Amy Schefler, MD

  • Houston Methodist ocular oncologist
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine
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Amy Schefler, MD

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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

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

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

Angiographic characteristics and treatment approach in patients undergoing intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma
Rusakevich, AM, Nahhas, MI, Zhou, B, Dannenbaum, MJ, Bretana, ME & Schefler, AC 2024, , Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, vol. 262, no. 4, pp. 1321-1328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-023-06279-8

Comparison of Tumor Size and Gene Expression at Presentation in Uveal Melanoma Patients before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hasegawa, N, Rusakevich, A, Bernicker, E, Teh, BS & Schefler, A 2022, , Ocular Oncology and Pathology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 156-160. https://doi.org/10.1159/000524918

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
Pece, A, Fossataro, F, Rossiello, M, Schefler, AC & McDonald, HR 2022, , Retina, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1411-1415. https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000003237

Association of Ultrasound Features in Uveal Melanoma With Metastatic Risk as Defined by Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma Status
Rusakevich, AM, Schefler, AC, Zhou, B, Brown, A, Robe, C & Bretana, ME 2022, , Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 374-378. https://doi.org/10.3928/23258160-20220616-01


Retinoblastoma: Recent Trends in Diagnosis and Management
Rusakevich, AM & Schefler, AC 2022, , Current Surgery Reports, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40137-022-00312-1

Contemporary trends in management of uveal melanoma
Chevli, N, Zuhour, RJ, Messer, JA, Haque, W, Schefler, AC, Bernicker, EH, Chevez-Barrios, P, Farach, AM, Butler, EB & Teh, BS 2022, , Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 123-129. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2022.115210

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish