Welcome New Members
Congratulations on passing boards and earning a DACVO designation! ACVO welcomes and invites new Diplomates to become involved in the ACVO. Here is a list of the 2025 new ACVO Diplomates, all of whom receive complimentary membership through the end of the year. The College provides many opportunities to assist with professional development, growth and the support from colleagues. ACVO is pleased to provide new Diplomates with complimentary membership until the end of this calendar year. Please contact the office with any questions or for additional assistance.
A list of full membership benefits is available to reference below. Dues renews every January for the following year. A reminder email and renewal letter are sent annually.
Professional Support Summary
ACVO provides its members a complimentary listing in the most-searched veterinary ophthalmology database in the world (make sure your information is correct!). It provides funding for credentialing programs to help grow the profession, educational programming and support, professional development opportunities, complimentary access to the Veterinary Ophthalmology journal for members and their residents, outreach to related ophthalmology organizations and rDVM institutions, industry education for research institutions, collaborative opportunities, and public relations resources for referring DVMs and the general public. The ACVO offers assistance to members seeking information, resources, and license appeals. To learn more about Maintenance of Certification be sure to review the ABVO's information.
Consider volunteering for a committee and becoming more involved.
Member Benefits
Learn more information about how your membership is working for you at the Member Benefits portion of the DACVO website.
Resources
COMPLIMENTARY EYE CHART
As a gift to all new members, The ACVO provides a complimentary eye chart poster mailed to the address listed in the membership portal. Additional copies are available for purchase.
Note pads with the same graphic are also available to members. Participants receive a complimentary copy at the annual conference or note pads may be purchased on the website.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
The ACVO Membership Directory only exists in a digital format, accessible through the search functions on the website. Additional 'members-only' information will be shown under identifiable red text, only for members who are signed in. There is an option to print a formatted directory when signed into the portal (instructions here), the ACVO updates these PDF's on the website quarterly. Directory information is for members only, please do not distribute to non-members or vendors.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE VIDEOS
ACVO has produced a couple videos that members may link to from their website or purchase (for higher resolution). These include the cataract informational video, the 'About ACVO' video, and some promotional Service Animal Event recordings.
Additionally surgical education videos are available for members and their residents only, use the ACVO group password to sign into these.
VIDEO LIBRARY - conference recordings on demand
Members may watch, search and share conference presentation recordings with residents or DVMs at their facility, on-demand. Each year ACVO adds current-year recorded presentations for members to access, regardless of attendance at the conference. Content is searchable across all years recorded, 2011 to current. The general sessions, Residents' Workshop, Keynote presenters, In-Depth presentations, Vitreous Society, Ocular Surface Disease and General Practitioners' courses are all available for free. The Sunday labs and/or masters-level courses are available for 2/3 the original rate. New members will receive an email with the log in information. Contact us for more information.
VENDOR MARKETPLACE
New to the member benefits area is a resource that will allow you to search for vendors, products, by key words, or sales persons. This is a valuable resource when trying to reach a conference vendor or if you're looking to make a purchase. Sign into your membership portal to access this search.
'MAGRANE'S HISTORY OF VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGY' BOOK
New Members should receive an email with a link to download this book, it is a comprehensive history of the development of the profession. Members can access the book digitally as well with the group password. Contact the office with any questions.
Communications
Member communications involve 4-5 e-newsletters annually and program announcements (conference and service animal). You may also receive ‘ACVO’ or ‘ABVO’ alert messages via email several times a year. For this reason, it is important to remember to update your membership portal when you have new contact information or email addresses. Annually one mailing is physicially mailed, it includes a slate of officers or information regarding bylaws votes.
Emails are delivered through an HTML editor, MailChimp. We encourage you to not ‘opt out’ of the MailChimp emails as this email list links to all the above notices; opting out of one will opt you out of all messages. We will not ‘spam’ you nor provide your email address to anyone or company.
Collaboration
LISTServS (ACVO Member Only, VOPH, and ACVO Social)
Currently ACVO manages three optional listservs, to be added you must contact the ACVO office for approval. The 'ACVO ListServ' is a members-only discussion group. Primarily discussion revolves around medicine, cases, treatments, recommendations for products, etc. Occasionally posts are made regarding ACVO-related announcements or issues. Please see this page for guidelines about posting policies.
ACVO also provides the optional ‘VOPH ListServ'. This discussion group allows participation of ACVO/ECVO Diplomates and Residents, ophthalmologists in other countries with training similar to these organizations, and residents of these ophthalmologists. Participants must be pre-approved by emailing the ACVO office and providing credentials. ACVO members are automatically approved.
EMAIL DISCUSSION GROUPS
The ACVO also provides a platform to enable you to post questions, concerns, information and photos for discussion. Review this link for more information on these, or to request to join. This system will archive all posts and images and is available for future search if needed; some provide 30 years of data!
ACVO - SAVES
This is our members’ own, national philanthropic event where typically 300 ACVO Members and many more support staff, provide 5,000-7,000 screening eye exams annually each May to their local Service & Working Animal community.
This is a wonderful way to give back and involve your clinics and staff. We would love you to become a part of this amazing program started in 2008. Each year the program reaches over 200M annually in press outreach which helps the general public learn about veterinary ophthalmologists and the valuable services they offer! Learn more at www.ACVO-SAVES.org.
New Member Events
We also welcome you to join us in the New Member activities planned at the ACVO conference that follows your boards. Please visit ACVOconference.org for specific details. Please be sure to send us your “thank you’s” and biographical information, so we may include them in the membership packet, which is provided to all members at the business meeting. Prior to the Business meeting you will receive your ABVO certificate. Guests are allowed to see you receive the certificate but must exit soon after they are handed out.
MATERIALS & FAQ's
The information below is provided as a quick reference for new Members of the ACVO.
Member Benefits
Learn more how your membership works for you!
When should dues be renewed to remain an active member?
Annually every December-January for the following year.
How do I update my information in the member portal?
Use this quick reference guide for using the portal to update information, add a profile photo, biography and more.
How do I sign up for an online subscription to the Veterinary Ophthalmology journal?
As a new ACVO Member you will automatically be added to the Wiley system to gain access to the VO journal complimentary. Annually, when membership dues are paid each January, Members may choose to purchase a printed version at an additional fee through Sheridan Publishing. For now, your VO online service will be activated and you should see an email from Wiley with instructions for creating an account.
Where can I find resources about starting my own practice?
As a new member interested in practice management, you may consider attending the 'Practice Management' course for specialty-specific information, held at the ACVO conference semi-annually.
Although the ACVO does not endorse any particular entity or organization for creating your own practice, materials have been passed along by past speakers on the subject. Please see this PDF for information & tips provided to the ACVO from past Practice Management course speaker, Dr. Charlotte Lacroix.