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  • 300 Points
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    MyEyeDr.

    Distance: 25.66 mi
    9930 Sowder Village Square
    Suite 220
    Manassas, VA 20109
    MyEyeDr. is your trusted community doctor providing the best in vision health care and the best selection of eyewear....
  • 300 Points
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    MyEyeDr.

    Distance: 26.08 mi
    2955 Crain Hwy
    Suite A & B
    Waldorf, MD 20601
    MyEyeDr. is your trusted community doctor providing the best in vision health care and the best selection of eyewear....
  • 300 Points
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    Bay Family Eye Care

    Distance: 26.2 mi
    7310 Esquire Court
    Suite 3
    Elkridge, MD 21075
    Bay Family Eye Care’s team features speciality optometrists with one goal in mind: providing you with top level visio...
  • 300 Points
    Featured on Wellness.com

    MyEyeDr.

    Distance: 26.55 mi
    1047 Edwards Ferry Rd NE
    Leesburg, VA 20176
    MyEyeDr. is your trusted community doctor providing the best in vision health care and the best selection of eyewear....
  • 300 Points
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    MyEyeDr.

    Distance: 26.55 mi
    617 Potomac Station Dr
    Suite A
    Leesburg, VA 20176
    MyEyeDr. is your trusted community doctor providing the best in vision health care and the best selection of eyewear....
  • 330 Points
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    Vision Solutions of Linthicum, now part of MyEyeDr.

    Distance: 28.08 mi
    413 South Camp Meade Road
    Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
    MyEyeDr. is your trusted community doctor providing the best in vision health care and the best selection of eyewear....
  • 300 Points
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    MyEyeDr.

    Distance: 29.44 mi
    10338 Bristow Center Dr.
    Bristow, VA 20136
    MyEyeDr. is your trusted community doctor providing the best in vision health care and the best selection of eyewear....
  • 300 Points
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    MyEyeDr.

    Distance: 29.66 mi
    10264 Southern Maryland Blvd
    Suite 101
    Dunkirk, MD 20754
    MyEyeDr. is your trusted community doctor providing the best in vision health care and the best selection of eyewear....
  • Christopher Burris, MD
    800 Points
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    Christopher Burris, MD

    OVATION Eye Institute
    Distance: 6.83 mi
    810 Potomac Ave SE
    Washington, DC 20003
    A Washington, D.C. area native, Dr. Burris is a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in oculofacial plastic s...
  • James Heltzer, MD
    810 Points

    James Heltzer, MD

    Champlain Ophthalmology
    6430 Rockledge Dr Ste 270
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Albert Cytryn, MD 440 Points

    Albert Cytryn, MD

    Ophthalmic Plastic & Orbital
    6420 Rockledge Dr Ste 4300
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Charles Bahn, MD 410 Points

    Charles Bahn, MD

    4848 Battery Ln Ste 42
    Bethesda, MD 20814
  • Harry Huang, MD 340 Points

    Harry Huang, MD

    5630 Shields Dr
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Omar Chaudhary, M.D.
    310 Points

    Omar Chaudhary, M.D.

    Champlain Ophthalmology
    6430 Rockledge Drive
    Suite 270
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Nakul Shekhawat, MD
    310 Points

    Nakul Shekhawat, MD

    6430 Rockledge Drive Ste 600
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • J Martinez, MD 150 Points

    J Martinez, MD

    6410 Rockledge Dr Ste 610
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Stephen Pappas Jr, MD 140 Points

    Stephen Pappas Jr, MD

    Center For Retinal Disease
    6420 Rockledge Dr Ste 4900, Ctr For Retinal Diseases
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Robert Stephens, MD 130 Points

    Robert Stephens, MD

    Retina Consultants
    6410 Rockledge Dr Ste 400
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Rosalie Bair, MD 120 Points

    Rosalie Bair, MD

    5612 Shields Dr
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Kevin Perman, MD 120 Points

    Kevin Perman, MD

    Ophthalmic Plastic & Orbital
    6420 Rockledge Dr Ste 4300
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Alan Palestine, MD 120 Points

    Alan Palestine, MD

    Retina Consultants
    6410 Rockledge Dr Ste 400
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Richard Chavis, MD 110 Points

