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.”

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 […]

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 Macdonald is known to sing in the operating room, but did you know he’s also a performer? This season alone, Dr Macdonald has shared the stage with Holliday Express, Bruce Foster, and most recently, Peter Yarrow.

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.

Dr. Macdonald continues to contribute to the AAO, by teaching small incision cataract surgery at the November 2021 conference in New Orleans.