M. Stephanie R. Jardeleza, MD
Dr. Maria Stephanie Jardeleza is a board certified third-generation ophthalmologist who is fellowship trained in Clinical and Surgical Diseases of the Vitreous and Retina. She was born in Manila, Philippines and has spent over 10 years completing her medical and surgical training in Ophthalmology and Vitreoretinal surgery in the United States.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and her medical degree from the University of the Philippines. She completed an Ocular Pathology fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Ophthalmology. She underwent residency training in Ophthalmology at Boston University Medical Center. She pursued a highly competitive and rigorous clinical fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary-Harvard Medical School program.
Dr. Jardeleza is the former medical director of Ophthalmology at the Texas Diabetes Institute (TDI). As the primary vitreoretinal surgeon at the TDI, she performed thousands of outpatient retinal procedures and hundreds of complex diabetic vitrectomy surgeries. She simultaneously served as the Chief of the Retina Services at UT Health San Antonio for 4 years and coordinated provision of retinal care for 3 clinical sites. She also provided clinical care and primary coverage for vitreoretinal emergencies at University Hospital San Antonio and is well versed in the surgical management of ocular trauma and complex retinal detachments. She has trained Ophthalmology residents of UT Health, several of whom are now retina-trained subspecialists throughout the nation. She is an active clinician-scientist and an author of multiple journal articles and book chapters.
Dr. Jardeleza was awarded the Clinical Excellence Award by the UT Health Department of Ophthalmology in 2015. The San Antonio Scene Journal has named her one of San Antonio’s Best Doctors in 2013, 2014 and 2016. She was named as, and featured on the cover of, San Antonio Magazine’s 2020 Top Doctors Issue. She has been a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the past 5 years and their Exceptional Women in Medicine Awardee since 2023.
She has worked as a private practice surgical retina specialist in large multispecialty Ophthalmology groups in Texas and Tennessee for the past 7 years.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, spending time with family, traveling with her husband, running for charity (St. Jude Half Marathon 2009), taking barre classes and exploring the food and barbecue scene in the city.
“Dr. Jardeleza.has been a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the past 5 years and their Exceptional Women in Medicine Awardee since 2023”
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Biology
- MD from the University of the Philippines
- Residency training in Ophthalmology, Boston University Medical Center
- Clinical fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary-Harvard Medical School program
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Board of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists
- Clinical Excellence Award, 2015
- San Antonio’s Best Doctors in 2013, 2014 and 2016
- Featured on the cover of, San Antonio Magazine’s 2020 Top Doctors Issue
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the past 5 years and their Exceptional Women in Medicine Awardee since 2023.