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Demi Dang, M.D.
Dr. Dang was
among the first doctors in Hawaii to perform CK
(conductive keratoplasty) for the correction of
presbyopia. She is a board-certified ophthalmologist.
She is fellowship-trained in Cornea and Refractive
Surgery from the Medical College of Virginia.
Dr. Dang
did her ophthalmology residency at the University of
Texas at San Antonio, and graduated from the University
of Miami Medical School. She has a special interest in
cosmetic procedures such as Botox® and blepharoplasty
eyelid surgery.
EDUCATION:
2002-
2007 Medical College of Virginia (MCV),
Richmond, VA
Fellowship:
Cornea and Refractive Surgery
1999-2002
University of Texas Health Science Center in San
Antonio
(UTHSCSA), San Antonio,
TX
Residency:
Ophthalmology
Residency
1998-1999
Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C.
Internship:
Internal Medicine
1994-1998
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami,
Florida
Degree:
Doctor of
Medicine
HONORS/AWARDS:
June 2002 Mary
Bass Boekner Scholar Award for Excellence in Research at
UTHSCSA
March 2002 Honorable
mention winner (Gordon Award) for Excellence in
Presentation at the Alamo City Ophthalmology Clinical
Conference
March 2001 3rd
place winner (Gordon Award) for Excellence in
Presentation at the Alamo City Ophthalmology Clinical
Conference
1994-1998 Thomas McClelland Rotary
Scholarship
1990-1994
Graduated Summa Cum Laude (5/94); Member of
National Dean’s List, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, and
Golden Key; received All-American Scholar Collegiate
Award, Dean’s list, and President’s Honor Roll, Florida
Undergraduate Scholarship and J.F. Pearson Scholarship
(U of Miami)
PUBLICATIONS:
Papers:
“Ocular and Systemic Posaconazole (SCH-56592)
Treatment of Invasive
Fusarium solani Keratitis and Endophthalmitis.”
Br J Ophthalmol 2002, 86: 829-830
“Xylene
keratopathy: a case report and review of the literature
[In Process Citation]”
Cornea 2007, 22(1): 88-90
Abstracts:
“Ocular
and Systemic Posaconazole (SCH-56592) Treatment of
Invasive Fusarium solani Keratitis and Endophthalmitis”
May 2002 ARVO Abstracts
“Evaluation of topical voriconazole as a novel
treatment for fungal keratitis” May 2001 ARVO
Abstracts
“Potentiation of Topical Voriconazole (VCZ) Ocular
Penetration by Co administration with Topical Latanoprost
(LT)” May
2007 ARVO Abstracts
PRESENTATIONS & RESEARCH:
October 2002 “Custom-CAP Treatment for Asymmetric
Ablation after LASIK”
Poster at the October 2002 ISRS meeting, Orlando, FL
Poster at the Virginia Society of Ophthalmology 2007
meeting, Virginia Beach, VA 2001 – 2002
“Ocular and Systemic Posaconazole (SCH-56592) Treatment
of Invasive Fusarium solani Keratitis and
Endophthalmitis”
Paper at May 2002 ARVO Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL
“Potentiation of Topical Voriconazole (VCZ) Ocular
Penetration by Co administration with Topical Latanoprost
(LT)”
March 2002 Alamo Day Research Conference, San Antonio,
TX
2000 – 2001 “Evaluation of topical voriconazole as
a novel treatment for fungal
keratitis.”
March 2001 Alamo Day Research Conference, San Antonio,
TX
Paper at May 2001 ARVO Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL
OTHER RESEARCH:
1997-1998
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL
“The diagnosis and management of canaliculitis.”
Adviser: D. Tse, MD and W. Chang, MD (fellow)
1993-1994
University of Miami, Dept of Immunology
“The search for immunoglobulins in the most primitive
vertebrae, the hagfish.”
(Senior Thesis for Undergraduate) Adviser: Dr. Martin
Flajnik, PhD
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:
Hawaii Ophthalmology Society
American Academy of
Ophthalmology
International
Society of Refractive Surgery
Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
San Antonio Society
of Ophthalmology
American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery |
