Children's Eye Foundation of AAPOS
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Children & Youth
- Health & Medicine
- International
- People with Disabilities
Location
655 Beach StSan Francisco, CA 94109 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Our Mission is to end preventable vision loss in children.
Description
The Children's Eye Foundation(CEF) was established in 1970 by Dr. Marshall Parks. CEF is the foundation for the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS).
CEF works to raise awareness of children's vision issues, provide valuable resources to families of children with vision issues, provide low cost resources to families, provide continuing educational resources and support to international pediatric ophthalmologists, provide resources and care for individuals with glaucoma, and vision screening.
Programmatic areas include strabismus, amblyopia, pediatric and adult glaucoma, international outreach, research, outreach, awareness, and celebrating acheivements in pediatric ophthalmology.