Save the Date!
44th Annual NOA Convention  
July 18th-22nd 2012  • Hyatt Regency  • Toronto, Canada!
14 hours of CE offered at this year!!

 

REMINDER: Early bird convention registration ends April 30... Register today!!

Apply for your passport today:
Visit  http://www.usps.com/passport  for an application and to check your status.

Our host hotel, Hyatt Regency, is located downtown,
minutes from entertainment, eating, and of course shopping!
Room rates are $179 Canadian dollars. For single and double occupancy.

This Pricewill vary slightly with the exchange rate. There will be complimentary
internet access inguest and meeting rooms.

Room reservation cut off is June 1st.
You can call416-343-1234, reference NOA, or book online at
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/NOA

Student Scholarship forms now available
More information available on the NOSA Page

Help a student get to Canada for the 2012 Convention...
The NOA has a history of providing travel grants to all students who attend the
annual convention. We would like to continue with this tradition but we need your help. With the addition of new optometry schools across the country, NOSA has grown to over 700 members this year. We anticipate that student attendance at the convention will soar. Please consider sponsoring a grant to a student in the amountof $200. Your donation of any amount will be appreciated. Contact the NOA office to send your donation. Thank you for your support!

CE & Agenda Schedule
(Please NOTE: Tentative Schedule-Subject to change)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Joseph Pizzimenti, OD, FAAO

Dr. Pizzimenti is an Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) College of Optometry. He is internationally-recognized speaker on Ocular Disease. Dr. Pizzimenti has completed funded clinical research in the areas of diabetes, age-
related macular degeneration, and low vision. Dr. Pizzimenti’s scientific articles have appeared in Optometry and Vision Science, Pharmacotherapy, Optometry: Journal of the American Optometric Association, Optometric Education, The Diabetes Educator, Eye Care Review, The Internet Journal of Allied Health Science and Practice, Review of Optometry, Clinical and Experimental Optometry, and Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Pizzimenti recently co-authored a chapter on Diabetic Retinopathy in the textbook entitled Diabetes in Black America: Public Health and Clinical Solutions to a National
Crisis.
Dr. Pizzimenti resides in Boca Raton, FL, with his wife, Dr. Claire Pizzimenti, and their three children.

Lectures: Women, Nutrition, and AMD; Controversies in Nutrition; Imaging the Posterior Segment

Sherrol A. Reynolds O.D., FAAO

Dr. Sherrol A. Reynolds received her Bachelor of Science from University of Florida and her Doctor of Optometry from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in 1996. Following graduation, she completed a one-year residency and went into private practice in
Coral Springs Florida. She later joined the faculty at Nova Southeastern University where she currently holds the rank of associate Professor.

She has served as a clinic chief, module director, and course instructor. She is also a clinical attending in the diabetes and macular clinic as well as a residency supervisor.

She is a member of the local, state, and national optometric associations. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and the Optometric Retinal Society. She has participated in various research projects and authored numerous posters and publications on various topics in ocular and systemic disease. She has also lecture on a local and national level.

Lecture: When it’s not AMD, Controversies in Nutrition, Obesity and Eye Care

Click HERE to Download the 2012 Convention Registration Form

Have you renewed your membership?
Membership Promo: KINDLE FIRE RAFFLE for all renewals paid by March 31st!

Congratulations to Dr. Dionne Moore-Jones recipient of (1) Free Hotel Stay for the
Convention from the 1st Drawing Dec. 31st deadline.

Archive:
Thank you for supporting the 42nd Annual NOA
Convention in beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico!
Check out the photo gallery to relive the experience or to see what you missed.
Click here to see the 2010 Convention Update.