Welcome to the Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology's website. For the consumer, we hope this site provides you with valuable information about general eye health and will help you find an ophthalmologist, should you need assistance of a medical doctor specializing in all aspects of eye care. For the ophthalmologist, we hope you, too, will gain useful information about your Alabama Academy and helpful information that will be beneficial to your practice. Before going into practice they have completed four or more years of college in a premedical curriculum, four or more years of medical school, one year of internship, and three or more years of specialized medical surgical and refractive training and experience in eye care.
Ophthalmologists can deliver total eye care including primary, secondary, and tertiary are.
Specifically, ophthalmologists can provide vision services, contact lenses, eye examinations, medical eye care, and surgical eye care, diagnose and treat ocular manifestations of systemic diseases.