Connecting Ophthalmologists from Around the World to Achieve Eye Health for Everyone
Connecting Ophthalmologists from Around the World to Achieve Eye Health for Everyone
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) represents the worlds ophthalmologists through official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO). The ICO is composed of more than 180 national, regional, and subspecialty Member Societies from around the world. ICO Member Societies are part of a community connecting the world’s ophthalmologists, working together to preserve and restore vision.
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| Society Member | Website |
|---|---|
| Academia Ophthalmologica Belgica (AOB) | http://www.ophthalmologia.be/page.php?edi_id=842 |
| Afghanistan Society of Ophthalmology | www.aso.org.af |
| Albanian Ophthalmological Society (SHOSH) | http://www.shosh-al.com/web/ |
| Algerian Ophthalmological Society | www.sao.dz |
| All India Ophthalmological Society | http://www.aios.org |
| All-Russian Association of Ophthalmologists | http://www.EyeNews.ru |
| American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists (AAOOP) | www.aaoop.org |
| American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) | http://www.asoprs.org |
| Argentine Council of Ophthalmology | http://www.oftalmologos.org.ar |
| Argentinian Society of Ophthalmology (SAO) | http://www.sao.org.ar/ |
| Asia Pacific Glaucoma Society (APGS) | www.apglaucomasociety.org |
| Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society | http://oculartraumacon.com/ |
| Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | https://apsoprs.org |
| Asia Pacific Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS) | http://www.apspos.org |
| Asia Pediatric Ophthalmologists Association (APOA) | http://www.apspos.org/ |
| Asia-Pacific Society of Eye Genetics | |
| Assistance for Development of Modern Ophthalmology (ADMO) | http://www.admounion.org.az |
| Association of Ophthalmologists of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Association of Ophthalmologists of Latvia | |
| Autoinflammatory Diseases Alliance (AIDA) Network | https://aidanetwork.org/en/ |
| Austrian Ophthalmological Society | http://www.augen.at |
| Azerbaijan Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) | www.aso.az |
| Bahrain Ophthalmological Association | |
| Benin Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Black Sea Ophthalmological Society | www.bs-os.org |
| Bolivian Society of Ophthalmology | www.sociedadbolivianadeoftalmologia.org |
| Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology | www.cbo.com.br |
| Bulgarian Society of Ophthalmology | http://eyesobg.org |
| Burkina Faso Society of Ophthalmology (SBO) | |
| Burundi Ophthalmological Society | www.bos.bi |
| Cambodian Ophthalmological Society | www.cambodiacos.com |
| Cameroonian Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Canadian Glaucoma Society (AGS) | http://cgs-scg.org |
| Canadian Ophthalmological Society | http://www.cos-sco.ca |
| Chilean Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.sochiof.cl |
| Chinese Ophthalmological Society | www.cma.org.cn |
| College of Ophthalmologists for Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) | http://www.coecsa.org |
| College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong (COHK) | http://www.hkam.org.hk/colleges/oph.htm |
| College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka | http://www.cosl.lk |
| Colombian Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.socoftal.com |
| Congolese Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Cuban Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.sld.cu/sitios/sco |
| Cyprus Ophthalmological Society | https://www.cyos.org/ |
| Czech Ophthalmological Society | http://www.oftalmologie.com |
| Danish Ophthalmological Society | http://www.dansk-oftalmologisk-selskab.dk |
| Dominican Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.sdo.org.do |
| Ecuadorian Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Egyptian Ophthalmological Society (EOS) | http://eos1902.org |
| Emirates Society of Ophthalmology | https://eso2021.com/ |
| Estonian Ophthalmological Society | www.eos.ee |
| EuroLam Retina | https://www.eurolam.org |
| European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) | http://everassociation.org |
| European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) | http://www.ebo-online.org |
