Eye care professional
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An eye care professional is an individual who provides a service related to the eyes or vision.
Various eye care professionals (listed alphabetically)
- Ocularist - fabrication and fitting of ocular prostheses for people who have lost eyes due to trauma or illness.
- Oculist - older term for either an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
- Ophthalmologist - Doctor of Medicine (MD), graduates from medical school
- Optometrist - Doctor of Optometry, graduates from optometry school, usually a four-year graduate program
- Optician
- Orthoptist
- Vision therapist
Organizations
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of Optometry
- American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- American Optometric Association
- American Society of Ocularists
- British Optical Association
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- College of Optometrists
- College of Optometrists in Vision Development
- Opticians Association of Canada
- Optometric Extension Program
- Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
External links
- Pratt, Laura. ["Who's Wise on Eyes?"] Today's Parent.com. March, 1997.
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