Dr. Christina Scelfo is a board certified pediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon with a private practice in New York City. Following her intern year at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she completed her ophthalmology residency at Boston Medical Center where she was recognized for her dedication to resident teaching and research and served as chief resident. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Christina Scelfo is a board certified pediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon with a private practice in New York City. Following her intern year at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she completed her ophthalmology residency at Boston Medical Center where she was recognized for her dedication to resident teaching and research and served as chief resident. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
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Dr. Scelfo is beyond AMAZING! My daughter has been seeing her since she was 3 for strabismus, and she has done wonders for her vision!
Jul-2025
She's 100% excellent
Jul-2025
Dr. Scelfo is very professional, and has a lot of patience. She treated my son with kindness.
Jul-2025
Dr Scelfo is excellent, she’s so welcoming and patient. It was a pleasure seeing her exam my 2 year old throughly. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Jul-2025
Christina was amazing. I would like to see only her moving forward. She asked a lot of questions about my daughters history, she explained everything thoroughly and offered advice and solutions for my daughter's eye health moving forward. She was also very kind which is really appreciated by any parent! Loved her!
Jun-2025
She was really sweet.
Jun-2025
I bring my son for the first time to see Dr. Cristina and I truly recommend, she’s so nice and helpful.
Jun-2025
Dr. Scelfo was amazing the service she provided for my son was great !
Jun-2025
Doctor Scelfo was
Jun-2025
She was great with my infant! Highly recommend.
May-2025
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40 West 72nd Street Lobby Level New York, NY 10023
Dr. Christina Scelfo is a board certified pediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon with a private practice in New York City.
After graduating Fordham University summa cum laude with a dual major in Biology and English Literature, Dr. Scelfo went on to obtain her MD with the honor of Alpha Omega Alpha as part of the inaugural class of the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Following her intern year at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she completed her ophthalmology residency at Boston Medical Center where she was recognized for her dedication to resident teaching and research and served as chief resident. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Prior to joining Pediatric Ophthalmic Consultants, Dr. Scelfo led Boston Children’s Ophthalmology office in Westchester, NY where she also taught medical students and residents as a Clinical Assistant Professor at New York Medical College. She has authored several papers related pediatric ophthalmology and has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. Dr. Scelfo routinely performs adjustable and non-adjustable sutures for her patients requiring strabismus surgery.
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Dr. Scelfo is beyond AMAZING! My daughter has been seeing her since she was 3 for strabismus, and she has done wonders for her vision!
She's 100% excellent
Dr. Scelfo is very professional, and has a lot of patience. She treated my son with kindness.
Dr Scelfo is excellent, she’s so welcoming and patient. It was a pleasure seeing her exam my 2 year old throughly. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Christina was amazing. I would like to see only her moving forward. She asked a lot of questions about my daughters history, she explained everything thoroughly and offered advice and solutions for my daughter's eye health moving forward. She was also very kind which is really appreciated by any parent! Loved her!
She was really sweet.
I bring my son for the first time to see Dr. Cristina and I truly recommend, she’s so nice and helpful.
Dr. Scelfo was amazing the service she provided for my son was great !
Doctor Scelfo was
She was great with my infant! Highly recommend.