Deborah Yeh Chong, MD _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WORK EXPERIENCE Associate, Texas Retina Associates. Dallas, TX. Assistant Professor, Medical and Surgical Diseases of the Vitreous, Retina, and Macula.
Department of Ophthalmology. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
TRAINING & EDUCATION Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology
Written Qualifying Examination, passed March 2009 (99th percentile)
Oral Examination, passed June 2010 Texas Retina Associates (Dallas, TX)
Vitreoretinal Fellowship (Medical and Surgical) Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Ophthalmology Residency, Chief Resident St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (Ann Arbor, MI)
Preliminary Year, Internal Medicine Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)
M.D. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
A.B. summa cum laude Biochemical Sciences Plano Senior High School(Plano, TX) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan ….……………………………………….….….Ann Arbor, MI Retina Clinic, under Dr. Mark W. Johnson, MD Spring 2007-Spring 2008 Determining vitreous penetration of orally administered famciclovir. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan ….…………………………………………….…….Ann Arbor, MI Retina Clinic, under Dr. David N. Zacks, MD, PhD Summer 2006-Summer 2007 Investigating role of interleukin-6 as a photoreceptor neuroprotectant in rodent models of retinal detachment. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School….….…….….………………….Boston, MA Retina Service, under Dr. Jorge Arroyo, MD, MPH Summer 2003 Investigated expression of leukocyte trafficking molecules in surgically excised subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes from patients with age-related macular degeneration with and without prior photodynamic therapy. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health….…….………….…….Bethesda, MD Vascular Metabolism Division, under Dr. Michael J. Quon, MD, PhD Winter 2001/2-Summer 2002 Identified mouse Pelle-like kinase/IL-1 receptor-associated kinase as a possible kinase that serine phosphorylates insulin receptor substrate-1 and mediates the effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines in inducing insulin resistance. National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health…….…….………….……….…….…….Bethesda, MD Dermatology Branch, under Dr. Mark C. Udey, MD, PhD Summer 2001-Winter 2001/2 Attempted to create a dendritic cell-based vaccine against human papillomavirus antigens using fusion proteins containing the HIV TAT protein transduction domain. Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School…………….………….………….Boston, MA Division of Endocrinology, under Drs. Anthony Hollenberg, MD, and Jeffery Flier, MD Summer 2000 Studied expression of pro-thyrotropin releasing hormone heteronuclear RNA and messenger RNA in mice brains using in situ hybridization histochemistry. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.…….…….Boston, MA Division of Cardiovascular Research, under Dr. Thomas M. Michel, MD, PhD Summer 1996-Summer 1999 Identified endothelial nitric oxide synthase as a substrate of acyl-protein thioesterase-1. Employed a mutagenesis approach to study a novel sequence that signals palmitoylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.……………….Dallas, TX Assistant Professor, Medical and Surgical Diseases of the Vitreous, Retina, and Macula
Instructing residents and vitreoretinal fellows in medical and surgical retina.
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan.…….Ann Arbor, MI Chief Resident Su mmer 2006-Summer 2008 Lectured junior residents and medical students in ophthalmology. Harvard Medical School………………….….…….Boston, MA Chemistry & Biology of the Cell Peer Tutor, Integrated Human Physiology TA Fall 2000-Spring 2001 Tutored Harvard Medical School students in biochemistry and physiology. Harvard University………………….….…….Cambridge, MA Eliot House Non-Resident Pre-medical Tutor Fall 1999-Spring 2001 Advised Harvard University undergraduates interested in applying to medical school. Research Science Institute, MIT.….Cambridge, MA Academic Tutor Summer 1999 Supervised and advised high school seniors doing summer research projects. PUBLICATIONS Chong DY, Fuller DG. The Declining Use of Scleral Buckling with Vitrectomy for Primary Retinal Detachments. Arch Ophthalmol. 2010;128(9):1206-7.
Chong DY, Anand R, Williams PD, Qureshi J, Callanan DG. Characterization of sterile intraocular inflammatory responses after intravitreal bevacizumab injection. Retina. 2010;30(9):1432-40. Chong DY, Johnson MW, Shen D, Chan C, Callanan DG. Vitreous metastases of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2009;17(5)342-4. Chong DY, Johnson MW, Huynh TH, Hall EF, Comer GM, Fish DN. Vitreous Penetration of Orally Administered Famciclovir. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009;148:38-42. Chong DY, Johnson MW. Vitelliform macular detachment associated with basal laminar drusen is unresponsive to vascular endothelial growth factor blockade. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2009;3:50-53.
