National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute

The ARF received a $200,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute to fund a symposium at the 2007 American Academy of Family Physician Scientific Assembly in Chicago, IL. The symposium focused on the cause, prevention and treatment of Diabetic Eye Disease and Glaucoma and was well attended, with more than 150 attendees.

The ARF received a $175,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute to fund a symposium at the 2008 American College of Physicians meeting in Washington, DC. This program offered a comprehensive examination of the challenges presented by Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) from several perspectives. It was very well attended with more than 100 general physicians.

The foundation would also like to thank the following companies for their continued support at the ASRS Annual Meeting:

Age-Related Macular Degeneration