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About Dr. Fry
Meredith Fry, O.D., is an optometrist specializing in Primary Care Optometry, Specialty Contact Lenses, and Ocular Disease. Originally from Milan, TN, she completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Mississippi before earning her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry. She further honed her skills with a residency at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston. Dr. Fry enjoys drawing, painting, playing sports (former high school softball and basketball player), rooting for the Ole Miss Rebels, playing guitar, and trying new restaurants. When asked if she could have dinner with anyone from history, she chose legendary Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt. Dr. Fry serves our Kennestone and Canton locations.
Education & Training
- Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN
- University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Organizations
- Gas Permeable Lens Institute
- Scleral Lens Education Society
- American Academy of Optometry
- American Academy of Optometry Student Fellow (November 2021)
- AOA+ 2020 Leadership Society Member
- American Optometric Student Association Member (August 2019-May 2023)
Specialties
- Primary Care Optometry
- Ocular Disease
- Specialty Contact Lenses
- Ocular Surgery Co-Management
Honors & Awards
- AAO Allergan Resident Travel Fellowship
- Burnett Endowed Award for Student Achievement in Research Recipient
- Essilor Academic Challenge Contestant, 1st Place
- American Academy of Optometry Meeting
- EyeCare Partners AAO Student Travel Grant Recipient
- Gold Key International Optometric Honors Society Member
- AAO Edward I. Goodlaw Travel Fellowship Grant Recipient
- Essilor Academic Challenge Contestant, 3rd Place
- American Academy of Optometry Meeting
- Beta Sigma Kappa Optometric Honors Society Member
- Tennessee Southern Regional Education Board Contract Chair Recipient (August 2019-Present)
More About Meredith Fry, O.D.
Fry M, Armstrong G, Watts A. “Choroidal Mass of the Right Eye with Fovea-Involving Subretinal Fluid in a Male Patient with History of Left Breast Invasive Ductal Carcinoma.” American Academy of Optometry, October 2023. Poster.
Fry M, Wang Y, Kelley L. “Comparison of S5 MiniTM Scleral Lens Insertion Device to Traditional DMV® Vented Scleral Cup™.” American Academy of Optometry, November 2021. Poster.
Fry, M. “Effects of Mycoplasma gallisepticum on experimentally infected Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)” April 2019. Honors Theses. 1116.
Summer Research Fellowship
Southern College of Optometry
Research Assistant
Undergraduate Researcher, The Balenger Lab
University of Mississippi
Research Assistant
- CooperVision Student Myopia Leadership Society School Representative
- Southern College of Optometry Contact Lens Society Treasurer
- Southern College of Optometry Omega Delta Social Fraternity Class Representative
- Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Ambassador
