Ophthalmology Physician Jobs

About Ophthalmology Careers

Ophthalmology deals with the structure, function, diagnosis, and treatment of the eye and the visual system. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit, and the visual pathways.

Ophthalmologists are medically trained to provide patients with total eye care using medical, surgical, and rehabilitative services. Physicians in this specialty must be qualified and knowledgeable in about every aspect of the human eye. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.

Specific surgical procedures ophthalmologists perform are ones such as: laser eye surgery, cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery, canaloplasty, refractive surgery, corneal surgery, vitreo-retinal surgery, eyelid surgery, and eye muscle surgery. Ophthalmology is a smaller specialty resulting in a little number of ophthalmologists. These surgeries address diseases Aging in the population and the field of work results in a steady demand for physicians in this specialty.

Median Salary: $291,000 per year

Projected Growth: 30% from 2014-2024

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Interesting Facts

  • At 75 years old about half of Americans have cataracts.

We found 193 Ophthalmology Physician Jobs in 39 states

Physician - Ophthalmology

Houston, TX 7709606/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

San Francisco, Bay Area, CA 9411506/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Tampa, FL 06/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Emporia, KS 6680106/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Swansea, IL 6222606/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

St. Louis, MO 6311906/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Florence, AL 3563006/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Rogers, AR 72756-183906/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

La Palma, CA 06/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Long Island, NY 06/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Johnson City, NY 1379006/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Parkersburg, WV 2610106/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Boston, MA 0211106/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Champaign, IL 6182206/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Olney, IL 6245006/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Champaign, IL 6182006/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Normal, IL 6176106/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Indianapolis, IN 4620206/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Sacramento, CA 9582306/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Sacramento, CA 9582506/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Manchester, CT 0604006/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Elk Grove, Folsom, Lincoln, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, South Sacramento, CA 06/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Winston Salem, NC 2715706/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Washington, DC, DC 2003706/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Modesto, Stockton, Tracy, Manteca, CA 06/18/2025

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent