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Dr Sonia Yeung is Assistant Professor and Division Head for Cornea and External Disease in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual sciences. She is also the Medical Director of the Eye Bank of BC and Cornea Section Editor for the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology.
Dr Yeung completed her PHD, MD, and Ophthalmology residency at UBC. After a Fellowship in Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery at the University of Toronto, she returned to UBC for a tenure-track academic position in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. She has received the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Gold Medal Award and Claes Dohlman Fellow Award from the Cornea Society for excellence in research, and has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr Yeung is involved in teaching at the medical school, ophthalmology residency, and cornea fellowship programs at UBC and has been the recipient of both Faculty Research Award and Resident Teaching Award. In the clinic, she focuses on corneal and ocular surface disease, corneal transplantation, and cataract surgery. Her basic science laboratory is housed at the Eye Care Centre, Vancouver Hospital, where she trains graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Financial disclosure: I have/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization.
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Sessions in which Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC participates
Saturday 11 June, 2022
Sunday 12 June, 2022
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Michael Ip (Keynote speaker)
- Jacquelyn Jetton O'Banion (Keynote speaker)
- Julie Falardeau MD (Keynote speaker)
- Kendall Donaldson (Keynote speaker)
- William Dixon (Speaker)
- Lauren Dalvin (Keynote speaker)
- Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Varun Chaudhary (Moderator)
- Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau (Moderator)
- Hall Chew (Presenter)
Sessions in which Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC attends
Friday 10 June, 2022
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Alan McNab (Keynote speaker)
- Marcia Anderson (Keynote speaker)
- Sander Dubovy (Keynote speaker)
- Carol Shields MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Presenter)
- Thuy Doan MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Nupura Bakshi (Moderator)
- Dr. Navdeep Nijhawan, MD, FRCSC, DABO (Moderator)
- Dr. Colin Mann (Speaker)
- Dr. Jim Farmer, MD, FRCSC, FRCPC (Moderator)
- Anuradha Mishra MD, MEd (Speaker)
Saturday 11 June, 2022
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Andrea Molinari (Keynote speaker)
- Sophie Deng (Keynote speaker)
- Pradeep Ramulu (Keynote speaker)
- Carla Siegfried (Keynote speaker)
- Anthony Khawaja (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)
- Irit Bahar (Keynote speaker)
- Bala Ambati (Keynote speaker)
- G Robert La Roche MD (Speaker)
- Kamiar Mireskandari, MBChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, PhD (Moderator)
- Dr. Jing Wang (Moderator)
- Gus Gazzard (Keynote speaker)