'''The Optical Society of Western New York (OSWNY) is an organization of over 150 licensed opticians and contact lens practitioners. Membership in the OSWNY in large part is due to the participants quest to elevate their knowledge and skill level in the field of opticianry and contact lenses.

The OSWNY, now the premier optical society in Western New York was founded in 2006 and is still steadily growing in membership. Our growth and success is a result of the quality and quantity of seminars offered to the members. All licensed opticians are required to have eighteen hours of continuing education credits (CEC’S) over a three year period. If opticians are also contact lens practitioners they are required to have twenty hours of CEC’S over the same three year period. The OSWNY offers the members over seventeen continuing education credits each year. This number of credits not only offers ample opportunity for participation but also allows the licensed individuals a venue for excellent growth in the field due to the careful selection of special guest speakers and material that comprise the seminars.

What does all this mean for you, the patient? It simply means that you benefit from the high level of care and skill that you receive when you are taken care of by a licensed OSWNY member. We are proud to say that the members of the OSWNY not only participate to maintain their CEC requirement but also have an ardent interest in excelling in their practice. The ultimate result is you, the patient, getting the utmost care and information with respect to current technology and products when you visit an optician or contact lens practitioner who is a member of the Optical Society of Western New York. Always ask if you are being taken care of by a licensed individual who is a member of the OSWNY in order to be insured the care you receive is the best possible.