ASSOCIATIONS AND MEETINGS
■ The American Academy of Optometry Lectures and Workshops Committee for Academy 2017, Oct. 11 to 14 in Chicago, invites you to submit up to three course proposals for consideration. The submission window is open through Jan. 31. Visit aaopt.org/Academy2017/Courses .
■ Registration is open for International Vision Expo East, March 30 to April 3. Visit VisionCouncil.org .
COMPANY NEWS
■ 2020 On-site Optometry, a Boston-based mobile vision provider, raised $3 million of Series A-1 financing, bringing its total fundraising to $7.9 million.
■ ABB Optical Group will present a free ICD FlexFit workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the RIO Hotel Las Vegas prior to the Global Specialty Lens Symposium. Visit ABBOptical.com .
■ Ron Kurtz, M.D., president and CEO of Calhoun Vision, and Mark Livingston, president and CEO of PrimaPharma, have been elected to Allegro Ophthalmics LLC board of directors.
■ CooperVision Inc. has made a $164,000 donation to Optometry Giving Sight. It is the fifth consecutive year employees organized a variety of fundraisers and, coupled with matching funds from The Cooper Companies, were able to achieve the company’s largest ever World Sight Day Challenge contribution, according to the company.
■ Dr. Gerhard Zinser, co-founder and managing director of Heidelberg Engineering, has been honored with the Founders Award from the Optometric Glaucoma Society.
■ Menicon America has announced the ROSE K2 soft contact lens design for irregular corneas is available to the U.S. market. The daily-wear silicone hydrogel lens is available as a three-month replacement lens.
■ Neutrox, from NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc., announced that Neutrox has received CE mark and ISO certification, which clears the way for the product line to be sold in the European Union and certain other countries.
■ Primary Eyecare Network, a division of ABB Optical Group, offers two coding and compliance seminars in California in January: Jan. 21, Sacramento, and Jan. 22 in San Ramon. To register, visit PrimaryEye.net .
■ Transitions Optical Inc. has named the finalists in its annual Transitions Innovation Awards program. They include: for 2016 Brand Ambassador, Dr. James Vann, O.D., Dr. Jennifer Lyerly, O.D., and Sheena Taff, optician; for Best in Growth Achievement, Pacific Eye Care, Henry Ford OptimEyes and National Vision Inc.; for Best in Training, Jennifer Lenhart of OnSight Optical, Walman Optical and New Look Eyewear; for Best in Marketing, Value Optical, Heather Padgett of HOYA Vision Care and Wilson Eye Center; and for best in patient experience, Professional VisionCare, Costco Optical (Canada) and Visionworks. Visit TransitionsPRO.com .
■ Christopher Mullen has been appointed central regional sales director for WestGroupe USA.
COLLEGES
■ Stephen A. Burns, Ph.D., F.A.A.O., and professor at Indiana University School of Optometry, is the 2016 to 2017 recipient of the Allergan Research Grant, announced The American Optometric Foundation in partnership with Allergan Foundation. The grant is $60,000 for his project “High Resolution, Adaptive Optics Imaging of the Trabecular Meshwork in Vivo.”
■ Kentucky College of Optometry will be the first optometry school to include Cassini Corneal Shape Analyzer in its education program.
■ UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry won the first University Education Challenge, a program hosted by ABB Optical and Paragon Vision Sciences.
NONPROFIT
■ Brien Holden Vision Institute has launched its new website, brienholdenvision.org . OM