Shelley I. Cutler, OD, FAAO, Dipl, FSLS
……is an optometrist who not only performs excellent routine eye care but specializes in difficult to fit and medically necessary contact lenses.
Dr.Cutler graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (now Salus University) 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, 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. She left Will Eye to do specialty contact lens care in the private sector, working closely with Corneal specialists in several ophthalmology practices over the years.
Dr. Cutler was appointed adjunct faculty/consultant at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1985, now Salus University. At various points in time, she has participated as a general clinical instructor in primary care, a contact lens specialty instructor, a contact lens laboratory instructor, co-director and director of the Laboratory portion of 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. In July 2018, she became a Fellow in the Scleral Lens Education Society (FSLS).
Many years ago, Dr. Cutler’s interests had taken her into gaining extra knowledge in nutritional care for the body and eyes. She incorporates this in addressing the issues of lid disease, dry eye and tear film insufficiency as it can be related to overall eye health.
As roads and paths cross over one’s lifetime, from 2007-2014, Dr Cutler worked one day per week in nursing/assisted living homes 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.
In 2012, Dr Cutler chose to focus her energies to what she enjoys the most and started a small, niche specialty practice called Scleral Lens Associates, Inc. (see link below) This is the only practice in the tri- state area (Southeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware) that specializes in large diameter Oxygen Permeable Scleral lenses. Scleral Lens Associates, Inc. is dedicated to improving the vision and quality of life for patients with anterior surface disease and irregular corneas! Dr Cutler is 1 of 2 (and the first) certified practitioner of the EYEPRINT PROSTHETIC, an impression molded Scleral device.
Along with seeing patients privately, in January 2020, Dr Cutler joined The Scheie Eye Institute (Penn Presbyterian) and sees patients who need specialty and medically necessary contact lenses.
Dr. Cutler has lectured locally, nationally and internationally on contact lens related topics, has many papers, articles and book chapters published and continues to work as a consultant to Bausch & Lomb in their Specialty Products Division to teach Scleral Lens Education to Optometrists at meetings and in their offices (including hands on Workshops)
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