Can you do this specialty if you fail depth perception tests? If not, what other surgical specialties should be avoided by crosseyed people? thanks

It certainly can be a disadvantage, however I am aware of a very successful ophthalmologist who is an outstanding surgeon who does not have good stereopsis. Certainly don't advertise that you don't have stereopsis if you have your heart set on a spot.

as mentioned above, it certainly is not the optimal setup, but there are some ophthalmologists out there that do fine with it.

to be honest, if you have an obvious eso/exotropia it'll probably work against you during the interview.

and some programs do eye tests as part of the interview process.

best of luck

Although there are ophthalmologists without good stereopsis, the question that should be asked is: did they lose stereopsis before they started doing surgeries or after? It makes a big difference, I think.

i meant to ask, can you do surgeries in this specialty while relying on some other cues? like if you're looking for some vessel to cut can u keep moving your knife forward until it bumps into the vessel or thats a fail? would your career be over if u lost one of your eyes?