Erdit Celo, MD
Dr. Celo is originally from Ottawa, and completed his undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at the University of Ottawa, followed by medical training at McMaster University's School of Medicine. He then completed a residency in ophthalmology at Dalhousie University and a fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular Immunology at the University of Montreal. He is currently an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Dalhousie University, and practicing in Halifax with a focus on complex uveitis, and cataract surgery/comprehensive ophthalmology.
Dani Cadieux, MD
Dr. Cadieux is a hospital-based Cornea & External Eye Disease specialist in the Department of Ophthalmology in Visual Sciences. Originally from Ontario, she completed her university degree in Humans Kinetics at The University of Guelph followed by a Medical Degree at Western University. Following her residency training in Ophthalmology at Dalhousie University, she completed a fellowship in Cornea & External Eye Disease in Melbourne, Australia. During her residency, she also completed a Masters in Health Professions Education through the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands and is now Program Director for the Dalhousie University ophthalmology residency training program.
Dr. Adrian Mauricio Aldrete Lopez (Dr. Mauricio Aldrete), MD
Dr. Aldrete is New Brunswick’s pediatric ophthalmologist, based at the Dr. Georges L Dumont University Hospital, in Moncton New Brunswick. Dr. Aldrete completed his medical degree at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, then completed ophthalmology residency training at the Monterrey Institute of Technology. After rotating at the Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia), he completed a two-year fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at the IWK Health Centre/Dalhousie University, in Halifax. Dr. Aldrete has a keen interest in global healthcare and has provided his surgical skills to patients in underserviced areas of Saint Lucia, Mexico and Central America. Dr. Aldrete has been practicing in New Brunswick since the Fall of 2020, providing ophthalmological care for children and adults with strabismus in English, French and Spanish. His practice also includes an orthoptic clinic, with two orthoptists (Heather Fennell and Jennifer Wynberg).
Wesley Chan, MD
Dr. Chan was born and raised in Calgary, AB, and did her honours BHSc at the University of Calgary before heading to the University of Montreal for a MSc in neuroscience. Dr. Chan then returned to the University of Calgary for medical school and moved to Halifax, NS to complete her ophthalmology residency at Dalhousie University. Dr. Chan completed a one-year neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Emory in Atlanta, GA during the COVID-19 pandemic, and returned to Halifax to join the Dalhousie Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences as an academic adult neuro-ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon.
Melanie Kelly, PhD
Dr. Kelly (she/her) is a Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sci., Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University. Prof. Kelly is a Director for the Canadian Consortium for Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) and President and Chief Scientific Officer for Altheda Wellness Innovation, a Canadian company operating in the natural products and health tech space. Professor Kelly has extensive research and leadership experience in academia as well as industry and is considered a key knowledge opinion leader in cannabinoid and phytochemical drug development. Her primary research expertise is in translational and ocular pharmacology. She has been funded for her research on the endocannabinoid system and lipid signaling by multiple international and national funding agencies and has successfully translated her team’s research findings into novel therapeutics to improve health outcomes in age-related disease. Professor Kelly has over 135 peer reviewed publications and multiple patents for development and use of cannabinoid drugs and natural products