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Caffery assumes AAO presidency
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The American Academy of Optometry named Barbara Caffery, OD, PhD, FAAO, as its next president, at the academy’s annual meeting.
“The American Academy of Optometry is an inspiration to each of its members,” Caffery said in a press release from the academy. “Here, dedicated practitioners and vision scientists participate by teaching, mentoring and collaborating to promote the best evidence-based eye care and to disseminate vital vision science.”
Caffery is a Toronto-based optometrist who has worked in a group practice since 1977. She also serves as a member of the University Health Network Multidisciplinary Sjögren’s Syndrome Clinic and the Kensington Vision and Research Centre’s Therapeutic Contact Lens Clinic.
Caffery has served on the American Academy of Optometry board of directors since 2007, most recently as secretary-treasurer. She helped form the Fellows Doing Research Special Interest Group, created to train and encourage the performance of clinical research by fellows of the academy.