Sophie Deng, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Corneal Cell Biology Laboratory

Mailing Address

Jules Stein Eye Institute
100 Stein Plaza, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Appointment Contacts

Phone: (310) 206-7202
Fax: (310) 794-7906

Appointment Location

Doris Stein Eye Research Center, Laser Refractive Center
200 Stein Plaza, First Floor

Experience

Dr. Sophie X. Deng is an assistant professor in the Cornea-External Ocular Disease & Uveitis Division in the UCLA Department of Ophthalmology.Dr. Deng received her doctor of medicine and doctor of philosophy degrees at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, where she completed the rigorous Medical Scientist Training Program.She did her residency in ophthalmology at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary.Dr. Deng subsequently completed her fellowship in Cornea, External Ocular Disease and Refractive Surgery at the Jules Stein Eye Institute. She sees patients with corneal and external ocular diseases and cataracts. Her surgical areas include penetrating keratoplasty, Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, ocular surface reconstruction and cataract. She also performs new keratorefractive surgeries in the Laser Refractive Center.

Dr. Deng has received numerous awards and scholarships including Phi Beta Kappa, Arthur G. Levy Award; Seymour Mann Award; Francis Hochman Award; Heymann Scholarship, individual research grants and the prestigious Heed Fellowship. The Heed Fellowship is given to outstanding ophthalmologists who intend to pursue academic careers in ophthalmic patient care, education and research.Her clinical interests include new corneal transplant techniques, ocular surface reconstruction, artificial cornea, and cataract surgery.Her research interests include corneal epithelial stem cell biology and ocular surface reconstruction. Her laboratory investigates the regulation of limbal stem cell self-renewal and proliferation. She is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Cornea Society, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Education

• University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Immunology, Medical Scientist Training Program, MD, PhD
• University of Tennessee at Memphis, Internship, Internal Medicine
• University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Residency
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Ophthalmolgy and Jules Stein Eye Institute, Fellowship, Cornea and External Ocular Diseases and Refractive Surgery

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