In 2010, the AAO sponsored the creation of EyeWiki, a wiki-model Internet encyclopedia of ophthalmology that is written and edited by ophthalmologists and "ophthalmologists-in-training".
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In addition, members are involved in advocacy of the society's goal on the national level through the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Medical Association, and other organizations dedicated to education and clinical care.
Stanley M. Truhlsen (in full: Stanley Marshall Truhlsen, Sr., born November 13, 1920 in Herman, Nebraska) is an American ophthalmologist, university professor and philanthropist in Omaha who has served as president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, as a governor of the American College of Surgeons and led a number of distinguished Nebraska organizations.
Realising that the educational activities of the ISRS would have a natural fit with the American Academy of Ophthalmology AAO, he encouraged an alliance between the two organisations succeeding within twelve months in bringing a successful integration.