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  • Michael Lewen 100 Points

    Michael Lewen

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    Distance: 15.61 mi
    31 Mall Road
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Brendan McCarthy 100 Points

    Brendan McCarthy

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    Distance: 15.61 mi
    31 Mall Road
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Megan Nichols 100 Points

    Megan Nichols

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    Distance: 15.61 mi
    31 Mall Road
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Maya Ling, MD
    100 Points

    Maya Ling, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    31 Mall Road
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Susan Macdonald, MD 100 Points

    Susan Macdonald, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    Lahey Clnc Dept Oph, 41 Mall Rd
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Pierre Pellerin, OD
    100 Points

    Pierre Pellerin, OD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    31 Mall Road
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Patrick Titterington, OD
    100 Points

    Patrick Titterington, OD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    31 Mall Road
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Ippolit Matjucha, MD 100 Points

    Ippolit Matjucha, MD

    University Eye Assoc
    Distance: 15.61 mi
    41 Mall Rd, Lahey Clinic Optha
    Burlington, MA 01803
  • Jiayi Zhou, OD, PHD
    100 Points

    Jiayi Zhou, OD, PHD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    31 Mall Road
    Burlington, MA 01805
  • Susan Tucker, MD 50 Points

    Susan Tucker, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    41 Mall Rd
    Burlington, MA 01803
  • Robin F Steinberg, MD 20 Points

    Robin F Steinberg, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    172 CAMBRIDGE ST
    BURLINGTON, MA 01803
  • Gary E Borodic, MD 10 Points

    Gary E Borodic, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    172 CAMBRIDGE ST
    BURLINGTON, MA 01803
  • David S Gendelman, MD 10 Points

    David S Gendelman, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    172 CAMBRIDGE ST
    BURLINGTON, MA 01803
  • Phillip M Gendelman, MD 10 Points

    Phillip M Gendelman, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    172 CAMBRIDGE ST STE 301
    BURLINGTON, MA 01803
  • Ioannis P Glavas, MD

    Ioannis P Glavas, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    172 CAMBRIDGE ST
    BURLINGTON, MA 01803
  • Deborah E Zuckerman, MD

    Deborah E Zuckerman, MD

    Distance: 15.61 mi
    172 CAMBRIDGE ST
    BURLINGTON, MA 01803
  • Mark Latina 100 Points

    Mark Latina

    Advanced Glaucoma Specialists
    Distance: 15.81 mi
    20 Pond Meadow Drive
    Suite 203
    Reading, MA 01867
  • Mark Latina, MD 100 Points

    Mark Latina, MD

    Andover Eye Assoc
    Distance: 15.81 mi
    20 Pond Meadow Dr Ste 204, Reading Hlth Ctr
    Reading, MA 01867
  • Edward Mc Carthy, MD 100 Points

    Edward Mc Carthy, MD

    North Suburban Eye Assoc
    Distance: 15.81 mi
    955 Main St Ste 109
    Reading, MA 01867
  • George Ghareeb, MD

    George Ghareeb, MD

    George Elias Ghareeb, MD
    Distance: 15.81 mi
    22 Woburn Street
    Reading, MA 01867
  • Mona Bhan, MD 200 Points

    Mona Bhan, MD

    Distance: 17.5 mi
    61 Lincoln St Suite 305
    FRAMINGHAM, MA 01702
  • Stephen Rostler, MD 110 Points

    Stephen Rostler, MD

    Metrowest Eyewear
    Distance: 17.5 mi
    61 Lincoln St
    Framingham, MA 01702
  • Hu, MD 110 Points

    Hu, MD

    Pediatric & Adult Ophthalmic
    Distance: 17.5 mi
    PO Box 270
    Framingham, MA 01704
  • Richard Blocker, MD 100 Points

    Richard Blocker, MD

    Framingham Medical Computer
    Distance: 17.5 mi
    PO Box 270
    Framingham, MA 01704
  • Bernard Mc Gowan, MD 100 Points

    Bernard Mc Gowan, MD

    Mc Gowan Eye Care Ctr
    Distance: 17.5 mi
    297 Union Ave
    Framingham, MA 01702
  • 100 Points

    New England Eye Center - Framingham

    Distance: 17.5 mi
    959 Concord Street, Suite 302
    Framingham, MA 01701
  • Jeffrey Sorkin, MD
    564 Points

    Jeffrey Sorkin, MD

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Richard Rodman, MD
    434 Points

    Richard Rodman, MD

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • William Orenberg, MD
    414 Points

    William Orenberg, MD

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Dennis Stoler, MD
    414 Points

    Dennis Stoler, MD

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Carolyn Anderson, MD
    300 Points

    Carolyn Anderson, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Paul Cotran, MD
    300 Points

    Paul Cotran, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Shiyoung Roh, MD
    300 Points

    Shiyoung Roh, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Sarkis Soukiasian, MD
    300 Points

    Sarkis Soukiasian, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Susan Tucker, MD
    300 Points

    Susan Tucker, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Gregory Blaha, MD
    200 Points

    Gregory Blaha, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • John J Weiter, MD 190 Points

    John J Weiter, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    39 Cross Street, Suite 201
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Fina Barouch, MD
    150 Points

    Fina Barouch, MD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Ann Kent-Gasiorowski, OD
    150 Points

    Ann Kent-Gasiorowski, OD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Paul Cotran, MD 150 Points

