Christina Y. Weng

Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA is a tenured Professor and Alice R. McPherson Retina Research Foundation Chair in Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine.  Dr. Weng also serves as the Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery Fellowship Program Director and is a two-time awardee of the Dan B. Jones Teaching Award.

Dr. Weng graduated from Northwestern University (cum laude), completed medical school at the University of Michigan (Alpha Omega Alpha), and earned an MBA degree from the University of Michigan-Ross School of Business (high distinction).  She completed her ophthalmology residency at the Johns Hopkins University Wilmer Eye Institute and surgical retina fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami.

Dr. Weng is involved with multiple clinical trials and also leads numerous research studies in her areas of interest: diabetic eye disease, medical economics, and telemedicine.  She currently serves as the national Protocol Chair of DRCR Retina Network Protocol AO evaluating Home OCT in the management of wet macular degeneration.  She is the Co-Editor of the book Women in Ophthalmology: A Comprehensive Guide for Career and Life.