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Coordinating Care Between Your Eye Doctor and Retina Specialist

For many patients, eye care starts and ends with a routine visit to an optometrist or ophthalmologist. A prescription changes, a pressure reading is checked, maybe a dilation exam catches a small concern, and life goes on. But when the retina is involved, the care plan becomes more layered. Suddenly there is a primary eye doctor, a retina specialist, perhaps a primary care physician, and sometimes diabetes, blood pressure, autoimmune disease, or a prior surgery all sitting