Since its incorporation in 1989, the Society for Excellence in Eyecare, Inc. (SEE) has undertaken
- to educate and inform the public, state and Federal legislative bodies and agencies, and state licensure boards, about the high quality eye care services provided by its members
- to develop and implement standards of practice for the provision of ophthalmologic services to the general public, and to act as a patients advocate to promote high quality, cost-effective eye care services
- to engage in lobbying on behalf of its members, and to respond, on behalf of its members, to administrative agency studies, proposals and rulings concerning the practice of ophthalmology in order to maximize the benefits to patients.
Membership in SEE is open to ophthalmologists in the United States, optometrists in the United States, and ophthalmologists outside the United States who meet the standards set forth in SEEs by-laws and who are sponsored by two current members in good standing with SEE.