| European Glaucoma Society | http://www.eugs.org |
| European Pediatric Ophthalmological Society (EPOS) | http://www.epos-focus.org |
| European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) | http://www.escrs.org |
| European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESPORS) | http://www.esoprs.eu |
| European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) | http://www.euretina.org |
| European Strabismological Association (ESA) | http://www.esa-strabismology.com |
| Finnish Ophthalmological Society | www.silmalaakariyhdistys.fi |
| French Society of Ophthalmology (SFO) | http://www.sfo.asso.fr |
| Gabonese Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Georgian National Ophthalmology Society | https://www.igos.ge |
| German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) | http://www.dog.org |
| Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations (GAEBA) | http://www.gaeba.org |
| Global Eye Genetics Consortium | http://gegc.org |
| Guatemalan Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.agogt.org/ |
| Haitian Society of Ophthalmology | http://web-sho.org |
| Hellenic Opthalmological Society | http://www.eyenet.gr |
| Honduran Ophthalmology Society | |
| Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society | http://www.hkos.org.hk |
| Hungarian Ophthalmological Society | http://szemorvostarsasag.hu |
| Icelandic Ophthalmological Society | |
| Indian Paediatric Glaucoma Society | www.ipgs.org.in |
| Indonesian Ophthalmologists Association (IOA-Perdami) | http://www.perdami.or.id |
| International Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (IJCAHPO) | www.ijcahpo.org |
| International Medical Contact Lens Council (IMCLC) | |
| International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS) | https://www.iois.info |
| International Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council (IPOSC) | http://www.iposc.org |
| International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR) | https://islrr.org/ |
| International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR) | http://www.isgedr.com |
| International Society of Geographic and Epidemiologic Ophthalmology (ESGEO) | http://www.isgeo.co.uk |
| International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) | http://www.isoo.org |
| International Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ISOPRS) | http://www.isoprs.org |
| International Society of Ophthalmic Pathology (ISOP) | www.isop-new.com |
| International Strabismological Association (ISA) | http://www.isahome.org |
| International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG) | http://www.iusg.net |
| Iranian Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.irso.org |
| Iraqi Ophthalmological Society | www.iraqieyes.9f.com |
| Irish College of Ophthalmologists | http://www.eyedoctors.ie |
| Italian Association of Ophthalmologists (AIMO) | https://www.oculistiaimo.it/ |
| Israel Ophthalmology Society (IOS) | www.ophthalmology.org.il |
| Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI) | http://www.soiweb.com |
| Italian Society of Ophthalmological Sciences (SISO) | https://sisoets.org/ |
| Ivory Coast Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Japanese Ophthalmological Society | http://www.nichigan.or.jp |
| Jordanian Ophthalmological Society | http://www.osj.org.jo |
| Korean Ophthalmological Society | http://www.ophthalmology.org |
| Kosovo Association of Ophthalmologists | |
| Laos Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Lebanese Ophthalmological Society | www.los-lb.com |
| Lithuanian Ophthalmological Society | http://www.akiudraugija.lt |
| Madagascar Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Malawi Ophthalmological Society | |
| Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology | http://mso.org.my |
| Malian Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Mauritanian Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Mexican Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.smo.org.mx |
| Mongolian Ophthalmologists Society | www.mon-ophth.mn |
| Moroccan Ophthalmology Society | http://www.smo.ma/ |
| Mozambique College of Ophthalmology | www.ordemdosmedicos.org.mz |
| Myanmar Ophthalmic Society | https://eyemyanmar.com/myanmar-ophthalmic-society |
| National Institute for Prevention of Amblyopia | |
| Nepal Ophthalmic Society | http://www.nos.com.np |
| Netherlands Ophthalmological Society | http://www.oogheelkunde.org |
| Nigerien Society of Ophthalmology (SNO) | http://www.sno.ne |
