Dr. Carol Shields completed her residency in ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia in 1987 and subsequently did fellowship training in ocular oncology, oculoplastic surgery, and ophthalmic pathology. She is currently Co-Director of the Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, and Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
She has authored or coauthored 5 textbooks, 641 articles in major journals, 150 textbook chapters, given approximately 400 lectureships, and has received numerous professional awards, including the prestigious Donders Medal from the Netherlands Ophthalmological Society. She has delivered 6 named lectures and has been highly active in the American Academy of Ophthalmology and numerous other professional societies including the American Association of Retinal Surgeons, Retina Society, Macula Society, Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society and others. She has served on the editorial board of several journals including Retina, Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, International Journal of Clinical Oncology, and others.
She practices ocular oncology on a full time basis with her husband, Dr. Jerry Shields and several associates on the Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital. Each year the Oncology Service manages approximately 500 patients with uveal melanoma, 120 patients with retinoblastoma, and numerous other intraocular, orbital, and adnexal tumors from the United States and abroad.