    Richard Chavis, MD

    Champlain Optimology
    6410 Rockledge Dr Ste 208
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Fadi Nasrallah, MD 110 Points

    Fadi Nasrallah, MD

    Retina Consultants
    6410 Rockledge Dr Ste 400
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • George Patterson III, MD 110 Points

    George Patterson III, MD

    Whitten Laser Eye Assoc
    8218 Wisconsin Ave Ste 316
    Bethesda, MD 20814
  • Stephen Elgin, DO, MD 100 Points

    Stephen Elgin, DO, MD

    4550 Montgomery Ave Lbby 2
    Bethesda, MD 20814
  • David Plotsky, MD 100 Points

    David Plotsky, MD

    Friedman Plotsky & Butrus
    6410 Rockledge Dr Ste 108
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Tin Yan Liu 100 Points

    Tin Yan Liu

    Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute - Bethesda
    6430 Rockledge Drive
    Westmoreland Building, Suite 600
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • John Lodge, MD 100 Points

    John Lodge, MD

    8132 Old Georgetown Rd
    Bethesda, MD 20814
  • Chi Chan, MD 100 Points

    Chi Chan, MD

    National Eye Institute
    Nih Bldg 10 Ste 10N103, 10 Center Dr
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Manuel Datiles, MD 100 Points

    Manuel Datiles, MD

    National Institutes Of Health
    10/10N226 Cataract Section, 9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Muriel Kaiser, MD 100 Points

    Muriel Kaiser, MD

    National Institutes Of Health
    Nih Bldg 10 Ste 10N226, 10 Center Dr Msc 1860
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Stephen Pappas Sr, Sr, MD 100 Points

    Stephen Pappas Sr, Sr, MD

    Retina Consultants Pc
    9701 Tusculum Way
    Bethesda, MD 20817
  • Paul Sieving, MD 100 Points

    Paul Sieving, MD

    31 Ctr Bldg 31 NSC 2510, Rm6A03
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Janine Smith, MD 100 Points

    Janine Smith, MD

    National Eye Inst Msc1863, 10 Center Dr
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Richard Garfinkel, MD 230 Points

    Richard Garfinkel, MD

    Retina Group Of Washington
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 1540
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • John Millwater, MD 220 Points

    John Millwater, MD

    Distance: 1.44 mi
    Washington Eye Physicians & Surgeons
    5454 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 950
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Thomas Clinch, M.D. 200 Points

    Thomas Clinch, M.D.

    Eye Doctors of Washington D.C.
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    2 Wisconsin Circle Suites 200 and 230
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Paul Kang, M.D. 200 Points

    Paul Kang, M.D.

    Eye Doctors of Washington D.C.
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    2 Wisconsin Circle Suites 200 and 230
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Hylton R Mayer, MD 130 Points

    Hylton R Mayer, MD

    Eye Doctors of Washington
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 200
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Daniel Berinstein, MD 130 Points

    Daniel Berinstein, MD

    Retina Group Of Washington
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 1540
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Reginald Sanders, MD 130 Points

    Reginald Sanders, MD

    Retina Group Of Washington
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 1540
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Arthur Schwartz, MD 130 Points

    Arthur Schwartz, MD

    Washington Eye Physicians
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 950
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • David Berler, MD 120 Points

    David Berler, MD

    Washington Eye Physicians
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 950, Washington Eye Phys & Surg
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Neil Martin, MD 120 Points

    Neil Martin, MD

    Washington Eye Physicians
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 950
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Howard Weiss, MD 120 Points

    Howard Weiss, MD

    Washington Eye Physicians
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 950
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Michael Rivers, MD 110 Points

    Michael Rivers, MD

    Retina Group Of Washington
    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave Ste 1540
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • Brooks Brown III, MD 100 Points

    Brooks Brown III, MD

    Distance: 1.44 mi
    5454 Wisconsin Ave # 1017
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • 100 Points

    Eye Doctors of Washington

    Distance: 1.44 mi
    2 Wisconsin Circle
    Suite 230
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • 100 Points

    Eye Doctors of Washington

    Distance: 1.44 mi
    2 Wisconsin Circle
    Suite 230
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  • 100 Points

    Eye Doctors of Washington

    Distance: 1.44 mi
    4600 North Park Ave
    Plaza North
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815

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