Houston Eye Associates is a comprehensive ophthalmology and optometry practice in the state of Texas with a city-wide collective of 20 locations and over 55 physicians, optometrists, and medical professionals.

The AEG network now has nearly 250 partner practices across 12 states, including a significant presence in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Colorado. This group also noted its recent moves include expansion into new regions such as Austin, Texas, and the greater Chicagoland area.

An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor, and the only eye doctor with a medical degree (MD). An optometrist is not a medical doctor but is often referred to as an eye doctor because they hold a doctor of optometry (OD) degree.

Optometrists perform eye exams and vision tests, prescribe and dispense corrective lenses, detect eye abnormalities, and some can prescribe medications for eye diseases. Many people confuse the responsibilities of an optometrist and an ophthalmologist. Optometrists are not medical doctors.