4 Topic Commentaries

The Optometrist’s Role in Surgical Comanagement

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  Samuel Packer, MD

  Ophthalmology, Medical Ethics

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  Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

  the surgeon arranges for certain aspects of preoperative or postoperative care to be delivered by another health care provider (typically another ophthalmologist or an optometrist).

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  Kendall E. Donaldson, MD

  Ophthalmology, Cataract Surgery

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  Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  to my optometrist, Natasha Michelle Tetlow, O.D., who spent a lot of time fine-tuning our plan so I could do light treatments.

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  Larry Sarver, OD

  Optometry, Cataract Co-management

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  UC Berkeley Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

  I do a lot of cataract co-management and not every patient proceeds with cataract surgery at the same pace.

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  Bradley Salus, OD, FAAO

  Optometry, Primary Eye Care

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  Over the last year during my residency, I saw the collaboration between optometry and ophthalmology at the highest level.

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