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An eye care professional is an individual who provides a service related to the eyes or vision. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Closeup of a blue-green human eye. ... Vision may mean: Visual perception via the visual system, one of the senses. ...

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

An ocularist is an eye care professional who specializes in the fabricating and fitting of ocular prostheses for people who have lost eyes due to trauma or illness. ... An ocular prosthetic or artificial eye replaces a missing natural eye following an enucleation or evisceration. ... Closeup of a blue-green human eye. ... Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases of the eye and their treatment. ... Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases of the eye and their treatment. ... Doctor of Medicine (M.D., from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor) is an academic degree. ... An image of a 1901 examination in the faculty of medicine. ... Optometrists are primary care practitioners for vision and ocular health concerns. ... Optometry is the health care profession concerned with examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the eyes and related structures, and with determination and correction of vision problems using lenses and other optical aids [1]. An optometrist (Greek: optos meaning seen or visible and metria meaning measurement) is an eye care professional... An optician is an individual who makes and adjusts optical aids. ... Orthoptics (from the Greek words ortho meaning straight, and optikas meaning vision [1]) is the discipline dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of defective eye coordination, binocular vision, and functional amblyopia by non-medical and non-surgical methods, e. ... Vision therapy (or visual therapy) is a broadly-defined set of optometric programs related to the improvement of visual health and comfort. ...

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

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is a medical association of ophthalmologists–medical doctors (MDs) specializing in eye care and surgery). ... The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) is an organization of optometrists. ... The American Optometric Association (AOA) represents optometrists nationally in the USA. It consists of State Optometric Associations, which are made of of local Optometric Societies. ... In 1980 the BOA was one of three founding bodies of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists), known since 1996 as The College of Optometrists. ... The College of Optometrists is the professional, scientific and examining body for optometry in the United Kingdom, working for the public benefit. ... The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) is a non-profit, international membership association of eye care professionals including optometrists, optometry students, and vision therapists. ... The Optometric Extension Program(OEP) is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the gathering and dissemination of information on vision. ... The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ...

External links

• Pratt, Laura. "Who's Wise on Eyes?" Today's Parent.com. March, 1997.