North Georgia Eye Clinic, Inc.

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North Georgia Eye Clinic, Inc.'s specialties include:

• Contact Lens Technician - An optician or other ancillary support staff person who, where authorized by state law and trained or certified to do so, may fit or dispense contact lenses to a patient based on the prescription of an optometrist or medical physician.
• Low Vision Rehabilitation - Optometrists who specialize in low-vision care having training to assess visual function, prescribe low-vision devices, develop treatment plans, and recommend other vision rehabilitation services.
• Ophthalmology - An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems. Since ophthalmologists perform operations on eyes, they are both surgical and medical (M.D.) specialists. Trained as doctors, Ophthalmologists must have completed a college degree, medical shool, as well as residency in ophtalmology.
• Optician - An optician is a specialized eye care practitioner who designs, fits and dispenses lenses to correct a person's vision. Opticians determine the specifications of various ophthalmic devices that will give correct a person's eyesight. Some registered or licensed Opticians design and fit specialized appliances to correct cosmetic, traumatic or physical defects. Other registered or licensed Opticians may also design and manufacture lenses as well as spectacle frames and other devices.
• Optometrist (Eye Doctor) - Doctors of optometry (ODs) are the primary health care professionals for the eye. Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as well as identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye. An optometrist has completed pre-professional undergraduate education in a college or university and four years of professional education at a college of optometry, leading to the doctor of optometry (O.D.) degree. Some optometrists complete an optional residency in a specific area of practice.Optometrists are eye health care professionals state-licensed to diagnose and treat diseases and disorders of the eye and visual system.
• Orthoptist - Orthopists are eye care specialists who work with ophthalmologists to evaluate and treat eye movement and alignment disorders. Orthopists help patients manage or cure ocular conditions such as crossed eyes, double vision and lazy eye (amblyopia). Orthopists may also assist ophthalmologists create treatment plans including eye exercises, eye patches, eye drops or special glasses.

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