2024 ICO Tadeusz Krwawicz Gold Medal
The Recipient of the ICO Tadeusz Krwawicz Gold Medal is Prof. Tetsuro Oshika. The Tadeusz Krwawicz Gold Medal is awarded every four years to an ophthalmologist who has significantly contributed to the advancement of ophthalmology, doing outstanding work in the treatment of diseases of the anterior segment, or introduction of new technologies and to the advancement […]
2024 ICO Bietti Medal
The Recipient of the ICO Bietti Medal is Prof. Robert N. Weinreb. The Bietti Medal is awarded every four years to a distinguished ophthalmologist in recognition of scientific and educational contribution in ophthalmology and for facilitating international communications in the ophthalmic community. Professor Weinreb is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the […]
2024 ICO Jules François Golden Medal
The Recipient of the 2024 ICO Jules François Golden Medal is Dr. Gullapalli Nag Rao. The Jules François Golden Medal is awarded every four years for ophthalmic work of high scientific quality. Dr. Rao is founder and chair of the L V Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, India. He established the institute in 1987 after […]
ICO Mark Tso Golden Apple Award for the Middle East – Africa Region
Prof. Amel Meddeb Ouertani (left) and Dr. Ivo Kocur, ICO Chief Executive Officer (right). The recipient of the Mark Tso Golden Apple Award for the Middle East – Africa Region is Professor Amel Meddeb Ouertani from Tunisia. She is Founding President of the Tunisian Society of Aerospace Medicine, the Middle East Africa Women in Ophthalmology […]
WHO Consultation on Uncorrected Refractive Errors
Photo caption: Dr. Ivo Kocur, MSc MA MBA, ICO CEO (left) with Dr. Alarcos Cieza, MSc MPH PhD, WHO Unit Head, Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation (centre) and Dr. Stuart Keel, PhD, Technical Officer, Vision and Eye Care Programme (right) at the WHO Expert Consultation on Refractive Errors in Geneva, Switzerland. Uncorrected refractive error, which […]
2023 ICO Mark Tso Golden Apple Award for the Asia-Pacific Region
Photo caption: (from right to left): Prof. Ava Hossain, MBBS, FCPS, FICS, APAO President; Prof. A.H.M Enayet Hussain, FRCS (Glasg), FRCS (Edinburgh), FCPS (BD); and Dr. Ivo Kocur, MSc, MA, MBA, ICO Chief Executive Officer.
Ryan’s Retina
Through six outstanding and award-winning editions, Ryan’s Retina has offered unsurpassed coverage of this complex subspecialty—everything from basic science through the latest research, therapeutics, technology, and surgical techniques. The fully revised 7th Edition continues the tradition of excellence, balancing the latest scientific research and clinical correlations and covering everything you need to know on retinal […]
World Report on Vision
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the World Report on Vision to address gaps in eye care and to galvanize action. 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment and 1 billion have a vision impairment that is either preventable or is yet to be addressed. On 19 November 2019, co-hosted with the WHO, the UN Friends of Vision, under the Chairmanship of Ambassador Webson of the […]
UN Adopts First Resolution on Vision
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the first-ever resolution on vision, committing its 193 member nations to ensuring eye care for everyone by 2030. Called “Vision for Everyone” this landmark resolution is designed to tackle eye disease and to enhance global efforts to help at least 1.1 billion people who have vision impairment and who […]