
Dr. Chan is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto and the President of the Canadian Cornea Society. She teaches fellows as part of the Cornea fellowship program and is the Medical Director of the Eye Bank of Canada, Ontario Division. After her undergraduate studies at Stanford University, she completed medical school at Queen’s University, ophthalmology residency at the University of Toronto, and her cornea fellowship at the Cincinnati Eye Institute with Dr. Edward Holland. Dr. Chan has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award in 2024, is a Cornea Section Editor for the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Founding Editor of the journal, Canadian Eye Care Today. In 2023, Dr. Chan was included in The Ophthalmologist Power List, recognizing the top 100 most influential global figures in ophthalmology.
Financial disclosure: Dr. Chan has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization.
- Abbvie
- Admare Bioinnovations
- Aurion
- Bausch + Lomb
- Corneat
- Claris bio
- Daichii Sankyo
- Design Therapeutics
- Dompe
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kala Opthalmics
- Labtician
- Santen
- Shire
- Sun Ophthalmics
- Thea
- Valeo
- Vital Tears
Sessions in which Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS participates
Friday 16 June, 2023
- Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Speaker)
- Yi Ning Strube , MD, MS, FRCSC, DABO, FAAP (Moderator)
- Annick Fournier, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Stephanie Dotchin , MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Kamiar Mireskandari , MBChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, PhD (Instructor)
- Yi Ning Strube , MD, MS, FRCSC, DABO, FAAP (Instructor)
- Dr. Vivian Hill (Instructor)
- Matthew Quinn, MD (Instructor)
- Dr. Alfred Basilious (Instructor)
- Dr. Marie-Claude Robert, MD, MSc (Instructor)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Instructor)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Instructor)
- Peter Huang (Instructor)
- Dr. Jamie Bhamra (Instructor)
- Dr. Ahmed Al-Ghoul, MD, MBA, FRCSC, DipABO (Instructor)
- Dr. Davin Johnson (Instructor)
- Dr. Maya Tong (Instructor)
- Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Instructor)
- Dr. Mahshad Darvish (Instructor)
- Dr. Louis Racine MD (Instructor)
- Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Dr. Stephanie Baxter (Instructor)
- Rookaya Mather MB (Instructor)
- Setareh Ziai (Instructor)
- Dr. Mona Koaik, MD (Instructor)
- Dr. Marie-Eve Légaré MD (Instructor)
- Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Dr. Emmanuelle Chalifoux (Instructor)
- Kian Madjedi (Instructor)
- Vishaal Bhambhwani (Instructor)
Saturday 17 June, 2023
Sunday 18 June, 2023
- Dr. Rajiv Bindlish (Moderator)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)
- Dr. Marvi Cheema (Moderator)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Lama Al-Aswad, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Elsie Chan, B.Sc (Med), Hon MBBS, (Hon) MPH, FRANZCO (Keynote speaker)
- Vishal Jhanji, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Pinar Özdal, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Terry Schwartz, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Inder Paul Singh (Keynote speaker)
- Marie-Soleil Tremblay, FCPA, PhD (Keynote speaker)