Mark C. Steckel, M.D. is a board-certified ophthalmologist with subspecialty training in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (eye muscle disorders).

Dr. Steckel graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. with Distinction in All Subjects. He then attended the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. with Honors . While there, Dr. Steckel was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and received the Louis M. Sklarow Award for The Outstanding Graduate of SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine. He was invited to do research in the Department of Neuropathology at Oxford University in England on an American Society Research Grant.

After medical school, Dr. Steckel trained in internal medicine at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and then completed his ophthalmology residency at The St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center of Columbia University, also in New York.

He was selected to do his fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at the prestigious Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute under the tutelage of the world-famous Philip Knapp, M.D.

While practicing ophthalmology in Connecticut, Dr. Steckel was also the Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Metropolitan Hospital in New York, teaching countless ophthalmology residents how to perform eye muscle surgery. He was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at New York Medical College for many years, but left to dedicate his complete time to his medical practice in Connecticut.

In addition to his subspecialty interest in eye muscle problems, including misaligned eyes, lazy eye and double vision, Dr. Steckel provides excellent care in the treatment of general ophthalmologic disorders such as tearing problems in children and adults, contact lens fittings (including for hard-to-fit astigmatic and multifocal/monovision patients), glaucoma, and emergency eye care. Dr. Steckel is the only ophthalmologist entrusted to care for the premature babies in the newborn ICU’s in both Bridgeport and Norwalk Hospitals.