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A member asked:
How many cataract operations should he perform before an ophthalmologist can be considered "experienced"?
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Depends: This really depends on the surgeon and it is very difficult to label with a single number of surgeries.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Training: If the ophthalmologist has been trained at a training program that is certified by the american academy of ophthalmology, he should be considered experienced coming out of training as there are guideliexperiencenes as to how many cataract procedures a physician must do in training to be able to graduate from his training program.
Answered 6/11/2015
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