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 180 Ophthalmology Physician Jobs in 42 states

Physician - Ophthalmology

Owensboro, KY 4230310/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Dothan, AL 3630310/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Mather, CA 95655-420010/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

SC 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Edinburg, TX 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Tempe, AZ 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

OH 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Hudson Valley, NY 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Tucson, AZ 8571910/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Lubbock, TX 7943010/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Hollywood, FL 3302110/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Greenville, NC 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Covington, LA 7043310/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Providence, RI 0290310/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Los Angeles, CA 9005710/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Providence, RI 0290310/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Green Bay, WI 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Dallas, TX 7524610/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

MS 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

WV 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Sayre, PA 1884010/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

FL 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Pittsburgh, PA 10/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Lafayette, IN 4790510/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Billings, MT 5910110/04/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent