University of Rochester Eye Institute
Retina and Vitreous
Mina Chung, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Mina Chung, MD, is a retinal specialist who joined the University
of Rochester Eye Institute faculty in 2002. Dr. Chung was recruited
from the faculty of the Doheny Eye Institute at the University
of Southern California, where she provided retina care at the
Los Angeles County Hospital and Children’s Hospital Los
Angeles.
Dr. Chung’s research interests include inherited retinal
diseases and genetic factors contributing to age-related macular
degeneration. Dr. Chung has an adjunct faculty appointment as
a member of the University of Rochester Center
for Visual Sciences and participates in teaching
a graduate-level course in the Department of Optics. In collaboration
with CVS, she is developing new adaptive optics technology for
retinal imaging to study early cellular changes in macular diseases.
She was awarded a research grant from the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute to study patients with macular diseases using adaptive
optics imaging technology and multifocal electroretinography,
a clinical test of the retinal photoreceptors.
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She earned her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and completed
a residency at the University of Southern California/Doheny Eye Institute,
and a retina-vitreous fellowship at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Chung is the author of numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. She
is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of
Retina Specialists, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Dr. Chung sees patients at our Strong
Memorial Hospital offices.