Dr. Carol Shields completed her ophthalmology training at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and
fellowship training in ocular oncology and ophthalmic pathology. She is currently Director of the Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, and Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA USA.

She has authored or coauthored over 11 textbooks, 335 chapters in edited textbooks, over 1800 articles in major peer-reviewed journals, and given over 860 lectureships.