Dr. Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen

Dr. Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen is currently serving as a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies. She was the former head of the Binocular vision and Vision therapy clinic at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India where she is currently serving as an honorary visiting consultant and faculty. Dr. Hussaindeen is the first clinical Diplomate from India, in the section of Binocular vision, perception and pediatric Optometry of the American academy of Optometry (AAO) and is the inaugural president for the AAO-India chapter. Dr. Hussaindeen’s expertise spans across clinical specialties of binocular vision, pediatric optometry, learning related vision problems, cerebral visual impairment, amblyopia, and neuro-optometry. She serves as a committee member and trainer for the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) -Government of India’s initiative in the preparation of a manual for the vision assessment and rehabilitation of cerebral visual impairment (CVI). Dr. Hussaindeen has been involved in the school eye health initiatives for over a decade now. Her doctoral research pertains to understanding binocular vision anomalies among school children. Dr. Hussaindeen has many peer reviewed publications in international journals and also has authored chapters in books. She serves as a reviewer for national and international peer reviewed journals including Optometry and Vision Science, PloS One, BMJ-BJO, Journal of Optometry, Indian journal of Ophthalmology, and Nature-scientific reports. Dr. Hussaindeen is currently serving as the president for the Optometric association of Tamil Nanbargal (OATN), the legal association for Optometry in Tamil Nadu.