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 ...

EAGLE, Idaho — Last week we told you about a bill in Idaho’s Statehouse that may blur the line between what an optometrist can do and what an ophthalmologist can do. In short, House Bill 317 would ...

SALISBURY — Most optometrists don’t have a YouTube channel, but Dr. Melanie Denton Dombrowski isn’t most eye doctors. When Dombrowski opened Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear five years ago, she wanted to ...

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 ...