Immediate Past President & Community Service Organizer
Dr. Amy Schefler is a board-certified ocular oncologist and vitreoretinal surgeon at Retina Consultants of Houston. She has a special expertise in eye cancer, a rare subspecialty within ophthalmology. Dr. Schefler is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College/Houston Methodist Hospital and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and serves as the principal mentor for training in eye tumors for the medical students, residents, and fellows at these institutions. Since being recruited to Houston in 2012, along with her physician team colleagues in radiation oncology, medical oncology, pediatric oncology, pediatric oncology, ophthalmic pathology, and basic science research, she has built one of the busiest eye cancer centers in the nation.
Dr. Schefler is the recipient of numerous awards in ophthalmology, including a Heed Ophthalmic Award, a Society of Heed Fellows Award, an American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, and the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation Award, the nation’s highest honor for a retina surgery fellow.
Dr. Schefler is the recipient of numerous awards in ophthalmology, including a Heed Ophthalmic Award, a Society of Heed Fellows Award, an American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, and the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation Award, the nation’s highest honor for a retina surgery fellow.
