Membership Types and Application

Membership Categories:

  1. Membership shall be open to ophthalmic pathologists and oncologists.
  2. There shall be the following categories of membership:
    1. Charter Members
    2. Regular Voting Members
    3. Associate Members
    4. Emeritus Members
    5. Honorary Member
    6. Members in Training

Charter Members:

  1. Charter members must be licensed to practice medicine and/or surgery in the United States. They shall also be certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and/or the American Board of Pathology. At the time of the founding of the Association they were actively engaged to the extent of 25% of his/her professional time during a significant period of the previous 10 years in the instruction and/or supervision of diagnostic ophthalmic pathology of a laboratory, hospital or medical school. A Charter Member shall pay dues as specified by the Board of Directors and shall have the right to vote and hold office.
  2. A list of Charter Members was established and closed by the Board of Directors.

Regular Voting Members:

  1. Regular Voting Members are those individuals who possess a degree of Doctor of Medicine or its international equivalent, who have completed training that is acceptable to the Board of Directors, and who are actively engaged in the discipline of ophthalmic pathology or ophthalmic oncology.
  2. A Regular Voting Member shall pay dues as specified by the Board of Directors and shall have the right to vote and hold office. Each voting member shall be entitled to cast one vote on matters presented as motions by the organization.
  3. Every Regular Voting Member shall be eligible to hold an office and serving on committees of the organization.
  4. The Board of Directors of the American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists (AAOOP) has the right to review qualifications of all proposed members to the AAOOP but does not have the right to refuse membership to anyone once he/she meets the admissions criteria except as stipulated under Article XVII.

Associate Members:

  1. Associate Members are those individuals who possess a degree of Doctor of Medicine or its international equivalent, who are not actively engaged in ophthalmic oncology or pathology, but who have demonstrated an active interest in ophthalmic oncology or pathology as determined by the Membership and Credentials Committee of the organization.
  2. An Associate Member shall pay annual dues in the amount determined by the Board of Directors of the organization.
  3. An Associate Member will not vote on matters presented to the organization.
  4. An Associate Member may not hold office or serve as Chair of a committee.
  5. Associate Members may serve on committees of the organization, with the exception of the Nominating and Membership committees.

Emeritus Members:

  1. An Emeritus Member is any Member or Charter Member who has been inactive in the  instruction and/or supervision of diagnostic ophthalmic pathology or ophthalmic oncology for the past twoyears.
  2. In addition, a Charter Member or Regular Voting Member shall have the option of becoming an Emeritus Member upon reaching the age of 65 years, whether or not remaining active in the field of ophthalmic oncologyorpathology.
  3. An Emeritus Member shall not pay dues, shall not have the right to vote and shall be ineligible to hold office.

Honorary Members:

  1. An Honorary Member is an individual of outstandingcaliberwhomaybeelectedtoHonoraryMembershipbytheBoardofDirectors.
  2. An Honorary Member shall not pay dues or have the right to vote and shall be ineligible to hold office.
  3. Only one new Honorary Member can be elected each year.

Members in Training:

  1. Members in Training are those individuals who possess a degree of Doctor of Medicine or its international equivalent, which is acceptable to the Board of Directors and who are actively engaged in formal training in ophthalmic pathology or oncology.
  2. Members in Training shall be limited to the period of formal training not to exceed five (5) years, at which time the Member in Training membership will terminate unless the individual’s membership category is changed to the Regular Voting or Associate membership category after submitting a recommendation from their fellowship director(s) for review and approval by the Membership and Credentials Committee.
  3. Members in Training shall not be responsible to pay dues to the organization.
  4. Members in Training will not vote on maters presented to the organization.
  5. Members in Training may not hold office or serve as Chair of a committee.
  6. Members in Training may serve on committees of the organization with the exception of the Nominating and Membership committees.