session Moderators
Sophie X. Deng, MD, ABO
Dr. Sophie X. Deng is a Professor in the Cornea Division at the UCLA 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. She did her residency in ophthalmology at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago and completed her fellowship in Cornea, External Ocular Disease and Refractive Surgery at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute.
Jose Gomes, MD, PhD
Dr. Gomes performed his residency training and received his medical doctorate from the Santa Casa Medical School
in São Paulo/SP, Brazil, then completed a Cornea and External Diseases Fellowship
and a fellowship in Basic Research at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, USA. He received his Master and Doctor title at the Universidade
Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)/Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) in São Paulo, Brazil.