Courtland Schmidt Jr., MD is a physician on the Glaucoma Service at Wills Eye Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Schmidt received his undergraduate degree from Yale College and his medical degree (with honors) from Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he was elected to the AOA honor society. He completed an internship at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois and did an Ophthalmology Residency at Wills Eye Hospital where he also completed his Glaucoma Fellowship.

Dr. Schmidt has co-authored many publications and is a member of the American Glaucoma Society. He teaches residents and fellows on the Glaucoma Service of the Wills Eye Hospital and has lectured and taught locally and nationally. He has been listed as one of the “Best Doctors in America.”