Our Team
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Mashael Al-Namaeh, O.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.O.
Mashael Al-Namaeh, OD, PhD, is an Associate Professor and the clinical director of research at the Clinical Virtual Research Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr Al-Namaeh is an adjunct faculty at Kentucky College of Optometry in Pikeville, KY (UPIKE). Dr Al-Namaeh received her Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees from Salus University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Ocular wellness and nutrition society, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry.
She is also a regular member of grant review panels for a national organization. She is the Editorial Board of a national journal. She has co-authored poster presentations, several peer-reviewed articles related to her field. She has received couple of awards, the recent award was in 2021 from Regeneron from the American Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics association. Her most recent accomplishment is the publication of her first clinical research book, "Introduction to Clinical Research for Health Care Professionals."
Michael Cymbor, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Dr. Cymbor is an Associate Professor at the Clinical Virtual Research Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Cymbor joined Nittany Eye Associates in 1997. He received his optometric doctorate from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He completed a residency in hospital-based optometry with an emphasis in ocular disease at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.
He was named Pennsylvania’s “Young Optometrist of the year” in 2000. He was awarded the “Young Optometrist of the Year” by the American Optometric Association in 2001. He was also named as one of the top 175 optometrists in the nation by Newsweek. He is a Primary Care Optometry News top 250 optometrist. He was a co-winner of the Best of State College in 2021, and named “Best Optometrist of State College” in 2022.
He is a principal investigator in numerous research studies in contact lenses, glaucoma and dry eye. He is published in Optometry and Vision Science, Review of Optometry, Optometry, Primary Care Optometry News, Advanced Ocular Care, Optometric Management, Review of Optometric Business, New OD, and Optometry Times. He was a guest on the “Ask the Eye Doctor” State College radio show.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. He is a member of the Optometric Glaucoma Society, the National Optometric Society, the American Optometric Association, the Pennsylvania Optometric Association, and Mid-Counties Optometric Society.
Dr. Cymbor is an adjunct clinical professor at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO). He is also the co-founder of both the Glaucoma Institute of State College and the Dry Eye Institute of State College. He’s also been the Opening Eyes clinic director of the Pennsylvania Special Olympics Summer State Games for over twenty years.
Aaron McNulty, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Dr. Aaron McNulty is an Associate Professor at the Clinical Virtual Research Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Aaron McNulty is a private practitioner in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Optometry and completed a residency at the Oklahoma College of Optometry. His practice emphasizes ocular disease and specialty contact lenses. He serves as a proctor for Kentucky optometrists receiving their laser surgery certification. He is past president of the Kentucky Optometric Association, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry.
Ian McWherter, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Dr. Ian McWherter is an Associate Professor at the Clinical Virtual Research Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr McWherter is a consultative optometrist at Bennett and Bloom Eye Centers, in Louisville, Ky. He is a 2012 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University in Philadelphia, Pa and completed his residency in ocular disease at Bennett and Bloom Eye Centers. Dr. McWherter is the Head of Optometric Telemedicine and Emerging Technology at the Kentucky College of Optometry, Pikeville, Ky and serves as Vice President of the Louisville Glaucoma Society. Additionally, Dr. McWherter is Board Certified by the American Board of Optometry and holds Adjunct Faculty positions with the Indiana University and University of Alabama Schools of Optometry. Dr. McWherter practices optometry with an emphasis on ocular disease, lasers, and minor surgical procedures and was named Kentucky’s Young Optometrist of the year in 2018.