optometrist

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Recent Examples of optometrist The optometrist notes that the technology behind many of these tools includes autorefractor machines (devices that measure the eye’s shape to estimate a prescription). Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025 Zervas, who is a licensed optometrist, pleaded guilty in March to fraudulently overbilling the state’s Medicaid program over the course of more than five years. Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025 The life skills teacher is a devoted mom to her son Harry (Jude Hill) and wife to a successful optometrist Fred (Matthew Macfadyen). Erin Jensen, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 In March, Darville told the Nassau Guardian newspaper that two ophthalmologists, one retina specialist, one cataract specialist and one optometrist from Cuba are in the country. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for optometrist
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Noun
  • An ophthalmologist, a doctor specializing in diagnosing and treating eye conditions, will perform the surgery.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 30 May 2025
  • In March, Darville told the Nassau Guardian newspaper that two ophthalmologists, one retina specialist, one cataract specialist and one optometrist from Cuba are in the country.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Industry surveys show that only about half of men experiencing ED speak to a doctor, and even fewer discuss it with their partners.
    Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Gordo and a sibling became attorneys; another is a doctor and yet another is an educator.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • For example, under the current reimbursement system, Medicare compensates hospitals more than independent physician offices for performing the same service.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Some physicians who once offered IVF as a standard treatment, like one of the authors here (Dr. Rubal), have grown deeply concerned about its ethical implications.
    Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The disorder’s mystifying nature frustrates medical professionals such as Dr. Lee Fireman, Dash’s pediatrician at MedStar Health.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
  • Branch said her kids have a vigilant pediatrician who has tested them for lead at each yearly wellness visit.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Breathable Bamboo Underwear $30 at Amazon One of my friends, who’s a gynecologist, advised that the most important thing to wear when traveling is breathable underwear, like this bamboo underwear that’s also incredibly soft and buttery.
    Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2025
  • Tim launched the country’s first training program for obstetricians and gynecologists through a groundbreaking collaboration between the University of Michigan and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.
    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Those who are concerned about potential Parkinson’s risk should consult with a neurologist or movement disorder specialist, Jimenez-Shahed advised.
    Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
  • At first, neurologists believed Baylie would recover and speak within six months, so her parents airlifted her to Massachusetts General Hospital in early September to be closer to home and physical therapy options there, Scott Baker said.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Narrative medicine, an increasingly popular scholarly field developed at Columbia University by the internist and literary scholar Rita Charon, aims to improve medical care by helping clinicians more fully understand their patients’ stories and perspectives.
    Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
  • Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.
    Karen Brown, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Josie Urbina, an obstetrician with UC San Francisco Health who specializes in complex family planning, said this creates an unequal patchwork of services in the state.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
  • Tim launched the country’s first training program for obstetricians and gynecologists through a groundbreaking collaboration between the University of Michigan and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.
    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025

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