Identifying the value of physician assistants in ophthalmology

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Divya Srikumaran, MD, assistant professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute (Johns Hopkins University), discusses the results of a study published in the American Journalism of Ophthalmology regarding the growth and shift of the physician assistant profession into specialty care as well as the more valuable role PAs are taking in providing healthcare.

Divya Srikumaran, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute (Johns Hopkins University), speaks with Ophthalmology Times®' Sheryl Stevenson regarding the results of a recent study published in the American Journalism of Ophthalmology regarding the growth and shift of the physician assistant profession from primary care into specialty care —specifically surgical care — as well as the more valuable role PAs are taking in providing healthcare, including ophthalmology.

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