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An ophthalmologist is trained as a physician and has gone to medical school, which makes them an M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) or a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). An optometrist, on the other hand, is an O.D. (Doctor of Optometry or Occulis Doctor).

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