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Finding the Right Medical Specialist

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We have been getting enquiries on how and where to find recommended medical specialists. Although this might sound simple but it’s clear that many are confused and overwhelmed with the information out there on the internet. We hope to address the issue with this post. Image via www.calvin.edu Before you decide which specialist to see, you need to understand that for each medical specialty, you’ll find that it will have various sub-specialties within the specialty itself. For example, ophthalmology (eye specialist) includes subspecialties which deal either with certain diseases or diseases of certain parts of the eye. Some of them are: Anterior segment surgery  Cataracts – not usually considered a subspecialty per se, since most general ophthalmologists perform cataract surgery  Cornea, ocular surface, and external disease  Pediatric ophthalmology/strabismus (misalignment of the eyes)  Refractive surgery  Vitreo-retinal surgery, deals with surg