Can ophthalmologists be called doctors?
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A practicing ophthalmologist can appropriately use the title of "Dr.", and so is recognised as both a physician and a surgeon.
The ophthalmologist is a physician who completed MBBS and then completed additional training to be an ophthalmologist.
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