Dr. Justin Chelette, OD, FAAO, COEP

Credentials

• Doctor of Optometry (OD) — Residency-trained in vision therapy and rehabilitation
• Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO) — 2021
• Certified Optometric Education Provider (COEP) — Optometric Extension Program, 2024

Education & Training

• Optometric Residency in Vision Therapy & Rehabilitation, through the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry
• Doctor of Optometry; B.S. in Vision Science, Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry
• B.A. in Biology and French, The University of Texas at Austin

Academic Appointments

• Adjunct Faculty, University of Houston College of Optometry (2022 to 2023). Directly supervised third-year students in a primary care clinical setting.
• Assistant Professor of Optometry, University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Optometry (2020 to 2021). Course director for Neuro-Ophthalmic Disease and Acquired Brain Injury. Lecturer in ocular motility, binocular vision, and strabismus and amblyopia. Supervised third- and fourth-year students in primary care and pediatric clinics.
• Former Instructor, Clinical Curriculum, Optometric Extension Program Foundation

Leadership

• Vice President, Southwest Congress of Optometry

Lectures & Presentations

• Optometria Conference, Kraków, Poland — International lecturer, 2025 and 2026. Continuing education lectures and clinical workshops in developmental and rehabilitative optometry, including accommodation presented in translation.
• Post-Concussion Patients Who Aren’t Getting Better: The Role of Visual Function in Persistent Symptoms
• When Attention Isn’t the Problem: Identifying Visual Contributors to ADHD-Like Symptoms in Primary Care Optometry
• Binocular Vision Disorders: Masquerading as ADHD and Learning Disabilities
• When Focus Isn’t the Problem: The Visual Side of Attention — Continuing education lecture, Houston Psychological Association, November 21, 2025
• Convergence Insufficiency: From Classic Diagnosis to Modern, Evidence-Based Management — Continuing education lecture, Texas Optometrists (live online), September 26, 2024; also an OEPF course
• The Neurology of a Vision Training Technique — Continuing education lecture, Optometric Extension Program (live online), July 29, 2020
• Normal Patient, Normal Case? Read On! — Residency Grand Rounds, Rosenberg School of Optometry, February 16, 2018
• Concussion and Vision (one-hour CE lecture) — Optometry conferences
• Beyond 20/20: What Everyone Needs to Know About Children's Vision — Recorded presentation, 22 min

Booking a talk? See Speaking, Consulting & CE.

Posters

• Management of Longstanding Exotropia Secondary to Graves’ Ophthalmopathy — Poster, COVD annual meeting, Bellevue, WA, April 13, 2018

Editorial Work

• Hidden Treasures from Past Meetings: Perspectives on Vision, Vol. 6 — Editor, publications committee, Optometric Extension Program
• Visual Spatial Development in the Child: An Optometric Theoretical and Clinical Approach — Editor, publications committee, Optometric Extension Program
• Lessons in Optics, Vol. IV: Visual Optics (George Asimellis, PhD) — Editor, SPIE Press, January 2022

Media

• Visual Processing & Functional Vision, Parts 1 and 2 — Let's Talk Learning Disabilities podcast (guest)
• See It Differently — Host, behavioral and developmental optometry podcast

Educational Works

• The Functional Vision Evaluation: A Clinical Course for Optometrists — Six-hour video course with three companion workbooks (Clinical Communication; Functional Vision Evaluation Handbook; Clinical Synthesis and Pattern Recognition)
• Clinical Library on binocular vision and developmental optometry — Ten topic pages, a glossary, and an evidence list on this site

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Optometry (AAO)
• Optometric Vision Development Rehabilitation Association (OVDRA)

Also on LinkedIn.