    Paul Cotran, MD

    Lahey Clinic North
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    1 Essex Center Dr
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Carolyn Anderson, MD 120 Points

    Carolyn Anderson, MD

    Lahey Clinic
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    1 Essex Center Dr, Lahey Dept Oph
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Mahesh Bhardwaj, OD
    100 Points

    Mahesh Bhardwaj, OD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Susan MacDonald 100 Points

    Susan MacDonald

    Lahey Medical Center, Peabody
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Daniel Luther 100 Points

    Daniel Luther

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • William Orenberg 100 Points

    William Orenberg

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Harish Raja 100 Points

    Harish Raja

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Dennis Stoler, MD 100 Points

    Dennis Stoler, MD

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Dr
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Richard Petrone, OD
    100 Points

    Richard Petrone, OD

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • David Ramsey, MD, PHD, MPH
    100 Points

    David Ramsey, MD, PHD, MPH

    Distance: 17.57 mi
    One Essex Center Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960
  • Michelle Liang 50 Points

    Michelle Liang

    Microsurgical Eye Consultants
    Distance: 17.57 mi
    31 Centennial Drive
    Peabody, MA 01960

Ophthalmologist Info

Ophthalmologist Summary:
Ophthalmologists are eye doctors who specialize in diagnosing, preventing, and treating diseases and injuries of the eyes. Ophthalmologists are medical doctors or doctors of osteopathy who have chosen the field of vision and the eyes for helping patients. These doctors deal with all issues regarding the anatomy, physiology, function, and diseases that affect the eyes. In addition, ophthalmologists can perform routine eye examinations, dispense advice to patients, and write prescriptions for glasses or contact lenses. Ophthalmologists are also able to prescribe eye drops or drugs to help treat eye infections and diseases.

Ophthalmologists can be considered specialists in both medicine and surgery, as they perform a variety of surgical and nonsurgical interventions to help those who suffer with eye problems.

Ophthalmologist Education and Training:


An ophthalmologist must first obtain a 4 year bachelor's degree, then complete 4 years of medical school in an ophthalmologist program, a 1 year internship, and at least 3 years of residency in the field. Those wishing to pursue a sub-specialty must complete an additional 1 to 2 years of training. After all education has been completed, an Ophthalmology Certification Exam must be passed in order to become a certified ophthalmologist.

Ophthalmologist Conditions Treated:


A few of the concerns and eye disorders that Ophthalmologists deal with include:


Ophthalmologist Sub-specialties:


While ophthalmology is a specialty within the medical field, there are many sub-specialties with ophthalmology. These sub-specialties may focus on certain parts of the eye, certain conditions, specific procedures, or specific populations. Some sub-specialties may include Cornea and External Disease, Glaucoma, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Oncology, Ophthalmic Pathology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, or one of many others.

Ophthalmologist Procedures and Treatments:


Just a few of the interventions used by Ophthalmologists include:

  • Blepharoplasty
  • Cataract surgery
  • Corrective surgery
  • Eye exams
  • Eye ultrasound
  • Eylea injections
  • Fluorescein angiography
  • Fundus photography
  • Laser surgery
  • LASIK eye surgery
  • Lucentis injections
  • Optical coherence tomography
  • Prescribe corrective eyewear
  • Refractive surgery
  • Scleral buckle
  • Vision exams
  • Vitrectomy

Ophthalmologist Associations:


The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Board of Ophthalmology are just two of the associations that Ophthalmologist may be linked with. There are many other associations, including those specific to each state and those devoted to sub-specialties within the field.


Ophthalmologist FAQs:
What is an

Ophthalmologist

?
An Ophthalmologist is a physician who performs eye surgery, as well as provides vision care by diagnosing and treating the eye.

Why might I see an Ophthalmologist?
You should see an Ophthalmologist if you experience a change in vision, such as eye pain or redness. You should also see an Ophthalmologist if you experience blurred vision, double vision or eyestrain.

What are some areas that an ophthalmologist can specialize in?
Some of the specialized areas are glaucoma, plastic surgery, cornea diseases, retinal diseases and pediatrics.

What is the difference between an ophthalmologist, optometrist and optician?
These titles are often used interchangeably, but they are quite different and involve different qualifications and practice criteria. An optician mainly works with corrective eye wear and cannot diagnose or treat any condition. An optometrist is a doctor of optometry. While an optometrist may diagnose eye and vision problems, treatment is limited to prescription of corrective eye wear and medications for certain diseases that affect the eye. An optometrist is not a medical doctor. An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy with a specialization in care of the eyes and vision. An ophthalmologist can perform all of the duties of the other eye professionals, as well as diagnosing and treating conditions and performing surgical interventions when necessary. The ophthalmologist has the most complete training and qualifications for all aspects of eye and vision health.

What is a holistic ophthalmologist?
This is an ophthalmologist who takes a more natural approach to treating eye diseases and injuries. He or she recommends dietary supplements to maintain eye health as well as alternative medicines and procedures such as acupuncture.

How many ophthalmologists are there in the United States?
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) states that there are 25,152 ophthalmologists in the United States as of March 6, 2014.


Ophthalmologist Related Terms:
eyes, retina, cornea, glasses, contact lenses laser eye surgery, glaucoma, ocular surgery, near sighted, far sighted, astigmatism, blindness, pink eye, discharge, cataracts, tumors, eye examinations, ophthalmology, vision