Samuel Yiu, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Clinical Specialities
Limbal stem cell transplant (allograft, autograft, and bioengineered limbal stem cell)
Amniotic membrane studies
Penetrating and lamellar keratoplasty

Academic Degrees
BA - Chemistry, Master's in Applied Biometry
PhD - Physiology & Biophysics, University of Southern California
MD - University of Alberta, Canada

Residency
Dalhouise University, Canada

Postdoctoral Fellowship
Cornea/External Diseases and Refractive Surgery
Doheny Eye Institute.

Research Activities
Identification of corneal limbal stem cell markers
Primary culture of corneal limbal stem cells
Role Interleukin 2 in autoimmune-induced lacrimal insufficiencies

Appointments

Doheny Eye Center, Los Angeles
1450 San Pablo Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-6335