CUIMC/Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
622 W 168th Street
Vanderbilt Clinic Building, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10032
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About Stephen H Tsang, MD, PhD
Stephen H. Tsang, M.D, Ph.D. is an acclaimed clinical geneticist in the care of individuals with retinal degenerations. He has been culturing stem cells since 1992 and created the first mouse model for a recessive form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) by applying genome engineering to stem cell technology in 1995. He successfully treated preclinical models of Pde6a, Pde6b, Mfrp, Rho, Cngb1 and autosomal recessive bestrophin retinopathies.
He has expertise in designing and testing genome engineering strategies in pre-clinical models, developing patient-specific knock-in models, generating of patient cell lines and providing care to pa...
Board Certifications
- Ophthalmology
Expertise
- Adult Genetics
- Applied Eye Genetics
- Clinical Genetics
- Clinical Molecular Genetics
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Electrophysiology
- Genetic Disorder
- Genetic Disorders
- Genetic Testing
- Hereditary Retinal Degeneration
- Macular Degeneration
- Marfan Syndrome
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Medicine
- Pediatric Genetics
- Precision Medicine
- Retina Degeneration
- Retina Disorder
- Retinal Bleeding
- Retinal Disease
- Retinal Disorders
- Retinal Vascular Disorders
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Retinopathy
- Skin Pigmentation Disorder
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Vitreoretinal Disorder
Education
- Fellowship: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
- Internship: New York Hospital Queens
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency: UCLA - Jules Stein Eye Institute
Languages
- Cantonese
Titles & Positions
- Course co-director, BMENE6510 Stem Cells, Genome Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Laszlo Z. Bito Professor of Ophthalmology, and Pathology and Cell Biology
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Internship: New York Hospital Queens
- Residency: UCLA - Jules Stein Eye Institute
- Fellowship: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
Awards & Honors
- 2020: Keynote Speaker, Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, Universidad Catolica de Valencia
- 2015: ARVO 2015 Annual Meeting Personalized Medicine Invited Speaker in Denver, Colorado
- 2015: Dr. Joginder Nath Ophthalmology Lecturer, West Virginia University School of Medicine
- 2013: Dr. Bradley Straatsma Lecturer, UCLA
- 2010: Keynote Speaker, GTCbio 2nd Annual Ocular Diseases & Drug Discovery Conference
- 2006: Dr. Isaac Bekhor Lecturer, Doheny Eye Institute at University of Southern California
- 2018: Anton Bank Award, Order of the Sons of Italy in America Grand Lodge of New York
- 2018: Young Investigators Award Recipient. Macula Society
- 2017: American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award Recipient. (November 11-14)
- 2016: Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
- 2015: Elected to the American Ophthalmological Society
- 2014: Foundation Fighting Blindness Visionary Award Recipient and “Banking on a Cure” Honoree
- 2013, 5, 6: Elected by peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America
- 2013: Dr. Paul Stringer Memorial Lectureship, McMaster University
- 2012: ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)/Pfizer Carl Camras Translational Research Award
- 2012: ARVO/Genentech Translational AMD Research Award
- 2008: Resident Teaching Award, Columbia University
- 2008: “Americas Top Ophthalmologists,” Consumers Research Council of America
- 2008Present: Elected to Macula Society for Retinal Physicians
- 2007: Charles E. Culpeper Prize in Translational Research
- 2006: ARVO/Alcon Early Career Clinician Scientist Award
- 2005: Becker-RPB-AUPO Award
- 2004: Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Award, American Geriatrics Society
- 2003: Joel Hoffmann Scholar, Columbia University
- 2003: Nesburn Resident Award
- 2003: RPB-Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology Resident
- 2003: Burroughs Welcome Fund Career Award in Biomedical Sciences
- 2002: Jules Stein Eye Institute Resident Award
- 2000: RPB-Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology Resident Award
- 2000: Jules Stein Eye Institute Research Award
- 1998: John Lattimer Award in Urology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
- 1998: Edith McKane Award in Ophthalmology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
- 1997: Travel Grant, European Students Conference at the Charite in Berlin
- 1997: Best Overall Presentation at Eastern Student Research Forum sponsored by American Medical Association and the University of Miami
- 1997: Dr. Alfred Steiner Award for Best Medical Student Research, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
- 1996: ACGA Student Award, presented at the ASHG Meeting
- 1996: Deans Award for Excellence in Research, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Columbia University
- 1995: ARVO/National Eye Institute Travel Fellowship Grant for the ARVO Meeting
- 1995: Certificate of Award, SCBA, Tristate Chapter
- 1989: Student Activities Award, The Johns Hopkins University
- 1989: Graduate with Departmental Honors, The Johns Hopkins University
- 19881989: Deans List, The Johns Hopkins University
- 19881989: Alpha Epsilon Delta, National Premedical Honor Society, Maryland Alpha (Historian 19881989)
Titles & Positions
- Course co-director, BMENE6510 Stem Cells, Genome Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Laszlo Z. Bito Professor of Ophthalmology, and Pathology and Cell Biology
Board Certifications
- ophthalmology
Languages Spoken
- cantonese