About ISOT
The International
Society of Ocular Trauma (ISOT) is a resource for ophthalmologists
of all countries who have a special interest in ocular trauma.
In addition to a biannual ocular trauma symposium, ISOT sponsors
smaller regional meetings on ocular trauma. ISOT is an advocate
for terminology standardization, so that physicians can more
effectively collaborate internationally (see BETTS).
Coalescence of ocular traumatology as a subspecialty can be accelerated by
the online message board and chat feature available to society members on this
site. Ocular trauma uniquely needs such a communication resource since it is
not a "full time" subspecialty, and interested ophthalmologists are
not as easily aware of colleagues as in the traditional subspecialties.
If you are interested in ocular traumatology, we invite your membership. Great
opportunity for leadership exists within this developing subspecialty that
uniquely unites the work of all other ophthalmic subspecialties, and is of
such great importance to the predominantly young eye trauma victims throughout
the world.
The United
States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR) has accumulated the
largest database of eye injuries in the world. Documentation
of serious eye injuries via the World Wide Web has enabled
the USEIR and affiliate international registries to coalesce
as the World Eye Injury
Registry (WEIR) under the auspices of ISOT.
ISOT is a bylaws based society with elected officers and an elected
Board of Directors. Its headquarters moved to Birmingham, Alabama
USA in July 2000, coincident with the conclusion of the term of
office of the founding president, Dr.
Giora Treister
, and the beginning of the term of office of Dr. Robert Morris
as the second ISOT president.
Board
of Directors
Robert E. Morris
C.Douglas Witherspoon
Ferenc Kuhn
Principal
Officers
President: Robert E. Morris
Executive Vice President: C. Douglas Witherspoon
Secretary: Janet Murchison
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