Chandrashekhar Chawan, PhD, FSLS, FAAO

Celebrity Optometrist and Ocularist
Founder, Shekhar Eye Research (Mumbai/Thane) • 

Research & Product Development at MyoKiddo

Mobile: +91 99203 61631 • Email: shekhar@shekhareye.com • 

Website: shekhareye.com 

Clinician–scientist and educator with 36+ years of experience in pediatric and adult vision care, specializing in myopia control, orthokeratology, high-order-aberration (HOA) custom scleral lenses, and ocular surface disease. Pioneer of impression-based and HOA-corrected scleral lens fitting in India; trained ocularists and set up ocular prosthetics departments at major eye hospitals. Active developer of myopia-control devices, defocus spectacles, and red-light therapy solutions at MyoKiddo. 

Founder & Clinical Director, Shekhar Eye Research (SER), Mumbai/Thane — Specialty contact lenses, keratoconus, pediatric myopia services.

Research & Product Development, MyoKiddo — Myopia-control defocus glasses and red-light therapy devices.

Ocularist — Custom ocular prostheses and prosthetic/tinted contact lenses for medical and film applications.

Pediatric Myopia: risk stratification, axial-length monitoring, defocus optics, orthokeratology, red-light therapy protocols

Keratoconus: non-surgical & surgical co-management, impression & HOA scleral lenses.

Specialty CL Design: freeform scleral, ortho-K, large-diameter soft; Ovitz/Oculus AXL Wave-guided HOA optics

Ocular Surface Disease: severe dry eye, SJS management with scleral devices

Ocular Prosthetics: anophthalmia/microphthalmia rehabilitation; cosmetic & cinematic lens design

PhD (Optics) — Focus on visual optics and specialty lens design

FSLS — Fellow, Scleral Lens Education Society

FAAO — Fellow, American Academy of Optometry

Certified Orthokeratology & Myopia-Control Practitioner (multiple platforms)

Managed and/or co-managed 5,000+ keratoconus cases across all ages; one of India’s earliest adopters of impression-based scleral lenses.

Led development and clinical adoption of HOA-guided scleral optics using wavefront-based workflows (Ovitz, Oculus AXL Wave).

MyoKiddo: Designed cost-effective defocus myopia-control spectacles and red-light therapy devices.

Film & Media: Designed special-effects contact lenses and ocular prosthetics for Indian cinema.

Awards and invited lectureships from national/state ophthalmology societies abd Internationaland National Optometry Societies (e.g., BOA, MOS, DOS, ASO, AAO).

Member: Scleral Lens Education Society, American Academy of Optometry, American Society of Ocularists, Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society, Oculoplasty Association of India

Book: Keratoconus: Understanding, Managing, and Thriving 

5th Dimention Where ancient wisdom meets the frontier of science

The Eye Reflections  The Art and Science of Artificial Eyes & Prosthetic Contact Lenses

“Red-Light Therapy in Myopia: Protocols, Safety, and Outcomes” — BOA Annual Conference, Mumbai.

“Wavefront-Guided HOA Scleral Lenses: From Measurement to Meaningful Vision” — specialty CL symposia.

Hands-on certification courses on impression & HOA scleral lenses (SER, visiting centers in India).

Longitudinal axial-length–guided myopia control combining defocus optics, orthokeratology, outdoor-time coaching, and red-light therapy.

Surface coatings (e.g., Hydra-PEG) for improved scleral lens comfort in severe dry eye.

Designed and delivered workshops on pediatric refraction, axial-length measurement, ortho-K fitting, and scleral troubleshooting.

Trained ocularists/ophthalmologists; established prosthetics departments at leading Indian and SE-Asian eye hospitals.

Dr. Chandrashekhar “Chandra” Chawan, PhD, FSLS, FAAO, is a clinician–scientist, ocularist, and founder of Shekhar Eye Research in Mumbai. With 36+ years of expertise in pediatric myopia control, orthokeratology, keratoconus care, and HOA-guided scleral lenses, he bridges advanced optics with practical, scalable care models. At MyoKiddo, he leads development of affordable defocus spectacles and red-light therapy solutions integrated with adherence-tracking mobile apps. He has trained ocularists and established prosthetics services at major eye hospitals, authored 4 books Keratoconus: Understanding, Managing, and Thriving, 5th Dimention Where ancient wisdom meets the frontier of science. The Eye Reflections  The Art and Science of Artificial Eyes & Prosthetic Contact Lenses. Shaping Youg Eyes Journey into Myopia Control, available for sell on Amazon.

Lectures widely on myopia, scleral lenses, and ocular surface disease. His current work focuses on axial-length–guided myopia protocols and behavior-change analytics to help children achieve better, safer vision outcomes.