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WIO Webinar

WIO Webinar: Private Practice: When and How to Think about Partnership and Practice Ownership
Wednesday, November 15
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Clinical Trials Program Trainings

Please join us for this one of a kind comprehensive program that will take you step by step through the process of successfully adding clinical trials to your practice.

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The only meeting of its kind – the Summer Symposium effortlessly joins top rated scientific and medical education with professional and personal development sessions.

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Women and Their Role in Ophthalmology

In general, it is very easy to look at people around us and draw conclusions about large groups. I believe this phenomenon is reflected in…

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I can’t get over the number of young energetic women at this meeting! Kudos to all the work you’ve done to move WIO forward. It’s as relevant as ever to give women a special place where they can be reaffirmed and reassured. This is the safe place where that can happen. Keep up the great and important work you all do. I’m a big fan!

-Tamara Fountain

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  • Opportunities to be recognized through WIO’s Award Program
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  • Become a power player with access to AAO’s Leadership Development and Advocacy Ambassador Programs

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  • Participate in WIO symposia, committee, community, and public services activities
  • Opportunities to teach, mentor, and utilize your leadership skills

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  • Reduced rates at special functions and online access to meeting content
  • 10% discount on Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums with OMIC

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Our Mission Statement

Women in Ophthalmology was founded to enhance and improve the professional environment for women ophthalmologists. WIO encourages diversity, impartiality, and economic parity, and strives to cultivate new opportunities for leadership, education, and public service in the field of ophthalmology for ourselves and future generations.