Samuel C. Yiu
Experienced in Pterygium

Dr. Samuel C. Yiu

Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD 

Experienced in Pterygium
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD 
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Overview

Samuel C. Yiu, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, specializing in cornea and external eye diseases, cataracts and refractive surgery (LASIK). In addition, he is a nationally and internationally recognized specialist in ocular surface diseases and ocular surface reconstruction surgery. Dr. Yiu received his M.Sc. (applied biometry) and Ph.D. (physiology and biophysics) from the University of Southern California. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in lacrimal physiology at the Schepens Eye Institute at Harvard Medical School and went on to earn his M.D. from the University of Alberta in Canada. Dr. Yiu completed an internship and his ophthalmology residency at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at the University of Southern California’s Doheny Eye Institute. After serving as the director of Doheny’s Ocular Surface Center and co-director of Doheny’s cornea division, Dr. Yiu joined the Wilmer faculty in 2011 and spent two years as the chief of the cornea division at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Wilmer’s affiliate hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, before returning to Baltimore in 2013.

Dr. Yiu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pterygium. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Interstitial Keratitis, Dry Eye Syndrome, and Cloudy Cornea.

Graduate Institution
Keck School Of Medicine Of The University Of Southern California, PhD, 1988
Residency
Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology, 1999
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Licenses
Ophthalmology in CA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Cornea, External Diseases & Refractive Surgery, 2001
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 3, Baltimore, MD 21224
Call: 410-955-5080
Other Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Maumenee Lobby, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-5080
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