Dr. Jacalyn R. Ely has been practicing optometry for over 30 years. She holds a Bachelors of Science degree and a Doctorate of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. While her practice is devoted to family vision care, Dr. Ely specializes in low vision and vision rehabilitation services for patients who are visually impaired from eye diseases, traumatic brain injury, stroke and concussion. She is certified in the management and treatment of ocular diseases.
In addition to her practice, Dr. Ely is a former adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, teaching low vision and contact lenses to ophthalmology residents for over 15 years. She is a long-standing member of the Maryland Optometric Association (MOA), the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), and American Optometric Association (AOA), for which she is the Maryland state affiliate chairperson for the Vision Rehabilitation Committee.