Drew Scoles, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Perelman
Make an appointmentCall 215-662-8100

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
  • Residency: Lankenau Medical Center
  • Residency: Scheie Eye Institute
  • Fellowship: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Reviews

Average Rating

804 reviews

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Anonymous
April 2026
provider very attentive and thorough
Anonymous
April 2026
great explanations
Anonymous
April 2026
i felt confident in his diagnosis and treatment plan.
Anonymous
April 2026
very satisfied with the kindness & speedy service i have always been given

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Scoles is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Trese MGJ, Govindaraju V, Begaj T, Scoles D, Runner MM, Wolfe JD, Hassan TS. POSTENDOPHTHALMITIS "BUCKET HANDLE SIGN" SIGNIFIES BULLOUS INTERNAL LIMITING LAMINA SEPARATION , Retina, 46: 2026,758-763

McCord JL, Chatterjee D, Han JYS, Scoles D, Smeyne RJ, Philp NJ, Snyder CM. Persistent microglial activation following neonatal CMV infection mediates neurodegeneration , Sci Adv, 12: 2026,eadz1686

Yamane MLM, Zhao AT, Liu GT, Omari A, Waldman AT, Scoles D. Severe retinal vasculopathy associated with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody optic neuritis in a toddler , J AAPOS: 2026

Aleman TS, Uyhazi KE, Roman AJ, Weber ML, O'Neil EC, Swider M, Sumaroka A, Maguire KH, Aleman EM, Santos AJ, Kim RJ, Parchinski KM, Billek A, Fradin M, Chung W, Margaritis P, Sun J, Scoles DH, Wu V, Garafalo AV, Jayagopal A, Yerxa B, Tuller S, Maguire AM, Bennett J, Cideciyan AV. Recovery of cone-mediated vision in Lebercilin associated retinal ciliopathy after gene therapy: One-year results of a phase I/II trial , Mol Ther, 33: 2025,4784-4798

Zhong A, Sumaroka A, Tsui JC, O'Neil EC, Cideciyan AV, Datz E, Bedoukian EC, Aleman TS, Scoles D. Detailed structural abnormalities associated with a novel VCAN variant in a family with versican vitreoretinopathy , Ophthalmic Genet: 2025

Ramirez DA, Anninger WV, Scoles D. OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA AND BILATERAL PERSISTENT FETAL VASCULATURE DUE TO TUBA1A TUBULINOPATHY , Retin Cases Brief Rep, 19: 2025,264-266

Huang AY, Caplash S, Scoles D. Bilateral giant retinal tear detachments in an infant with Donnai-Barrow syndrome: A case report and review of literature , Retin Cases Brief Rep, 20: 2025,375-383

Saleem Z, Scoles D, Capone A Jr, Mahmoud TH. IATROGENIC MACULAR HOLE BECAUSE OF NEODYMIUM:YTTRIUM-ALUMINUM-GARNET-SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY LASER: CASE REPORT AND MANAGEMENT , Retin Cases Brief Rep, 19: 2025,91-94

Aftab, Owais, Khan, Hamza, VanderBeek, Brian L., Scoles, Drew, Kim, Benjamin J., Tsui, Jonathan C. Evaluation of ChatGPT-4 in detecting referable diabetic retinopathy using single fundus images , AJO International, 2(2): 2025,100111

Aleman TS, Roman AJ, Uyhazi KE, Jiang YY, Bedoukian EC, Sumaroka A, Wu V, Swider M, Viarbitskaya I, Russell RC, Shagena EO, Santos AJ, Serrano LW, Parchinski KM, Kim RJ, Weber ML, Garafalo AV, Thompson DA, Maguire AM, Bennett J, Scoles DH, O'Neil EC, Morgan JIW, Cideciyan AV. Retinal Degeneration Associated With Biallelic RDH12 Variants: Longitudinal Evaluation of Retinal Structure and Visual Function in Pediatric Patients , Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 65: 2024,30