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Physician - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Comprehensive Optom
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Physician - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Comprehensive Optometrist with Dry‑Eye Focus (Open Rank/Track Faculty)
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and the Wexner Medical Center seek a comprehensive optometrist with a strong interest and expertise in dry eye care to join the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Academic rank and track will be commensurate with academic record and experience.
Position Overview The Havener Eye Institute at The Ohio State University is seeking a full‑time Comprehensive Optometrist who will provide comprehensive eye care for adult patients, including annual exams, ocular disease management, refractions, same‑day emergency care, and focused care for dry eye disease using advanced therapies. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to enhance dry eye services is essential. The position does not require contact lens care.
Duties And Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive eye examinations and management of ocular disease for adult patients.
Perform refractions and same‑day emergency care.
Diagnose and treat dry eye disease using advanced therapies.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to enhance dry eye services.
Participate in teaching, research, scholarship, and service as appropriate for faculty rank.
Engage in active participation at OSUWMC facilities and other clinical sites assigned.
Serve on divisional, departmental, and college committee functions.
Engage with local, regional, or national professional organizations.
Requirements And Preferred Qualifications
Graduate of a United States accredited School of Optometry.
Passed all parts of the NBEO exam.
Possess and maintain a current, full, and unrestricted license to practice optometry in the State of Ohio.
Completed a residency in ocular disease or comprehensive care.
Experience in managing dry eye disease (preferred).
Training or certification in Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) therapy and other advanced dry eye treatments (highly desirable).
How to Apply To be considered, please submit your cover letter and Curriculum Vita. All inquiries and nominations should be directed in confidence to: Tyler Smith, Physician and Faculty Recruitment,
tyler.smith@osumc.edu .
EEO Statement The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. The Ohio State University will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
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Position Overview The Havener Eye Institute at The Ohio State University is seeking a full‑time Comprehensive Optometrist who will provide comprehensive eye care for adult patients, including annual exams, ocular disease management, refractions, same‑day emergency care, and focused care for dry eye disease using advanced therapies. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to enhance dry eye services is essential. The position does not require contact lens care.
Duties And Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive eye examinations and management of ocular disease for adult patients.
Perform refractions and same‑day emergency care.
Diagnose and treat dry eye disease using advanced therapies.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to enhance dry eye services.
Participate in teaching, research, scholarship, and service as appropriate for faculty rank.
Engage in active participation at OSUWMC facilities and other clinical sites assigned.
Serve on divisional, departmental, and college committee functions.
Engage with local, regional, or national professional organizations.
Requirements And Preferred Qualifications
Graduate of a United States accredited School of Optometry.
Passed all parts of the NBEO exam.
Possess and maintain a current, full, and unrestricted license to practice optometry in the State of Ohio.
Completed a residency in ocular disease or comprehensive care.
Experience in managing dry eye disease (preferred).
Training or certification in Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) therapy and other advanced dry eye treatments (highly desirable).
How to Apply To be considered, please submit your cover letter and Curriculum Vita. All inquiries and nominations should be directed in confidence to: Tyler Smith, Physician and Faculty Recruitment,
tyler.smith@osumc.edu .
EEO Statement The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. The Ohio State University will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
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