I was not referring to starting salaries. I was referring to average salaries for all comprehensive ophthalmologists.
But I didn't want to make this thread about me. The tacit implication of the original posting and some of the followups was that optometrists try to force surgeons into comanagement relationships because the optometrist just wants the money.
My point was that whatever money is involved certainly does not come from providing the comanagement service and in fact, comanagement is frequently a money LOSING proposition for the optometrist.
So, if co-management loses money, what's the motivation then?