Biography
Dr. Chan is the St. Giles Assistant Professor of Pediatric Retina and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Chan is a board certified ophthalmologist whose clinical practice involves the surgical and medical management of adult and pediatric vitreo-retinal disease.
Dr. Chan received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and received his M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. After completing his Ophthalmology residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Dr. Chan went on to a Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School where he was Chief Clinical Fellow of the Retina Service. Dr. Chan then rejoined the Department of Ophthalmology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Chan's clinical interests focus on diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous, which includes: pediatric retinal disease; diabetic eye disease; macular degeneration; retinal vascular disease; endophthalmitis; intraocular tumors; retinal detachment surgery; retained lens fragment removal; trauma; and macular surgery (e.g. epiretinal membrane peeling and macular hole surgery).
Dr. Chan's primary research interests focus on the pathogenesis and management of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as well as ocular ultrasound and imaging. He received an NIH K30 Clinical Research Curriculum Award from Weill Cornell Medical College and works closely with Dr. D. Jackson Coleman and Dr. Ronald H. Silverman in the Bioacoustic Research Facility of the Dyson Vision Research Center. Dr. Chan also runs the retinopathy of prematurity service at Weill Cornell Medical Center and has numerous clinical projects and collaborations studying ROP. He serves as a scientific reviewer to several major journals and has participated as a co-investigator in numerous clinical trials and laboratory investigations. He has presented the findings of his research worldwide and has been an invited speaker at local, national, and international meetings such as the World Ophthalmology Congress and the Aspen Retinal Detachment Society Meeting.
Dr. Chan also has a keen interest in international healthcare and Ophthalmology, and is currently involved in helping establish clinical, teaching, and research collaborations in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
As Fellowship Director of the surgical vitreo-retinal program at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Chan provides direct supervision and instruction of medical students, ophthalmology residents, and vitreo-retinal fellows. Dr. Chan is also an invited lecturer at the Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology, the Kevin Hill Course, the Greater New York Ophthalmology Clinical Lecture Series, and the Ophthalmology Basic Science Course of Columbia University.
He has won numerous academic awards including a Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellowship, the Ronald G. Michels Foundation Fellowship, and the Paul Kayser International Fellowship. Recognized as a gifted educator, Dr. Chan was most recently awarded teacher of the year for 2006 by the Ophthalmology residents at Weill Cornell Medical College.
