Rebecca Deffler, OD

Rebecca Deffler is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University College of Optometry where she supervises fourth year students in the Low Vision clinic and teaches Geometric Optics in the first year curriculum. She received her optometry degree from New England College of Optometry in Boston (2017), completed advanced clinical training in Low Vision Rehabilitation at OSU (2017-2019), and earned her PhD in Vision Science from The Ohio State University (2024). Her research interests include interactions among vision and driving and novel care delivery models for low vision rehabilitation.