Educational Links

The internet can provide ready access to information on a wide range of topics. The quality of the information is often difficult to judge. Below is a list of links to some sites we trust to provide you additional information.

Diabetes Eye Check

• Educational campaign to help prevent vision loss in patients with diabetes.

Eye Smart: Eye Health English | Spanish

• Educational campaign to help prevent vision loss in patients with diabetes.

American Academy Of Ophthalmology

• The Eye M.D. Association – National Association for All Ophthalmologists

American Society Of Retinal Specialists

• The Professional Organization for Fellowship Trained Retina SubSpecialists

American Medical Association

• The Professional Organization for American Physicians

Foundation For Fighting Blindness

• Dedicated to research to prevent, treat, and cure the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases

Research To Prevent Blindness

• The leading voluntary health organization supporting eye research directed at the prevention, treatment or eradication of vision threatening diseases

National Eye Institute

• The part of the federal goverment’s National Institutes of Health dedicated to eye research

All About Vision

• Additional Patient Resources about vision and eye diseases

Vision Saludable

• Información sobre la Salud del Ojo

Macular Degeneration Foundation

• Dedicated to those who have and will develop macular degeneration

Uveitis

• Patient resources about uveitis from Prevent Blindness America

Saving Vision.Org

• Resource for patients with retinal conditions supported by the the American Retina Foundation

Intraocular Eye Melanoma Information National Cancer Institute

• Resource for patients with retinal conditions supported by the the American Retina Foundation

Northern California Advanced Surgery Center

• Established in 2009 to provide the premier outpatient surgery experience for eye surgeries

The Society For The Blind

• Providing comprehensive blindness services within the Sacramento region, including the Central Valley and Sierra Foothills

Retina Update: The Retinal Consultants’ Continuing Education Meeting

• The Continuing Education Meeting for Eye Care Providers from the Retinal Consultants

Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL)

• The California State Library loans braille, cassette and digital talking books, magazines, playback equipment, and descriptive videos to northern Californians unable to read conventional print.
• Application forms in “Fill-in-able PDF” format are available by clicking here for english or here for spanish
• For Spanish applicants, please use the (Fill-in-able PDF) and be sure to mail it directly to the California Braille and Talking Book Library in Sacramento at (PO Box 942837 Sacramento, CA 94237-001) and not to the National Library Service in Washington, D.C.

CareCredit

• CareCredit is a healthcare credit card for treatments and procedures for your entire family.