Department
Biographical Sketch
Yao Yvfeng, M.D. & Ph.D., Doctoral Supervisor, Professor and Chief Physician, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology.
Prof. Yao is the founder of the Department of Ophthalmology which was established in 1998. Since then, Prof. Yao has served as the chair and of the Ophthalmology Department at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
Prof. Yao specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of corneal disease, cataract surgery, and refractive surgery. After completing his doctoral education at Osaka University, Japan, Prof. Yao has been providing a wide range of ophthalmic disease treatment and eye care including transplantations, cataracts, glaucoma, and refractive surgery for ocular surface disorders and cornea disease. The full-bed deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (FB-DALK), which has been widely applied worldwide, was first developed by Prof. Yao. He is the first surgeon who performed trifocal lens implantation to treat cataracts and presbyopia in China. Dr. Yao is a recognized expert worldwide in cornea diseases and ocular surface disorders and has published more than 50 English scientific papers in these fields.
Treatment Services
Corneal Transplantation: Femtosecond laser assisted-Penetrating & Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty
Corneal and Ocular Surface Diseases, Ocular Surface Reconstruction
Cataract Surgery: Multifocal Lens Implantation, Micro Incision Phacoemulsification
Refractive Surgery: Femtosecond LASIK, SMILE, Intraocular Lens (ICL) Implantation
Glaucoma Treatment and Surgery
Specialty Interests
Cornea diseases and ocular surface disorders, corneal transplantation, cataract surgery (refractive intraocular lens implantation), corneal and intraocular refractive surgery, and glaucoma surgery
Memberships
President of the Ophthalmological Society of Zhejiang Medical Association
Committee Member of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association
Director of Key Laboratory for Corneal Diseases Research of Zhejiang Province
Chairman of the Technical Guidance Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Corneal Diseases of Zhejiang Province
Life Member of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), USA
Member of the editorial board, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE-B