I agree that there is definitely a place for OD's in surgical support, and actually have some experience with that. I volunteered for an optomestrist who worked with a few opthamologists, doing pre- and post-surgical care. However, this always seemed somewhat self-defeating to me. First off, I don't buy the comment that most people need glasses again 2-3 years after LASIK, the data that I've look into simply does not support this. Rather, it seems that many people who get the procedure done see the OD maybe a couple times after the procedure and then don't bother to come back, and probably won't until they are old and need reading glasses. Now sure, the doctor I was working for had a great opportunity here, but my question refers more to whether he is decreasing the patient-base for the rest of OD's, thereby increasing the 'oversupply.'