What is the difference between an opthamologist and an optometrist?

Question

What is the difference between an opthamologist and an optometrist?

Answer 1

Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways, including the eye, brain, and areas surrounding the eye, such as the lacrimal system and eyelids. By convention the term ophthalmologist is more restricted and implies a medically trained surgical specialist. Since ophthalmologists perform operations on eyes, they are generally categorized as surgeons.

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Optometry is a health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans.

Answer 2

an ophthalmologist is an eye and visual specialist and has also and MD but and optometrist is a post graduated that over going a study to become the doctor of optometry

Answer 3

ophthalmologist is a surgeon of the eye.