Education:
Fellowship
2025 – 2026
Cataract and refractive surgery fellowship
The Eye Institute of West Florida, Tampa, Florida
Residency
2022 – 2025
Ophthalmology residency, Chief Resident
SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, New York
Internship
2021 – 2022
Internship in Medicine
The University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Medical School
2016 – 2020
Doctor of Medicine
The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Undergraduate
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Magna cum laude
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
Membership in Professional/Scientific Societies:
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
American Medical Association
Honors:
April 2026
Best Paper of Session
ASCRS, Multifocal IOL Session
July 2025
AECOS and Cedars Aspens Young Ophthalmic Leaders Award
May 2025
E. Clifford Lazzaro, M.D. Award for Excellence in Teaching
SUNY Downstate Ophthalmology Residency
March 2024
Elected Chief Resident in Ophthalmology
SUNY Downstate Ophthalmology Residency
Publications:
Kaleem, M. M. A., Rajjoub, M. R., Schiefer, M. C., Wall, M. J., Tian, M. J., & Sunness, M. J. S. (2021). Characteristics of glaucoma patients attending a vision rehabilitation service. Ophthalmology Glaucoma, 4(6), 638-645.
Schiefer, C., Dobson, E. T., Barrett, N., Blodi, B., Eliceiri, K. W., & Domalpally, A. (2021). Machine Learning Assisted Quantification of New Vessels on the Disc in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 62(8), 2144-2144.
Cleland, S. C., Schiefer, C. P., Richards, P. J., Gurwin, J., Potter, H. A., & Burkat, C. N. (2021). Trichofolliculoma of the palpebral conjunctiva: a case report. 1.
Malik, K., Schiefer, C., & Potter, H. A. (2021). Lens capsule rupture in a nonaccidental trauma. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 56(4), 278-279.
Schiefer, C., Asanad, S., Rubin, B., Munir, W. M., & Saeedi, O. J. (2020). Corneal Endotheliitis Associated with a Methicillin Resistant Pyogenic Liver Abscess. Journal of clinical & experimental immunology, 5(3), 120.
Schiefer, C., Kaleem, M., Auochiche, R. (2020). Diagnosis and Management of Optic Disc Pits. American Academy of Ophthalmology: Ophthalmic Pearls.
Chandra, R., Engeln, M., Schiefer, C., Patton, M. H., Martin, J. A., Werner, C. T., … & Lobo, M. K. (2017). Drp1 mitochondrial fission in D1 neurons mediates behavioral and cellular plasticity during early cocaine abstinence. Neuron, 96(6), 1327-1341.
Rouf R, MacFarlane E, Takimoto E, Chaudhary R, Nagpal V, Rainer P, Bindman J, Gerber E, Bedja D, Schiefer C, Miller K, Zhu G, Myers L, Amat-Alarcon N, Lee D, Koitabashi N, Judge D, Kass D, Dietz H.(2017). Nonmyocyte ERK1/2 signaling contributes to load-induced cardiomyopathy in Marfan mice. JCI Insight, 2(15).
Counotte, D. S., Schiefer, C., Shaham, Y., & O’Donnell, P. (2014). Time-dependent decreases in nucleus accumbens AMPA/NMDA ratio and incubation of sucrose craving in adolescent and adult rats. Psychopharmacology, 231(8), 1675-1684.
