Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As with eye surgeons, not all optometrists are created equally. It’s a broad but true generalization that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A standardized laser training program has been needed for nonmedical ophthalmic practitioners providing glaucoma ...

The U-T welcomes and encourages community dialogue on important public matters. Please visit this page for more details on our letters and commentaries policy. Optometrist Lisa Weiss continues to try ...

This week, the Idaho House of Representatives passed House Bill 317, which would allow optometrists in our state to perform certain surgeries now performed only by trained medical doctors. These ...

New Hampshire should insist that its citizens receive surgery from properly trained surgeons by asking legislators to reject ...

Modern optometry training has evolved far beyond what it was even 10 years ago. Alberta’s regulations aren’t keeping pace. Where we once led North American scope of practice for optometrists, Alberta ...

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 ...