David Wheeler, M.D. currently practices comprehensive pediatric ophthalmology at Casey Eye Institute in Portland.  Dr Wheeler has a special interest in research involving retinal disease in premature infants and in pediatric cataracts.  He contributed four years to the study of intraocular lens implants in children with cataracts at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Wheeler was originally from New England and gradually worked his way west during his college years.  He graduated from the University of California School of Medicine at San Diego and was awarded William Newman Clinical Intern of the Year in 1988-1989

Dr. Wheeler completed his ophthalmology training in Dallas at the University of Texas Southwestern and went on to a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and treatment of adult eye misalignment.  He has also published many articles in scientific journals regarding the management of eye disorders.