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Meet the Vital Tears Medical Advisory Board, a group of leading ophthalmologists and optometrists providing clinical guidance, expertise, and oversight to support quality care.
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Leading experts in cornea and ocular surface disease.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease Virginia Eye Consultants
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Marjan Farid, MD

Director, Cornea, Refractive & Cataract Surgery
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, UC Irvine

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John D. Gelles, OD

Director, Specialty Contact Lens Division
Cornea and Laser Eye Institute

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Pedram Hamrah, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Cornea Service Director
USF Morsani College of Medicine

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Huck Holz, MD

Anterior Segment Surgeon
Surgical Instructor, UCSF Cornea Fellowship

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Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO

Director, Cornea and External Disease
Kentucky Eye Institute

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Sumitra Khandelwal, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute
Baylor College of Medicine

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Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado School of Medicine

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W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS

Cornea & Refractive Surgery
Eye Consultants of Atlanta

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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Albert Cheung, MD

Cornea & External Disease · Virginia Eye Consultants

Dr. Cheung is part of the skilled Cornea team at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine prior to completing his ophthalmology residency at Beaumont Health System in Michigan. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. There, he has worked closely with the residents and has been awarded the Attending Physician of the Year award multiple times. Dr. Cheung has given national and international lectures as well as directed multiple courses and skills transfer labs at AAO and ASCRS. Additionally, he has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His clinical and research efforts have focused on severe ocular surface disease and lamellar keratoplasty.

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