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Director Search

The FOS board of directors wish to announce a search for the next At-Large Director to fill the upcoming Army vacancy when Dr. Emery Fehl's term expires at the end of the year.  Please send nominations to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , with a one to two paragraph recommendation.  The FOS will contact the nominee to secure a current CV that will be provided to the FOS membership.  Nominations must be submitted no later than 31 AUG 2013.  Qualified FOS members (in good standing) will vote electronically for the next Director beginning at 1700hrs on 20 OCT 2013 and ending as late as 1700hrs on 22 OCT 2013. The FOS will announce the next Army Director during the annual meeting on 22 OCT 2013 in Seattle.  Please see FOS Bylaws, sections 4.3 and 4.4 for details and qualifications.

New Member Resource Section

Check out the NEW member resource page - we've added the capability for each registered user to upload and publish helpful documents for fellow members.  The current categories include Clinical Operations, Professional Development and Mentorship Development.  If you have an article, presentation or any other helpful piece of information, you can share it with FOS members on the Member Resources page.  You can upload almost any file type including video, PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, Adobe PDF documents, etc. 

If you want to add a category or you can't upload a particular file type, just let us know by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll get right on it!

Featured Article

The FOS salutes the American Optometric Society for offering uniformed service members access to CE at no cost, during the upcoming AOS annual meeting in San Antonio, 12-14 APR 2013.  For more details click the image above.  Thanks for serving those who serve.

Seattle 2013


The FOS will host its annual meeting on Tuesday, 22 OCT 2013 in Seattle. The FOS plans to offer 6 hours of COPE approved CE, followed by the annual business meeting at which time one or more new directors will be announced, along with FOS award winners for 2013, leading into a reception that same evening.

If you are interested in presenting a COPE lecture at this meeting, please contact the FOS at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

FOS Brand Promise

"...to be the premier, in-house venue for federal optometrists to share knowledge..."

Qualification Criteria

You can join the FOS if you are or ever were a federally-employed optometrist or if you are currently attending optometry school on a federal scholarship. There are various member categories depending on employment status, including student membership, resident membership, active and retired memberships. The membership category drives the rates for dues.

Membership Dues

Membership dues depend on your federal employment status and are reduced for qualifying membership in other organizations. There is also a temporary Founding Member category for people interested in helping the organization get off to a good start. For the first year of the organization, members may choose to join as a Founding Member at a rate of $200. Renewals will then be at the normal member rate,...

Why Should I Join?

     Members will have access to top-quality, low-cost, COPE-approved CE during FOS sponsored meetings. The FOS will also offer Mentorship Education (ME) and Professional Education (PE).  These tracks will target members at various milestones in their careers to offer advice through prepared lectures and member interaction.      Our annual meeting will...

How do I join?

First, congratulations on your decision to join the Federal Optometric Society. There are just a few things you need to do to join the organization - you have to register, decide whether or not you want to be a Founding Member, and then pay your membership dues. Simply click on the register link at the top of the home page, fill out the demographic information, and submit your registration request....

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