CELESTE ACOSTA, O.D.
Dr. Acosta is a native Texan, born in San Antonio. Her interest in optometry began while in high school, at which time she participated in a health occupations vocational program for students who want to explore health professions. While participating in this program, Dr. Acosta began working for a local optometrist in San Antonio and continued working for the practice after graduation from high school and through her undergraduate years.
Upon graduating from high school, Dr. Acosta received an academic scholarship to attend Incarnate Word College in San Antonio (now known as University of the Incarnate Word), where she received Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Chemistry.
After graduating, she moved to Houston to attend the University of Houston College of Optometry where she received her Degree in Optometry, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Once graduated, Dr. Acosta returned to San Antonio to complete an externship with two fellowship-trained optometrists, Dr. Rick Sharp and Dr. Steven Campbell, where she became interested in an ocular disease residency. She traveled to Wurzburg, Germany, where she completed a four-month externship working in a hospital setting on an American army base. While stationed at the base, she was able to tour Austria, France, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain, and The Netherlands.
During completion of this residency, Dr. Acosta was accepted in the residency program at the prestigious Baltimore VA Hospital, where she pursued her interest in ocular disease. While at the hospital, she received training in retinal disease, cornea and anterior segment disease, and glaucoma under the ophthalmologists of the Wilmer Eye Institute.
Dr. Acosta joined Victoria Eye Center in 2001. Since that time, she divides her time attending to the eye needs of persons in Victoria, Beeville, and Refugio. She is also an active member of the American Optometric Association and the Texas Optometric Association.
She and her husband, Jeff, are the proud parents of newborn daughter, Julia.
