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What is this: pediatric opthamologist?
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Eye specialist: A pediatric ophthalmologist is a physician who specializes in treating disorders of the eye. Ophthalmologists treat a wide variety of eye disorders in children ranging from visual acuity problems to retinitis to eye tumors and other disorders requiring surgery.
Answered 1/23/2015
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Eye Surgeon: A eye surgeon for children age zero to age 18 or 21 depending on where you call the cut off of age for pediatrics.
Answered 6/27/2017
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Eye specialist: A pediatric Opth is an eye doctor who specializes in children's eye health/exams. Usually they are more comfortable dealing with children and their unique issues - especially former premature babies.
Answered 8/24/2015
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