Dr James Fanelli is a contributing editor for Review of Optometry and is the author of the bimonthly Glaucoma Grand Rounds column. He is a past president of the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry and a past trustee of the North Carolina State Optometric Society. James is also an adjunct faculty member of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, the Western University of Health Sciences, UAB College of Optometry and serves on the advisory board of several industry related partners. He received the first Preceptor of the Year award from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, the John D. Robinson Clinical Excellence Award from the North Carolina State Optometric Society and has been involved in various research projects throughout his career.