Five discussions from the spring AOP Council meeting

Published on April 9, 2026
Updates included new roles on Council, the AOP Board elections, as well as debates on the CPD reform proposals and the consultation on vision and driving
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New Pentacam Device Combines Scheimpflug Imaging with Corneal OCT

April 8, 2026
The Pentacam Cornea OCT is now available in the US. Photo: Oculus. Click image to enlarge.  Optometrists who depend on the Oculus Pentacam to perform corneal tomography in their practices may be excited to learn that the company just released a new device—the Pentacam Cornea OCT—that fuses Scheimpflug tomography with pericentric spectral‑domain OCT.According to Oculus, the t

University of North Carolina at Pembroke Receives $4.86 Million Grant From the Golden LEAF Foundation for Optometry Program

April 9, 2026
PEMBROKE, N.C.—The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) announced that it has been awarded a $4,864,368 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support its new College of Optometric Medicine. UNC Pembroke said in the announcement that it will break ground on the new Clinical Sciences Building this Friday, April 10, and this grant will fund critical clinical and training lab equipment t