Deepa Chandrasekaran, M.S., O.D., F.A.A.O, FIACLE

Education

O.D., Pacific University College of Optometry, Oregon
M.S., University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama
B.S., Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India

Post Graduate Education

Residency
Cornea and Contact lenses, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama

Board Certification

Certified by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry in the Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease
Licensed by the Tennessee State Board of Optometry, and Alabama State Board of Optometry
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Optometry, Fellow
American Optometric Association
International Association of Contact Lens Educators, Fellow
Scleral Lens Education Society, Fellow
Volunteer Optometric Services for Humanity, Member
British Contact Lens Association, Fellow
American Board of Optometry, Diplomate & Tennessee State Ambassador
Gas Permeable Lens Institute, Advisory Board Member

Honors and Awards

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, Pacific University College of Optometry, 2003 
Cornea and Contact Lens Resident Travel Grant, Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry, 2005
Dr. Sheldon Wechsler Contact Lens Residency Award, American Optometric Foundation, American Academy of Optometry, 2005
American Board of Optometry Diplomate Spotlight, 2022
Travel Award for 4th IACLE World Congress on Contact Lens Education, Birmingham, UK, 2023

Areas of Clinical Expertise

Primary care
Refractive and ocular surgery management
Post-surgical and specialty contact lens fitting

Background

Dr. Deepa Chandrasekaran began her optometry career in India, graduating from the Elite School of Optometry in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr. Chandrasekaran joined VEI in 2014 and practices in the Adult Comprehensive/Contact Lenses Clinic performing regular eye exams on patients needing glasses and contact lenses and fitting soft/GP/hybrid/scleral lenses on both normal and diseased corneas. In prior years, she was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, and an adjunct faculty member at UAB School of Optometry. She gives lectures on contact lenses locally, nationally, and internationally.

Practice Locations

Vanderbilt Eye Institute- Campus
(615) 936-2020
Vanderbilt Eye Institute- Franklin
(615) 791-0060