Christopher Teng, MD, MBA

Professor

Brief Bio

Clinical Expertise

• Cataract
• Glaucoma

Research Interests

• Optic nerve complex, parapapillary atrophy, glaucoma surgery, micro invasive glaucoma surgery  

Academic Rank

• Professor
• UMass Chan Medical School
• UMass Memorial Medical Center

Education

• MD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn
• Internship, Internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
• Residency, Ophthalmology at NYU Medical Center
• MBA, Master of Business Administration from Yale School of Management, 2023

Post-Doctoral Fellowships

• Fellowship, Ophthalmology at NYU Medical Center 
• Fellowship, Glaucoma at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mt. Sinai, 2023

Certification

• American Board of Ophthalmology

State Licensure

• Massachusetts
• New York

Professional Societies and Affiliations

• In addition to his clinical and academic roles, Teng has been a leader in humanitarian work through Operation Restore Sight, conducting medical missions to Nepal and India to provide care to underserved populations.

Awards

• Among Dr. Teng’s professional honors and recognitions, he received two Secretariat Awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for special contributions. Teng is also an inventor, and in 2022 received a patent for a contact lens-based apparatus.

Languages

• English