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Y. Ralph Chu, MD is Founder and medical director of Chu Vision Institute and Chu Surgery Center. Dr. Chu is

recognized as an international leader in cataract and refractive surgery. He is a fellowship-trained corneal

specialist whose practice focuses on cataract, refractive and corneal surgery.

Dr. Chu received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois, where

he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed an internship at Evanston Hospital

and an ophthalmology residency at Duke University Eye Center. Dr. Chu then completed a one-year fellowship

in cornea and external disease, refractive surgery, cataract and lens implant surgery and glaucoma in Minneapolis.

He has participated in over 50 clinical evaluations or FDA clinical trials dealing with cataract and intraocular lens

implantations, phakic lens implantations, laser vision correction technologies and ocular therapeutic treatments.

Dr. Chu is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and

Refractive Surgeons, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, along with 21 other professional

memberships.

He has been honored by selection to the editorial boards of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today, Review of

Ophthalmology, EyeWorld and Refractive Eye Care.

Dr. Chu has lectured and taught physicians on nearly every continent including Asia, Australia and Europe, and

is a much sought after speaker, both nationally and internationally, regarding cataract and refractive surgery.