SMO at AAO annual meeting details will be announced closer to meeting date. Stay tuned!
Advocacy Ambassador Program Mid-Year Forum
The Advocacy Ambassador Program provides residents and those in fellowship training an opportunity to participate in the Academy’s annual Mid-Year Forum with seasoned advocates and Academy leaders.
SMO is proud to sponsor its military residents to participate in Congressional Advocacy Day, which includes scheduled visits to Capitol Hill and programs in leadership, engagement, advocacy and practice management.
2025 Advocacy Ambassadors for SMO:
Dr. Molly Cunard, CPT, USA
Dr. Nicole Makepeace, CPT, USA
Dr. Charles Behnfield, MAJ, USA
Dr. Remigio Flor, MAJ, USA
Dr. Haana McMurray, CPT, USA
American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma (ASOT) Annual Meeting
The American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma (ASOT) was founded in 2020 to become a central leader in improving all aspects of national ophthalmic trauma care. The annual meeting offers updates in clinical ophthalmic trauma, multiple panel discussion, Kuhn Award Lecture, Poster/Abstract Session, and a premier hands-on training experience designed for upper-level residents, fellows, and ophthalmologists.
Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS)
The Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) is the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting that focuses specifically on the unique medical needs of the Warfighter. It is a joint symposium that provides a collaborative environment for military medical care providers with deployment experience, military scientists, academia, and industry to exchange information on research and health care advancements within the areas of Combat Casualty Care, Military Operational Medicine, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine, and Military Infectious Disease Research Programs.
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Where all of ophthalmology meets, the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting hosts an in-person and virtual meeting experience with access to AAO, AAOE®, and AAOP™ instruction courses, symposia, including the popular Academy Café sessions, original paper sessions, poster podium presentations, poster discussion sessions, video program, American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN) Program.
The in-person meeting offers the ultimate networking experience to view the latest products and services in the Expo and to gain skills in hands-on sessions.
Other learning opportunities require an individual ticket or separate registration, including: AAOE® Friday Intensives; AAOE® Coding Camp; AAOE® Fundamentals of Ophthalmic Coding; AAOP™ Friday Intensives; Skills Transfer labs; Subspecialty Day meetings.
The SMO annual meeting is held in conjunction with the annual AAO meeting.