Resources

Use the Internet to find out more about AMD. You can also contact some of these groups by phone:

Patient Organizations

• American Retina Foundation,
  http://www.savingvision.org
• Foundation Fighting Blindness,
  (888) 394-3937, http://www.blindness.org
• Macula Vision Research Foundation,
  (866) 462-2852, http://mvrf.org
• AMD Alliance International,
  (877) AMD-7171, http://www.amdalliance.org
• Lighthouse International,
  (800) 829-0500, http://www.lighthouse.org
• American Macular Degeneration Foundation,
  (413) 268-7660, http://www.macular.org

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Retina Specialists,
  (530) 566-9181, http://www.retinaspecialists.org
• The Retina Society, (617) 227-8767,
  http://www.retinasociety.org
• The Macula Society, (216) 839-4949,
  http://www.maculasociety.org
• American Academy of Ophthalmology,
  http://www.aao.org
• SmartSight: Low vision and vision rehabilitation services from the American Academy of Ophthalmology,
  http://www.aao.org/aao/patient_ed/smartsight.cfm