Interleukin-6 as a photoreceptor neuroprotectant in an experimental model of retinal detachment. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008;49:3193-3200.
Chong DY, Comer GM, Trobe JD. Optic disc edema, cystoid macular edema, and elevated vascular endothelial growth factor in a patient with POEMS syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol. 2007;27:180-183. Chong DY, Demirci H, Ronan S, Flint A, Elner VM. Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma in Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125:566-569. Chong DY, Hirunwiwatkul P, McKeever PE, Trobe JD. Papilledema in obstructive hydrocephalus caused by giant cell astrocytoma of tuberous sclerosis. J Neuroophthalmol. 2007;27(1):50-54.
Kim J, Yeh DC, Ver M, Li Y, Carranza A, Conrads TP, Veenstra TC, Harrington MA, Quon MJ. Phosphorylation of Ser24 in the Pleckstrin Homology Domain of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 by Mouse Pelle-like Kinase/Interleukin-1 Receptor-associated Kinase: Cross-talk between inflammatory signaling and insulin signaling that may contribute to insulin resistance. J Biol Chem. 2005;280(24):23173-23183. Yeh DC, Rocco T. “Hypertension” section of Chapter 23: Integrative Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy. Golan DE, Tashjian AH, et al., eds. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. pp. 375-383. Yeh DC, Michel T. Chapter 20: Pharmacology of Vascular Tone. Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy. Golan DE, Tashjian AH, et al., eds. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. pp. 317-334. Yeh DC, Bula DV, Miller JW, Gragoudas ES, Arroyo JG. Expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules in human subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes treated with and without photodynamic therapy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004;45(7):2368-73. Yeh DC, Duncan JA, Yamashita S, Michel T. Depalmitoylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by acyl-protein thioesterase-1 is potentiated by Ca2+-calmodulin. J Biol Chem 1999;274(46):33148-33154. ABSTRACTS Chong DY, Anand R, Callanan DG. Characterization of sterile intraocular inflammatory responses after intravitreal bevacizumab injection. Oral presentation. Retina Congress, October, 2009. Chong DY, Johnson MW, Huynh TH, Hall EF, Comer GM, Fish DN. Vitreous Penetration of Orally Administered Valacyclovir and Famciclovir. Oral presentation. American Society of Retinal Specialists, October, 2008. Chong DY, Huynh TH, Musch D, Elner SE. The Effects of Anti-Platelet and/or Anti-Coagulation Therapy on the Success Rates of Photodynamic Therapy for Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 2007.
Kim JA, Yeh D, Ver MR, Li Y, Carranza MA, Harrington MA, Quon MJ. Metabolic and Vascular Actions of Insulin May Be Impaired by Phosphorylation of IRS-1 at Ser24. American Diabetes Association, June 2004. Yeh DC, Kim J, Harrington MA, Li Y, and Quon MJ. Cross-talk Between Inflammatory and Metabolic Signaling Pathways Involving Serine Phosphorylation of IRS-1 by Mouse Pelle-like Kinase (mPLK). Diabetes 2003;52(Suppl 2):A312. Yeh DC, Lopez M, Elmquist JK, Flier JS, Hollenberg AN. In vivo analysis of thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) gene transcription using a heteronuclear DNA probe. American Geriatrics Annual Meeting, May 2002. HONORS & AWARDS
Chief Resident, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
George Slocum Resident Research Award (University of Michigan)
National Eye Institute Travel Grant, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Resident and Faculty Retreat
Intern of the Month, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital
HHMI Continued Support Fellowship for Medical Students
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for News Americans
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowships for Women (WUSM)
UT Southwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Harvard Club of Dallas Community Service Fellowship
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Award
Wendell Scholarship Finalist (Harvard University)
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship (Radcliffe)
5th Place in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Society of Retina Specialists
Ad hoc reviewer, Archives of Ophthalmology
Ad hoc reviewer, American Journal of Pathology
Ad hoc reviewer, American Journal of Physiology
INVITED TALKS Stickler Involved People, July 2010
University of Texas Southwestern, Endocrine Grand Rounds, May 2011
University of Texas Southwestern, Touchstone Diabetes Center, May 2011
University of Texas Southwestern, Ophthalmology Review for the Primary Care Physician, November 2011
Parkland Health and Hospital System, Diabetes Management: Primary and Secondary Prevention, November 2011
University of Texas Southwestern, JCAHPO Intravitreal Injections, November 2011
Foundation Fighting Blindness, February 2012
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