Dr. Majid Mani, M.D., FACS, FAAO, FASRS directs vitreoretinal surgery in Chula Vista as Chief Medical Officer at American Eye Associates, overseeing diabetic eye-care programs from the Third Avenue headquarters. Hospital-based surgical cases for retinal detachment repair and complex vitrectomy route through Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center on Medical Center Drive, where the surgeon maintains active operating privileges. A Tulane School of Medicine graduate who finished with honors in 1990, the physician completed ophthalmology residency at the University of Louisville and a two-year vitreoretinal fellowship before founding the practice's retina division. The American Diabetes Association has recognized the physician's diabetic-retinopathy work multiple times, and the San Diego County Medical Society has named him a Top Doctor on twelve separate occasions, a distinction held by fewer than five percent of regional physicians. Patients with concurrent cardiovascular and retinal vascular disease receive coordinated systemic workups with Cardiovascular Institute of San Diego, addressing the hemodynamic factors that accelerate proliferative diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The practice's highest-acuity retinal procedures include 25-gauge trocar vitrectomy with perfluorocarbon liquid tamponade, endolaser panretinal photocoagulation, and sustained-release intravitreal corticosteroid implantation for refractory diabetic macular edema.