Save the date! - The Annual NAVAO Meeting is confirmed for Thursday, October 12 and will be held during Academy 2023 New Orleans! The NAVAO Business meeting will begin at 7pm followed immediately by our annual reception at 8:15pm in the Hilton New Orleans Riverside...

Dear Residency Trained Optometrist, The objective of the NAVAO is to encourage and promote the best possible primary eye and vision care for our nation’s Veterans and to promote the education, training, professional growth, and welfare of optometric staff,...

To: Federal Service ODs who maintain FL licenses Re: Florida's "not-a-doctor" bill Florida Senate Bill 230 is on the Florida Governor's desk. If this bill becomes law, its negative effects on our profession will be far-reaching. What you can do: Call every day, Monday...

From the VHA Optometry Service National Program: The Optometry Program workgroup has been developing national standards of practice (NSP) to uphold safe, high-quality care for the Nation’s Veterans and ensure VA Optometrists can meet the needs of Veterans when...

The bipartisan VA clinician appreciation, recruitment, education, expansion, and retention support or CAREERS bill was introduced in the US Senate by Senator Tester (D-Mont) and Senator Boozman (R-Ark).  The goal of the bill is to bolster the recruitment and retention...

The Optometry National Program Office and the Optometry Field Advisory Board (with its education subcommittee) submitted a proposal for optometry residency stipend adjustment to the Office of Academic Affiliations. We are excited to announce that those efforts were...