Amy Schefler, MD

  • Houston Methodist ocular oncologist
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine
Media Contact: Gale Smith , 832.667.5843

Amy Schefler, MD

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Media Contact: Gale Smith , 832.667.5843

Areas of Expertise

  • Choroidal melanoma
  • Ocular melanoma
  • Ocular oncology
  • Uveal melanoma

Credentials

RESIDENCY
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute - Miami, FL | 2007
FELLOWSHIP
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute - Miami, FL | 2010
INTERNSHIP
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center - Sylmar, CA | 2004
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Weill Cornell Medicine - NY, NY | 2003
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Ophthalmology - General

Publications

A glaucoma drainage implant functioning as a sanctuary site for vitreoretinal lymphoma
Lee, DH, Li-Wang, J, Chevez-Barrios, P & Schefler, AC 2025, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 38, 102299, pp. 102299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2025.102299

15-Gene Expression Profile and PRAME as Integrated Prognostic Test for Uveal Melanoma: First Report of Collaborative Ocular Oncology Group Study No. 2 (COOG2.1)
Harbour, JW, Correa, ZM, Schefler, AC, Mruthyunjaya, P, Materin, MA, Aaberg, TA, Skalet, AH, Reichstein, DA, Weis, E, Kim, IK, Fuller, TS, Demirci, H, Piggott, KD, Williams, BK, Shildkrot, E, Capone, A, Oliver, SC, Walter, SD, Mason, J, Char, DH, Altaweel, M, Wells, JR, Duker, JS, Hovland, PG, Gombos, DS, Tsai, T, Javid, C, Marr, BP, Gao, A, Decatur, CL, Dollar, JJ, Kurtenbach, S & Zhang, S 2024, , Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 42, no. 28, pp. 3319-3329. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.24.00447

MULTIPLYING BROWN SPOTS
Alsoudi, AF, Parvus, MN, Pulido, J, Chevez-Barrios, P, Teh, BS, Bernicker, EH, Miles, S & Schefler, A 2024, , Retinal Cases and Brief Reports, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 642-646. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001443

COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PROFILING OF UVEAL MELANOMA EVALUATED WITH GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING, PREFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED ANTIGEN IN MELANOMA EXPRESSION, AND NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING
Alsoudi, AF, Skrehot, HC, Chévez-Barrios, P, Divatia, MK, de la Garza, M, Bretana, ME & Schefler, AC 2024, , Retina, vol. 44, no. 9, pp. 1580-1589. https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000004153

MANAGEMENT OF LARGE FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR HOLES: Long-Term Outcomes of Internal Limiting Membrane Flaps and Internal Limiting Membrane Peels
Richards, K, Kadakia, A, Wykoff, CC, Major, JC, Wong, TP, Chen, E, Schefler, AC, Patel, SB, Kim, RY, Henry, CR, Fish, RH, Brown, DM, Benz, MS, Pearce, W & Shah, AR 2024, , Retina, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1165-1170. https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000004099


Retrospective Analysis of Radiation-Induced Complications of Uveal Melanoma Patients Treated With Brachytherapy in the Era of Anti-VEGF
Hasegawa, N, Teh, BS, Tran, K, Ivey, F, Olek, D, Pino, R, Chuang, AZ, Bretana, ME, Butler, EB & Schefler, AC 2024, , American Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 260, pp. 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2023.12.005

Prostaglandin-Induced Macular Hole: A Brief Report
Alsoudi, AF, Anderson, JT, Wong, TP & Schefler, AC 2024, , Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 112-115. https://doi.org/10.3928/23258160-20231205-01

Reply
Naguib, MM & Schefler, AC 2024, , Retina, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. E5-E6. https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000003900

Re-treatment of locally recurrent uveal melanoma with repeat eye plaque I-125 brachytherapy: A single institution experience
Tran, K, Schefler, AC, Chevli, N, Hasegawa, N, Ivey, F, Olek, D, Bretana, ME, Pino, R, Butler, EB & Teh, BS 2024, , Brachytherapy, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 604-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brachy.2024.04.004

Unilateral Multiple Choroidal Melanomas within an Area of Amelanotic Congenital Ocular Melanosis
Skrehot, HC, Alsoudi, AF & Schefler, AC 2024, , Ophthalmology Retina, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. e47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2024.05.002

How Do I Distinguish One Pigmented Lesion From Another?
Schefler, AC & Kim, RS 2024, in Curbside Consultation in Retina Book Curbside Consultation in Retina: 49 Clinical Questions. CRC Press, pp. 105-108. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003523703-21


Choroid Melanoma—Radiation Retinopathy
Alsoudi, AF, Skrehot, HC & Schefler, A 2024, . in Clinical Cases in Ocular Oncology: Differential Diagnosis and Management. Elsevier, pp. 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-12049-7.00041-5

PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND VITREORETINAL LYMPHOMA MIMICKING VIRAL RETINITIS IN A YOUNG PATIENT
Mehta, N, Scholle, T, Chevez-Barrios, P, Schefler, AC & Weng, CY 2023, , Retinal Cases and Brief Reports, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 567-571. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001255

Overview of late complications of radiation therapy in uveal melanoma
Wong, AJ, Schefler, AC & Teh, BS 2023, , Chinese Clinical Oncology, vol. 12, no. 3, 29, pp. 29. https://doi.org/10.21037/cco-22-88

Randomized Trial of Treat-and-Extend Intravitreal Aflibercept for Radiation Retinopathy: 1-Year Outcomes
ARRT Study Group 2023, , Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, vol. 64, no. 7, 35, pp. 35. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.64.7.35

Hydroxychloroquine toxicity unmasking an occult retinitis pigmentosa carrier
Ahuja, P, Sharifi, A, Pakravan, M, Schefler, AC & Lee, AG 2023, , Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. e179-e181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2023.01.014

Novel Therapies for Choroidal Melanoma
Yu, HJ & Schefler, AC 2023, . in Global Perspectives in Ocular Oncology. Springer International Publishing, pp. 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08250-4_29

Incidence and Risk Factors for Neutropenia after Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma
Lee, DH, Donkor, R, Parvus, MN, Dannenbaum, MJ & Schefler, AC 2023, , JAMA Ophthalmology, vol. 141, no. 12, pp. 1133-1138. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.4825

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish