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34Editor’s PerspectiveHow to Impact Myopigenesis
August 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Progressive myopia is increasingly common in children. With increasing prevalence, more...
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449Latest Myopia NewsWCO Partners with IMI to Promote Global Myopia Management Survey
July 8, 2022 ST. LOUIS — Earlier this year, the International Myopia Institute (IMI) released a global practitioner myopia management survey. Now,...
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785Latest Myopia NewsAll About Vision Releases Myopia Information Hub
June 16, 2022 DALLAS — In response to the growing myopia epidemic, All About Vision released a myopia information hub — a resource...
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906Research ReviewPreventing Myopia Onset
June 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE The International Myopia Institute’s white paper on Defining and Classifying Myopia...
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1.1KLatest Myopia NewsIMI Releases Global Practitioner Survey on Myopia Management in 10 Languages
April 6, 2022 SYDNEY, Australia — The International Myopia Institute (IMI) announced that it has released a global practitioner survey on myopia...
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754Latest Myopia NewsHOYA Vision Care to Support IMI in Raising Myopia Awareness
March 17, 2022 SYDNEY, Australia — HOYA Vision Care has partnered with the International Myopia Institute (IMI) to support the organization’s effort...
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569Latest Myopia NewsInternational Myopia Conference Opens for Registration, Requests Abstracts
March 3, 2022 ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — Registration for the International Myopia Conference (IMC) has officially begun, with early bird registration running...
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763Latest Myopia NewsReview of Myopia Management Named Official Media Sponsor of International Myopia Conference
February 28, 2022 NEW YORK and ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands – Review of Myopia Management (RMM) has been named the Official Media Sponsor...
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1.1KEditor’s PerspectiveMyopia Management Begins with Lifestyle and Visual Hygiene Guidance
January 3, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE When should myopia management be implemented, and on which children? Progression...
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1.4KLatest Myopia NewsEssilor to Launch Stellest Lens and Myopia Management Resources in Canada
December 2, 2021 MONTREAL — Essilor announced that several myopia management solutions will become available in Canada in early 2022. This marks...
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1.5KLatest Myopia NewsAOMA and AOC Release Consensus on Myopia Management
November 29, 2021 SHANGHAI — The Asia Optometric Management Academy (AOMA) and Asia Optometric Congress (AOC) collaborated to create a region-wide consensus...
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1.4KBinocular VisionMyopia Management in the Philippines: An International Perspective
November 1, 2021 By Carmen Abesamis-Dichoso, OD, MAT, FIACLE, FPCO, FAAO As it was then a novel idea, eye care practitioners and...
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1.8KLatest Myopia NewsJohnson & Johnson Vision Names Monica Jong Global Professional Education Lead, Myopia
September 29, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Johnson & Johnson Vision announced that Monica Jong, BOptom, PhD, has been named the Global Professional...
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3.9KLatest Myopia NewsARVO Highlights from IMI, CooperVision, and Johnson & Johnson Vision
May 10, 2021 The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) was held virtually, May 1-7. Over...
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2.5KLatest Myopia NewsInternational Myopia Institute Releases New Infographic for ECPs
August 25, 2021 SYDNEY, Australia — The International Myopia Institute (IMI) has released a new infographic for eye care professionals based on...
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2.8KClinicalEverything 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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2.6KLatest Myopia NewsOCULUS Joins International Myopia Institute as New Sponsor
July 21, 2021 SYDNEY, Australia — The International Myopia Institute (IMI) announced that OCULUS has signed on as a new sponsor of the...
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1.9KLatest Myopia NewsInternational Myopia Institute Releases White Papers Clinical Summaries
July 15, 2021 SYDNEY, Australia — The International Myopia Institute (IMI) announced that the 2021 IMI White Papers Clinical Summaries are now...
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850Latest Myopia NewsJames Wolffsohn Named New Chief Scientist at IMI
June 24, 2021 SYDNEY, Australia — James Wolffsohn was named the new Chief Scientist of the International Myopia Institute (IMI); Wolffsohn is...
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1.1KLatest Myopia NewsIMI’s White Papers Now Available in 16 Languages
May 21, 2021 SYDNEY, Australia — In late April, the International Myopia Institute released the 2021 White Papers in a special issue...
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Editor’s Perspective
Improving Knowledge and Patient Outcomes
May 3, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO The much-anticipated 2021 edition of the International Myopia Institute (IMI) white papers and yearly...
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2.6KLatest Myopia NewsIMI Releases 2021 Myopia White Papers
April 28, 2021 SYDNEY, Australia — A special issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS) features the International Myopia Institute‘s (IMI)...
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4.8KImplementationShould We Be Identifying and Managing Pre-Myopia?
February 1, 2021 By Monica Jong, BOptom, PhD Prevalence of myopia and high myopia is increasing around the world, and in some...
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Editor’s Perspective
Looking Backward, Looking Forward
January 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA The year 2020 was like no other. While many aspects of myopia,...
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3.0KResearch ReviewHave Practitioners Changed Their Myopia Management Attitudes and Clinical Strategies?
Jan. 2, 2020 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO Chief Medical Editor, Review of Myopia Management A global survey in 2015 identified...
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2.7KEditor’s PerspectiveFocus On What We Know, Not What We Don’t Know
While we have much to learn about myopia management in children and teenagers, we already know so much.
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2.0KEditor’s PerspectiveProactively Addressing Progressive Myopia
Congratulations to all who created the International Myopia Institute (IMI) Myopia White Papers.