Carol Lally Shields (born July 8, 1957)[1] is an American ophthalmologist who is the Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital.
She is Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University and consultant at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Shields was born Carol Lally in Sharon, Pennsylvania on July 8, 1957,[1] graduating from Kennedy Christian High School in 1975.
[1] In 1979, she earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame, also playing NCAA women's basketball for the "Fighting Irish."
[1] She was inducted into the Capital All-American Hall of Fame in 2011 for excellence in athletics and academics.