| Norwegian Ophthalmological Society | http://legeforeningen.no/Fagmed/Norsk-oftalmologisk-forening/ |
| Oman Ophthalmic Society | https://www.omanophthalmicsociety.org |
| Ophthalmic Oncology Group (OOG) | www.oogeu.com |
| Ophthalmological Association of Costa Rica | http://www.oftalmologiacostarica.com |
| Ophthalmological Association of South Sudan | www.eyesudan.com |
| Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh | http://osb.com.bd |
| Ophthalmological Society of Ethiopia | www.ose.org.et |
| Ophthalmological Society of Ghana | www.os-ghana.org |
| Ophthalmological Society of Jamaica | http://www.ophthalsj.com/ |
| Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria | http://osnig.org |
| Ophthalmological Society of Pakistan | http://ospcentre.com |
| Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA) | www.ossa.co.za |
| Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies (OSWI) | http://www.oswinet.org |
| Ophthalmological Society of Zimbabwe | http://www.osoz.co.zw |
| Pacific Eye Care Society (PacEYES) | http://www.paceyes.org/home |
| Palestinian Ophthalmological Society | www.oyoon.ps |
| Pan Albanian Association of Ophthalmology | https://paao.al/ |
| Panamanian Ophthalmology Society | |
| Pan-American Retina & Vitreous Society (PRVS) | www.sprv.org |
| Paraguayan Society of Ophthalmology | www.spo.org.py |
| Peruvian Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.spo.org.pe |
| Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology | http://www.pao.org.ph |
| Polish Ophthalmological Society | http://www.pto.com.pl |
| Portuguese Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.spoftalmologia.pt |
| Puerto Rican Ophthalmology Society | http://www.oftalmologiapr.org |
| Refractive Surgery Alliance Society (RSA) | https://www.RefractiveAlliance.com |
| Romanian Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.oftalmologia.ro |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) | http://www.ranzco.edu |
| Royal College of Ophthalmologists of Thailand | www.rcopt.org |
| Royal College of Ophthalmologists of the UK | http://www.rcophth.ac.uk |
| Russian Society of Ophthalmologists | http://www.oor.ru |
| Rwanda Ophthalmology Society (ROS) | https://www.riio.org/our-story |
| SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology (SAO) | http://sao.org.in |
| Salvadoran Association of Ophthalmology | http://www.oftalmologos.org |
| Saudi Ophthalmological Society (SOS) | http://www.sos.org.sa |
| Senegalese Ophthalmological Society | |
| Serbian Association of Ophthalmologists | |
| Singapore Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.ssophth.org |
| Slovak Ophthalmological Society | |
| Slovenian Society of Ophthalmology | http://www.zos-szd.si/ |
| Société Africaine Francophone d'Ophtalmologie (SAFO) | http://safo-info.org |
| South African Society of Oculoplastic Surgeons (SASOPS) | www.sasops.co.za |
| South-East European Ophthalmological Society | http://www.seeos.eu |
| Spanish Society of Ophthalmology | www.oftalmoseo.com |
| Swedish Ophthalmological Society | http://www.swedeye.org |
| Swiss Society of Ophthalmology | https://www.sog-sso.ch |
| Syrian Ophthalmological Society | https://sos-sy.com |
| Tanzania Ophthalmology Society | https://tos.or.tz/ |
| The Eye and Contact Lens Association (ECLA) | http://www.clao.org |
| The Macula Society | http://www.maculasociety.org |
| The Ophthalmological Society of Taiwan (TOS) | http://www.oph.org.tw |
| The Retina Society | http://www.retinasociety.org |
| Togo Society of Ophthalmology | |
| Tunisian Ophthalmological Society | http://www.stoph.org.tn |
| Turkish Ophthalmological Association | http://www.todnet.org |
| Turkish Republics Ophthalmology Society (TROS) | www.tcod-tros.org |
| Uganda Ophthalmological Society | http://osu.ug/ |
| Ukrainian Society of Ophthalmologists | www.tou.org.ua |
| Uruguayan Association of Ophthalmologists (ASUO) | http://www.asuo.org.uy |
| Uzbek Scientific Ophthalmology Society | https://aoru.uz/home/ |
| Vietnam Ophthalmological Society | http://www.hoinhankhoa.vn |
| Women In Ophthalmology (WIO) | http://www.wioonline.org |
| World Glaucoma Association (WGA) | http://www.worldglaucoma.org |
| Yemeni Ophthalmological Society | |
| Young Ophthalmologists Society of India | https://www.facebook.com/YOSIMembers/ |
| Zambia Ophthalmological Society | www.zambiaophthalmologicalsociety.org |
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