Optometrists and ophthalmologists are licensed eye doctors, but they are in distinct professions. An optometrist holds a Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree, while an ophthalmologist is a medical doctor ...

Michael Poblete, a optometry student at Western University, performs an ocular health exam on Daniel Duenas in 2019. A bill by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) would expand the optometrists' role in ...

OPHTHALMOLOGISTS ARE NOT SEEING EYE TO EYE. MOST PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT THERE’S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPTOMETRISTS AND OPHTHALMOLOGY EXISTS. BOTH ARE EYE DOCTORS, BUT IT’S THE OPHTHALMOLOGISTS ...

An optometrist is a health care provider who manages your eye health, like a primary care doctor for your eyes. They evaluate, diagnose, and treat a range of eye conditions. Optometrists conduct ...

This past November, a patient asked optometrist Kaitlin Soracco to remove a bulge of skin on her eyelid. Such skin tags can be excised right there in the office using procedures Soracco studied and ...

Though eyeballs, eye sockets and optic nerves are small compared to many other parts of the human body, their importance looms large when a person experiences vision impairment and fears that they ...