Walter Whitley

Dr. Whitley is the Director of Referral Services at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, VA. He received his optometry degree from Pacific University College of Optometry, completed an optometric residency at Eye Care Associates of Nevada, and received his MBA from University of Nevada, Reno. Currently, Dr. Whitley serves as the Chair of the American Academy of Optometry Anterior Segment Section, co-chief medical editor of Collaborative Eye, and Contributing Editor for the Review of Optometry. Over the past decade, Dr. Whitley has been involved in over two dozen clinical trials in pharmaceutical development and ophthalmic devices. In 2020, he was voted the Optometrist of the Year by the Virginia Optometric Association.