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44PodcastsNew Members Expand GMAC’s Reach
November 15, 2023 Among its achievements this year, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) added members that expanded its influence beyond the...
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360Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Celebrates World Sight Day, Hosts Booth at AAO
October 11, 2023 NEW YORK — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has taken to Times Square to honor World Sight Day,...
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935Latest Myopia NewsVTI Appoints Dr. Juan Carlos Aragón as CEO and Executive Director
ATLANTA — Visioneering Technologies, Inc. (ASX: VTI), a medical device company and producer of the NaturalVue Multifocal 1 Day Contact Lenses, announced...
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913Latest Myopia NewsCanadian Association of Optometrists Joins GMAC
August 3, 2023 ST. LOUIS — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has a new member: the Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO)....
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514PodcastsUp Close With: GMAC’s Chair Lisa McAlister on the ‘Sight Sanctuaries’ Campaign
August 1, 2023 The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) is in the midst of its most recent campaign, Sight Sanctuaries, in which...
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617Latest Myopia News
GMAC’s New Campaign Encourages Families to Create Sight Sanctuaries
June 26, 2023 ST. LOUIS — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition has officially launched its next myopia awareness campaign with the debut...
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490PodcastsUp Close With: GMAC’s Rajeev Garg
June 15, 2023 This year’s new chair of the Membership Committee for the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) is Rajeev Garg, Global...
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527PodcastsUp Close With: GMAC’s Kovin Naidoo
May 31, 2023 This year’s new chair of the Advisory Board Committee for the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) is actually one...
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582Latest Myopia NewsTHE Myopia Meeting Brings its First Live Event of 2023 to Chicago
May 22, 2023 ROSEMONT, Illinois — On Sunday, May 21, leaders in the eye care field gathered here for the first live...
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555PodcastsUp Close With: GMAC’s Layna Mendlinger and Nitin Jain
May 15, 2023 This year’s new co-chairs of the Marketing Committee for the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) are Layna Mendlinger, Global...
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502Latest Myopia NewsDwight Akerman and Lisa McCalister Present ‘Myopia: The Future is Now’ at VM Summit
March 15, 2023 NEW YORK — On Wednesday, March 15, Review of Myopia Management’s Chief Medical Editor Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO,...
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1.2KKey IssuesUp Close With: GMAC’s New Chair Lisa McAlister
February 22, 2023 [Click here to listen to this interview.] The new chair of the 2023 board of directors of GMAC (the...
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572Latest Myopia NewsDwight Akerman and Lisa McAlister to Discuss Myopia Management at the VM Summit
February 21, 2023 NEW YORK — Review of Myopia Management’s Chief Medical Editor Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE, and Lisa McAlister, Global...
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926Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Unveils 2023 Board Members
February 13, 2023 ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) announced its 2023 Board of Directors, including a new...
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759Latest Myopia NewsTHE Myopia Meeting Brings Live Myopia Management Education to Canada
November 9, 2022 TORONTO – With Canada the first country to establish myopia management as the standard of care and offering more...
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721Latest Myopia NewsMyopia Management Gains Coverage in Mainstream Media
September 15, 2022 WASHINGTON D.C. — Myopia management is gaining mainstream media coverage with the recent publication of an article in The Atlantic. The...
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1.4KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC Goes Global with Summer Staycation Campaign in the U.K.
August 24, 2022 ST. LOUIS — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) is putting the “G” in GMAC by going global with...
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811Podcasts‘Up Close With’ Dr. Nathan Bonilla-Warford and Nitin Jain on GMAC’s Screen Staycation
July 27, 2022 Spending time outdoors can significantly benefit children’s vision. To encourage children to spend more time outside and less time...
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905Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Launches New Myopia Awareness Website
June 24, 2022 ST. LOUIS – Building on the success of previous social media campaigns, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has...
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669Latest Myopia NewsGMAC Appoints 2022 Board Members
May 20, 2022 ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) announced the appointment of its Board for 2022, including...
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1.2KResources & Multimedia‘Up Close With’ Juan Carlos Aragón of CooperVision Specialty EyeCare
April 4, 2022 To find out what’s new with CooperVision Specialty EyeCare, particularly its growing list of orthokeratology materials and designs, Review...
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1.4KLatest Myopia NewsTony Sommer Named General Manager, Americas, CooperVision Specialty EyeCare
March 15, 2022 SAN RAMON, Calif. — Tony Sommer, Jr. has been named General Manager, Americas at CooperVision Specialty EyeCare. Sommer will...
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1.5KEditor’s PerspectiveCongratulations, GMAC
March 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE What are leading ophthalmic companies and eye health associations doing to...
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1.7KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC’s Latest Campaign Shows Parents Respond Well to Myopia Education
January 31, 2022 ST. LOUIS — In early December, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) launched its latest public awareness campaign, including...
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3.3KKey IssuesGMAC’s Social Media Campaign Broadened My Reach Educating Patients and Parents
January 17, 2022 By Rupa Wong, MD I receive so many questions daily from parents, even other physicians, who are worried about...
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934ClinicalThe 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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2.0KLatest Myopia NewsGMAC Launches New Myopia Management Social Media Campaign
December 6, 2021 ST. LOUIS – The Global Myopia Awareness Coalition (GMAC) has launched a new myopia management public awareness campaign including...