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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