Also called: Children's Eye Surgeon, Strabismus Surgeon
Eye doctor and surgeon who treats children's eye problems like crossed eyes and lazy eye.
Uses puppets and lights to examine a squirmy toddler, operates on eye muscles to straighten crossed eyes, and screens premature babies for a disease that can cause blindness.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 13 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school, ophthalmology residency, then a 1-year pediatric fellowship.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology.
Growing about average. Shortage of pediatric eye specialists.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps screen premature babies' retinas; examining toddlers and eye-muscle surgery stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Child development.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1241.
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