Cynthia A. Self, M.D

Cynthia A. Self, M.D is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist with Fellowship subspecialty training in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery. She grew up in Florida and received her medical training at UCLA / Jules Stein Eye Institute, the University of Tennessee, and the Medical College of Georgia. Special areas of interest include cataract and cornea surgery; the management of corneal diseases; diabetic eye care and laser surgery. Dr. Self is a past President of the Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. She enjoys spending time with her family, playing the piano, and camping.

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Board Certification

American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) 2003, 2013, 2023

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology - Boston University School of Medicine 8/03 - 6/05
Visiting Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology – Jules Stein Eye Institute / UCLA 7/02 - 7/03

Education

Jules Stein Eye Institute / UCLA David May II fellow in Cornea, External Disease,
and Refractive Surgery 7/02 - 7/03
University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Unit, Ophthalmology
Residency 7/99 - 6/02
Chief Resident 7/01 - 12/01

University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Unit, Transitional
Internship 7/98 - 6/99

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, Doctor of Medicine 8/94 - 6/98
Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA, Pre-medicine studies 1/92 - 12/92
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, BS Management Science 9/86 - 6/90

Professional Associations

Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons 05 – present
Immediate Past-President 13-14
President 10 - 12
Secretary / Treasurer 07 – 10
Councilor, Council of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 10 – 15
Alternate Councilor, Council of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 08 - 10
Downeast Ophthalmology Symposium planning committee 07 - 10
Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons 03 - 05
Chairperson – New Ophthalmologists committee 03 - present
Cornea Society 02 - present
American Academy of Ophthalmology 99 - present
Communications Committee 14 – present
Council Representative to the AAO Nominating Committee 15
Council Nominating Committee 2014
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 99 - present
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 00 - present
American Medical Women's Association 94 - 98
MCG Student Chapter co-president 95 - 96
American Medical Student Association 95 - 98
MCG Student Chapter vice-president 95 - 96
National Editor of AMSA's Task Force Quarterly 96 - 97
Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity 88 - present

Moderator Position

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - Ocular Drug Delivery section 5/01

Research / Publications

Donor Risk Factors for Graft Failure in the Cornea Donor Study
Sugar J, Montoya M, Dontchev M, Tanner JP, Beck RW, Gal RL, Gallagher S, Gaster R, Heck E, Holland EJ, Kollman C, Malling J, Mannis MJ, Woody J for the Cornea Donor Study Investigator Group. Cornea 2009; 28: 981-985.

Ophthalmic Coccidioidomycosis
Self CA, DeBarge R. www.emedicine.com (a peer-reviewed online journal) 2/01
Major revision 6/09

Contributing Editor, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today 01-04
Contributing Editor, Glaucoma Today 03-04
The Usefulness of Buccal Swabs for Mutation Screening in Patients with Suspected Corneal
Dystrophies
Aldave AJ, Yellore VS, Self CA, Holsclaw D, Small K. Ophthalmology. 2004
Jul;111(7):1407-9.
Vitreous Induction of Adhesion Molecule Expression in Small Vessel Endothelium 7/02 - 6/03
Self CA, Giese M, Mondino BJ
The Application of Statistical Process Control to Strabismus Surgery
Self CA, Enzenauer RW. Poster presentation at the 2002 Annual meeting 3/02
of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus,
Self CA, Enzenauer RW. J AAPOS. 2004 Apr;8(2):165-70.
Scleral Permeability of Carboxyamido-triazole (CAI) 8/99 - 6/02
Self CA, Cruysberg LPJ, Sanders JB, Kohn EC, Yuan P, Franklin AJ, 5/01
Edelhauser HF. Scleral Permeability of Carboxyamido-triazole (CAI) [ARVO
Abstract]. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2001;42(4): S925. Abstract nr 4963.
Oral presentation at ARVO 2001, Ocular Drug Delivery section 5/01
Paper presentation at the 2001 annual meeting of the Southern Medical 11/01
Association, Nashville TN
Oral Presentation UTCOM-CU Resident Research Week 5/00
An Unusual Presentation of an Ascending Renal Tubular Defect
Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American College 5/99
Of Physicians, New Orleans, LA
First Place, Poster Competition at the Annual Meeting of the Tennessee 3/99
Chapter of the American College of Physicians
Expression of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) Gene During Retinal Development 3/98 - 5/00 Liou GI, Matragoon S, Self C, Goss KH, Santoro I, Groden J, Rustgi AK,
Caldwell RB, Marcus DM. Expression of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
(APC) Gene During Retinal Development [ARVO Abstract]. Invest
Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000;41 (suppl.):Abstract nr 2069.
Allergic Conjunctivitis 3/00
Self CA. www.AidaMed.net/ProfessionlMedTexts.asp
Hyperbaric Oxygen and Diabetic Retinopathy 3/97 - 6/98

Scientific Presentations

Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty Insertion Techniques
New England Ophthalmological Society 9/09
Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons 8th annual Downeast Ophthalmology 9/09
Symposium, Bar Harbor, Maine
Children’s Eye Health and Safety and Adult Eye Disease
General public from Bangor and surrounding areas 8/09
The Primary Care Provider Eye Exam 11/07
Primary care providers from Bangor and surrounding areas
Refractive Surgery
General public from Bangor and surrounding areas 6/07
Refractive Surgery Update
Ophthalmologists and Optometrists from Bangor and surrounding areas 12/05
Diabetic Eye Disease 10/03
The Diabetes Management Program of Morton Hospital
Refractive Surgery Overview 1/03
Jules Stein Eye Institute Ophthalmic Assistant and Technician Program
Ophthalmic Emergencies and Trauma
Sixteenth Annual Family Medicine Update - University of Tennessee 6/01
Family Practice
Combined Internal Medicine / Pediatrics noon conference 8/01
The Eye in Pregnancy
Chattanooga Chapter of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and 11/00
Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) monthly meeting, Chattanooga, TN
Annual meeting of the Tennessee Chapter of AWHONN 10/01

Educational & Other Interests

President of the Medical Staff, St Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ME 14 - 20
Vice-President of the Medical Staff, St Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ME 13
Credentials Committee, St Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ME 3/07 - 13
Chair 2013
Graduate Medical Education Committee – Ophthalmology resident representative 1/00 - 6/02
Surgical mission trip to Petite Rivière, Haiti 2/00
Performed surgical ophthalmic screening and assisted in surgery
Remote Area Medical (RAM) 9/99
Performed free eye exams for the underserved in Grundy county, TN
Initiated Ophthalmology student journal club - Medical College of Georgia 97 - 98
Clinical Mentor Program 96 - 97
Mentored 3 first year medical students through their first clinical encounters
Students for Community Involvement 94 - 95
Taught 4 classes of 6th grade students about atherosclerosis
Georgia Tech varsity fast-pitch softball 86 - 90
Most extra-base hits 88 - 89
Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity 88 - 90
Athletic chairperson 89 - 90

Other Honors

Joel H. Hildebrand Chemistry Honor Society 92
NCAA Academic All-American 87 - 90
Alpha Kappa Psi Most Promising Alumnus, Epsilon Sigma chapter 90