Assistant Clinical Professor

Vitreoretinal Service

Director, Duke Vision Rehabilitation Program

Optometry School

University of Houston College of Optometry

Externship(s)

Womack Army Medical Center & Cape Fear Eye Associates, PA

Background

Diane Beasley Whitaker, OD, is a comprehensive optometrist with a specialization in low vision rehabilitation. Her experience includes low vision training at the Lighthouse for the Blind in Houston, Texas and providing low vision services at the UNC Department of Ophthalmology. Whitaker also has extensive experience with refractive and cataract surgery care. She is a member of the American Optometric Associate Low Vision Section and the North Carolina State Optometric Society.

Whitaker is interested in research designed to measure outcomes of low vision intervention and the psychosocial aspects of visual disability. Specifically, she is interested in the impact of early detection and treatment for clinical and subclinical depression on the vision rehabilitation process. 

Phone

919.684.3090

Fax

919.681.6474