An optometrist provides routine eye care. In contrast, an ophthalmologist focuses on surgical procedures for eye conditions, and an optician helps you fit eyeglasses and other vision aids. Share on ...

As 2025 draws to a close, we turn our attention across the UK’s nations to reflect on the moments that mattered most. From ...

Optometry is a science concerned with the study and therapy of diseases and disorders associated with eyesight. The field of optometry is charismatic, challenging, and offers many opportunities for ...

Dr. Uduak Christabel Udom, the immediate past President of the African Council of Optometry, has just been elected the President of the World Council of Optometry (WCO). In this interview, she speaks ...

An optometrist is an eye care professional who is a primary care practitioner for most vision and ocular health concerns. Optometrists, or optometric physicians, as they are sometimes called in the ...

DENVER – The AOA recognized three hard-working and noteworthy optometrists: David A. Cockrell, OD, FAAO; Irwin B. Suchoff, OD; and Lesley L. Walls, OD, MD, by induction to its hall of fame during a ...

The American Optometric Association singled out provider nondiscrimination language in the health care reform law as the most significant gain for optometry. “The approval of the Harkin Amendment is a ...

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Texas optometrists are advocating for a change to the rules that govern their profession during this year’s legislative session. The new laws would allow optometrists to take on some minor surgeries ...

Where an optometry trainee decides to stop their training before the end of the clinical placement, a pro-rata claim may be submitted. In these instances, contractors will be required to enter the ...