Meet the Specialist: Veterinary Ophthalmologist

Although you’ve probably never seen a horse or dog wearing glasses, animals do have their own ophthalmologists. Not to be confused with optometrists, who test and fit people for glasses and contacts, ophthalmologists are doctors with medical or

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Kim Marie Labak is a veterinary student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine. As a fourth-year student, she is completing her education through rotations at the school’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which treats both small and large animals.

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