Dr. Mani lectured at the Ellerbrock Grand Rounds session in Indianapolis at the November 2024 American Academy of Optometry. “Systemic and ocular side effects of Opdivo (Nivolumab): A novel anti-cancer agent in the treatment of Acral Melanoma.”
Racial Diversity Gap Persists in Eye Care Professions
Study reviews racial and ethnic trends in optometry and ophthalmology residency training programs — Jamie Irvine, The Ophthalmologist According to Shital Mani, Associate Professor of Optometry, Salus at Drexel University, patient-physician race concordance holds incredible value in a healthcare setting when a patient is seeking out a provider who perhaps identifies within the same racial […]
Spotlight on International Charitable Work
Ocular surgeons volunteer their time and skills to help underserved patients overseas. Co-founded by Donald Macdonald, MD, of the Monmouth (NJ) Eye Center, and Judith Simon, MD, the Right to Sight and Health is a nonprofit dedicated to treating cataract patients and educating ocular surgeons in the developing world, mainly in Ghana, the organization’s base […]
Dr. Mani served on an expert panel at the Social Determinants of Health and Access to Eye Care Symposium at the 2023 AAO meeting in NOLA. She lectured on the important role eye care practitioners play in providing culturally competent vision care to serve the needs of the community who have low or no access […]
Dr Mani at AAO in 2022
Dr. Mani lectured at the 2022 AAO meeting in San Diego about a new cancer drug to treat multiple myeloma. “Ocular toxicity with the use of Blenrep (Belantamab Mafodotin) – a novel treatment for advanced relapsed and refractory Multiple Myeloma.” She treats many patients who are on novel anti cancer therapies with ocular side effects.
A Case Report — A Presenting Sign of Lymphoma
Unilateral Conjunctival Chemosis as a Presenting Sign of Plasmablastic Lymphoma (PBL) – a case report by Shital Mani, OD FAAO., Donald A. MacDonald, MD; Monmouth Eye Care, Tinton Falls, NJ Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) was first described in 1997 by Delecluse et al.,1 with a total of sixteen cases, exclusively involving the oral cavity and predominantly […]