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 161 Ophthalmology Physician Jobs in 39 states

Physician - Ophthalmology

Tyler, TX 7570703/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Tyler, TX 7570303/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Milford, DE 1996303/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Naples, FL 03/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Tyler, TX 7570103/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, CA 9540303/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Ironwood, MI 4993803/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Marshall, MN 5625803/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Fargo, ND 03/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Federal Way, WA 03/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Cleveland, OH 4410903/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Worthington, MN 03/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Dubois, PA 03/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Indianapolis, IN 4620203/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Dublin, GA 3102103/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Fayetteville, NC 2830103/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Cleveland, OH 4410903/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Cleveland, OH 4410903/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Champaign, IL 6180103/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Danville, PA 1782203/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Cleveland, OH 4410903/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Roseburg, OR 9747103/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Falls Church, VA 2204203/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Tyler, TX 7570303/27/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent

Physician - Ophthalmology

Columbia, MO 6521203/26/2023

Physician | Ophthalmology | Permanent