An optometrist is a physician who treats vision impairments through contact lenses or eyeglasses, but one is also trained to diagnose eye diseases and extract foreign objects from the eye. Understand an optometrist’s job description with information from a practicing optometrist in this free video on eye health. Expert: James W. Kirkconnell Contact: www.bec2020.com Bio: Dr. James W. Kirkconnell graduated from the University of Houston College of Optometry in 1984. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge