Vishakha Thakrar

OD, FAAO, FSLS

Dr. Vishakha Thakrar is founder and director of Vaughan Vision Centre, an advanced specialty contact lens clinic, myopia and dry eye clinic near Toronto, Canada. Her practice focusses primarily on scleral lenses fitting, full-scope myopia management, and advanced dry eye treatment. She completed a Cornea and Contact Lens Residency at the New England College Optometry including Boston Foundation for Sight and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. She then went on to become the Director of the Contact Lens Service at the Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic. She later helped establish the Contact Lens Clinic at the Kensington Eye Institute in Toronto. Dr. Thakrar has been fitting OrthoK lenses, scleral lenses and treating ocular surface disease for over 20 years. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Society. She has spoken internationally and written extensively on contact lenses, dry eye disease, corneal disease and myopia management.