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Sophie Deng, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology
Female
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
A91205
(310) 206-7202 Information and referral
(310) 794-7906
Appointment Location
Doris Stein Eye Research Center
200 Stein Plaza, First Floor
Los Angeles, CA
Mailing Address
Jules Stein Eye Institute
100 Stein Plaza
UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cornea, UCLA School of Medicine, 2005 - 2006
Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago Eye Center, 2002 - 2005
Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, 2001 - 2002
MD, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2001
| Cataract, Cornea, Herpes, Keratoconus, Laser, Pterygium, Refractive Surgery |
Sophie X. Deng, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in the Cornea and Uveitis Division at the Jules Stein Eye Institute. 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, Chicago. Dr. Deng subsequently completed her fellowship in Cornea, External Ocular Disease and Refractive Surgery at the Jules Stein Eye Institute.
Dr. Deng is a specialist in corneal and external ocular diseases, and cataracts. Her surgical areas include descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, Femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty, limbal stem cell transplant, ocular surface reconstruction, artificial cornea and cataract. Dr. Deng also performs new keratorefractive surgical techniques in the Laser Refractive Center.
Dr. Deng’s research interests include corneal epithelial stem cell biology and ocular surface reconstruction. She established the Corneal Cell Biology Laboratory at the Jules Stein Eye Institute. Dr. Deng’s research focuses on improving the current treatment for patients with limbal stem cell deficiency by using stem cell thrapy. In addition, Dr. Deng conducts clinical studies to develop new imaging and molecular tests to accurately diagnose and stage limbal stem cell deiciency.
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