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No, you can not. Ophthalmology is a specialty of medicine and you need to have a medical degree-M.D. or O.D. (Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, not Doctor of Optometry- D.O.) before embarking on training to be a physician who is an ophthalmologist.

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