From an Optometrist not actually pushing for Surgery

[MedEye]

Using your argument, it seems optometrists are therefore well suited to refractive surgery, since the procedure is "more a physics field than health sciences" and it is further "focused to refracting".

Are you "trained" to deal with its complications?

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[losojos2020]

You had a choice to go to an optometry school or a medical school. You made your choice. Now you're an optometrist. The term "optometry" comes from the Greek words ὄψις (opsis; "view") and μέτρον (metron; "something used to measure", "measure", "rule"). There's no country in the world that allows optometrists to do more than prescribe glasses and contact lenses. Why should U.S. be different?

Eyes open, ears and brain non-functioning.