Dr. Allen Chiang graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University and earned his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine with distinction and selection into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He then completed an internship at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego followed by a residency in ophthalmology at the prestigious Stein Eye Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles, perennially the #1 eye hospital in the western US. At UCLA, he was recognized with both Stein Resident Awards: Excellence in Surgery and Excellence in Clinical Research. He then completed a two-year medical and surgical retina fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and was the recipient of the William Tasman, MD Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award.
Prior to joining Wills Eye Physicians-Mid Atlantic Retina, Dr. Chiang was in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area and named a Top Doctor by Oakland Magazine. In 2013, he returned to Philadelphia and the Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital and has since garnered recognition as a Top Doctor by the Pennsylvania Medical Society, Castle Connolly, and Philadelphia Magazine. As an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University he contributes to the education and training of the next generation of ophthalmologists and retina specialists. Board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology since 2010, Dr. Chiang is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology, Montgomery County Medical Society, and the Vit-Buckle Society. In addition, he is an elected member of the prestigious Retina Society. He is a Fellow of the ASRS (FASRS) and has served on its ASRS Communications Committee.
Dr. Chiang has contributed to over 80 scientific papers, abstracts, and textbook chapters on vitreoretinal diseases and is a reviewer for major ophthalmic journals including Ophthalmology Retina, RETINA, and the American Journal of Ophthalmology. He is co-editor of The Pocket Guide to Medical Retina, a reference manual for both trainees and practicing clinicians. He is an editorial board member of Retina Today and a past editorial board member of the Retina Section of the AAO Ophthalmic News and Education (ONE) Network, which develops content for the continuing medical education of the nation’s ophthalmologists.
Motivated to develop new therapies for retinal diseases, he is an active Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator in the Retina Research Unit at Wills Eye Hospital on numerous national and international clinical trials for conditions such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. He has been selected to present scientific papers at national ophthalmic meetings and is a past recipient of the ASRS Honor Award, AAO Achievement Award, and AAO Secretariat Award.
Our retina specialists treat everything from common retinal diseases to the most complex medical and surgical cases.
