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Old 08-27-2022, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld View Post
Just for clarification for those that wonder. An ophthalmologist is a person who gets an MD, then gets a specialty in eyes. Just like a heart surgeon is a person who gets an MD, then gets a specialty in heart surgery. Mine does eye surgery (mostly cataracts) every morning. Each afternoon, he does refractions for glasses and examines and treats eye disease.

An optometrist (DO) is a person who gets a doctor in Optometry. They do refractions for glasses and examines for eye disease. They do not do sophisticated treatment nor surgery.
They are also not very good at diagnosing issues in my experience. If you're older just go to the real doc annually.
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