What is the difference between an Optometrist and and Ophthalmologist?
Doctors of optometry are the nation’s largest eye care profession, serving patients in nearly 6,500 communities across the country, where in more than 3,500 of these communities, they are the only eye doctors.* Doctors of optometry are trained to examine, diagnose, treat and manage disorders that affect the eye or vision. * After attending a university or college for their undergraduate education, optometry students concentrate specifically on the structure, function and disorders of the eye for 4 additional years during their graduate education to earn their doctoral degree. * While concentrating on the eye and visual system, optometrists also study general health in courses such as human anatomy, biochemistry and physiology. * In addition to their formal, doctoral-level training, all optometrists participate in ongoing continuing education courses to stay current on the latest standards of care and to maintain their licenses to practice. Optometry is one of the only doctoral-level he
