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Shelley I. Cutler, OD, FAAO
Shelley I. Cutler, OD, FAAO is an Optometrist who
not
only performs excellent routine eye care but specializes in hard to fit
contact lens situations.
Dr.Cutler graduated from the Pennsylvania College of
Optometry in 1982.
Following a Primary Care Residency, also at PCO (1982-1983), she
accepted a position at The Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) as
supervisor of the Contact Lens Department. There Dr. Cutler was
responsible for both the contact lens education (both clinically and
didactically) of the Ophthalmology residents and the contact lens care
of the clinic patients.
In January 1985, Dr.
Cutler
joined the private sector to work full time in an Ophthalmology
practice. She eventually switched her mode of practice to a
Contact Lens consultant and has worked in several different medical
offices through out the years. Dr. Cutler maintains a small, but
personalized, private
practice. She excels in routine eye care but specializes in difficult
to fit contact lens cases.
In the fall of 1985, Dr.
Cutler
taught an elective course at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in
the contact lens curriculum. She was then appointed an adjunct faculty
member position. At various points in time, including the present, she
has participated as a
general clinical instructor, a contact lens specialty instructor, a
contact lens laboratory instructor and/or has been a guest lecturer in
the
contact lens curriculum.
Dr. Cutler
became a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (F.A.A.O.) in 1987
and in 2002 obtained her Diplomate in Cornea and Contact Lens.
She has been a Clinical Skills Examiner for Part III of the National
Board of Optometry.
Dr. Cutler has lectured
locally, nationally and internationally on
contact lens related topics and has many papers, articles and book
chapters published.
Over the last several years, Dr. Cutler's interests have taken her into
gaining extra knowledge in nutritional care for the eyes (and
body). She now incorporates this in addressing the issues of lid
disease, dry eye and tear film insufficiencies in conjunction with
overall eye health.
As roads and paths cross over one's lifetime, Dr Cutler has added
working in several nursing/assisted living homes (one day/wk)
delivering the necessary
general eye care to the Geriatric and Special Needs population who can
no longer live on
their own because of physical or mental limitations.
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