Richard DeChamplain, MD

Dr. Richard E. DeChamplain began his medical training in 1988 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Graduating at the top of his class, Dr. DeChamplain entered an Internal Medicine internship in 1992. In 1993, he began his Ophthalmology training at the Storm Eye Institute at MUSC. During his medical school and residency training, Dr. DeChamplain served as Chief Resident of Ophthalmology.

Dr. DeChamplain participated in FDA clinical investigational studies leading to the approval of the Excimer laser for Laser Vision Correction. He has performed thousands of refractive procedures and has trained many of South Carolina’s ophthalmologists in LASIK and PRK. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the American Medical Association.