This leadership award was created to recognize extraordinary accomplishment in graduate medical education. The annual award is given to a member of the GME community of Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine who has made substantial contributions to advance the training of residents and fellows.
Dr. Chow received her BS at Stanford University, and MD at Duke University Medical Center, where she earned an Anlyan Senior Scholarship, Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, and was elected to AOA. Following internship, at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Dr. Chow completed her ophthalmology residency at Duke Eye Center, and was recognized with the Edward K. Isbey, Jr. Award for excellence in clinical care, ethics, and research. She then served a postgraduate year as Chief Resident. She completed her cornea fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami before joining the faculty at Yale. She is the Director of the Cornea and External Disease service at Yale. Dr. Chow’s clinical interests include corneal transplantation (full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), and endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK and DMEK). She treats a variety of corneal conditions including dry eye, ocular surface disease, graft vs host disease, infectious keratitis, and keratoconus. She also performs cataract surgery with the latest technology including femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and intraoperative aberrometry. Dr. Chow has served as Residency Program Director since 2014 and has and has been the recipient of the Bruce Shields teaching award for full time faculty in 2014 and 2020