I am an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at University of California San Francisco (UCSF). I have received ophthalmology residency and glaucoma fellowship at UCSF, and then stayed on as faculty. I’m current director of glaucoma service at San Francisco Veteran Affair hospital at University of California San Francisco. I have been a member for AAO, ARVO and AGS for past 10 years. I’m currently in the committee of International Education Committee at American Glaucoma Society and Clinical Competency Committee at University of California, San Francisco.

In addition to clinical work in glaucoma diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment, I am an active clinical researcher over 10 years of experience. I have received research fundings from NIH, NEI and private funding agencies. My areas of interest are glaucoma laser, tube-shunt surgery, glaucoma surgical device design, and glaucoma surgical clinic trials. I am current principal investigator on two clinical trials at UCSF, the Efficacy and Safety of Bimatoprost Sustained-Release (SR) in Patients With Open-angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension trial and the Ahmed with Mitomycin C Comparison trial. I am also interested in glaucoma device design. With collaborating with Dr. Chong Xie from University of Texas, Austin, we propose a novel concept of a glaucoma surgical device comprised of a microfluidic meshwork and a drainage tube, which has been filed for patent.