOUIS —...