Lucy H. Y. Young, MD, PhD, FACS

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Specialty Area

Retina

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617-573-3710
Office hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Foreign Languages: Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish

Clinical Background

Medical School

University of Wisconsin, 1981

Residency

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1998 Ophthalmology

Fellowships

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1990 Vitreo-retinal

Board Certification

Ophthalmology, 1991

Professional Affiliations

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Society for Neuroscience, Retina Society, Macula Society, New England Ophthalmological Society, Club Jules Gonin, American College of Surgeons, Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Clinical Interests

Diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, trauma-related retinal complications, AIDS-related retinal infections, uveitis

Research Interests

Diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, trauma-related retinal complications, AIDS-related retinal infections, uveitis

Selected Publications

Kim RY and Young LHY: Use of photodynamic therapy for treatment of ocular malignancies. Ophthalmol. Clinics of North America 1999; 12: 167

Young LHY, Liu C, Joag S, Rafii S, and Young JDE: How lymphocytes kill. Annu. Rev. Med. 1990; 41:45

Hu LK, Hasan T, Gragoudas ES and Young LHY: Photoimmunotherapy of human uveal melanoma. Experimental eye Res. 1995; 61: 385

Young LHY: Editorial: Treatment of CMV Retinitis. JAMA 1996; 275: 149

Young LHY, Howard MA, Hu LK, Kim RY, Gragoudas ES: Photodynamic therapy of pigmented choroidal melanomas using a liposomal preparation of benzoporphyrin derivative. Arch. Ophthalmol. 1996;114: 186

Krause M, Xiong JX, Gragoudas ES and Young LHY: Treatment of experimental choroidal melanoma with a Neodymium: Yttrium Lanthanum Fluoride laser at 1047 nm. Arch. Ophthalmol. 2003; 121:357

Krause M, Kwong KK, Gragoudas ES and Young LHY: MRI of blood volume with superparamagnetic iron in choroidal melanoma treated with thermotherapy. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2004; 22: 779

What would you like your patients to know about you?

Multi-lingual retina specialist with particular interest in diabetic retinopathy, AIDS-related retinal infections, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, and uveitis.

Publications

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