S. Tonya Stefko, MD

  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
  • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
  • Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
  • Director, Orbital, Oculoplastics and Aesthetic Surgery Service
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Academic Affiliation

2002-Present
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Ophthalmology

2002-Present
Visiting Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University

June 1994-August 1994
Research Assistant
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Education & Training

  • 1984-1988 Duquesne University, Degree: B.A. 1988
  • 1993-1997 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Degree: M.D. 1997
  • 1997-1998 Internship, Western Pennsylvania Hospital
  • 1998-2001 Residency in Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • 2001-2002 Fellowship in Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Representative Publications

Stefko ST, Campochiaro P, Wang P, Li Y, Zhu D, and Traboulsi EI. "Dominant inheritance of optic pits and exclusion of PAX2 mutations." American Journal of Ophthalmology 1997 Jul; 124(1):112-113.

Seymour AB, Dash-Modi A, O’Connell JR, Shaffer-Gordon M, Mah TS, Stefko ST, Nagaraja R, Brown J, Kimura AE, Ferrell RE, Gorin MB. "Linkage Analysis of X-linked Cone-Rod Dystrophy: Localization to Xp11.4 and Defining of a Locus Distinct from RP2 and RP3." American Journal of Human Genetics 1998 Jan; 62(1):122-9.

Kniazeva M, Traboulsi EI, Yu Z, Stefko ST, Gorin MB, Shugart YY, O’Connell JR, Blaschak CJ, Cutting G, Han M, Zhang K. "A New Locus for Dominant Drusen and Macular Degeneration Maps to Chromosome 6q14." American Journal of Ophthalmology 2000 Aug; 130(2):197-202.

Stefko ST, Zhang K, Gorin MB, Traboulsi EI. "Clinical Spectrum of Chromosome 6-linked Autosomal Dominant Drusen and Macular Degeneration." American Journal of Ophthalmology 2000 Aug; 130(2):203-8.

Stefko ST, Iliff NT. “Management of Ptosis in Children.” Contemporary Ophthalmology 2002 May 15; 1(9).