The Dallas Academy of Ophthalmology meets four times yearly, beginning in September and ending in March of the following year.  The year officially begins with a board of directors meeting in August where officers and board members finalize the professional education programs.  Then in September, the Academy hosts a two part meeting with a dinner session for its members.  The dinner features a noted national or international guest lecturer from the ophthalmic community. This featured speaker then leads a clinical session and grand rounds the next day, a Friday morning at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology.       

 

The DAO is governed by a five-member board of directors and four officers. The board is composed of three past presidents, each of whom serve for three consecutive years following his or her year as president, and two community board members selected from the membership, who also serve for three consecutive years.  Each officer in the academy begins a four year term of service starting as the Incoming Program Chair/Secretary/Treasurer, then as the Program Chair/Secretary/Treasurer, then as the Vice President, and finally as President.