- TFOS global ambassadors and international chapter affiliate
People’s Republic of China (TFOS China)
Wei Chen
Wei Chen, MD, PhD, is the Chair of TFOS China.
Dr. Chen is a Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in the affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases. He is also the Chair of Ningbo Eye Hospital and the Director of Eye Clinic in Boao Super Hospital in China. Dr. Chen was a postdoctoral fellow at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA, USA), and at the Ocular Surface Center of Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX, USA). He has been awarded five grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and one National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. He has authored more than 120 scientific research articles, and owns ten Chinese and four international patents. Dr. Chen is an advisory member of the China Cornea Society, a founding member of the Asia Dry Eye Society and an editorial board member of Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. He has been invited to speak in over 30 international meetings and has performed more than 3000 cases of DALK, DSAEK/DMEK, PKPs and Boston Keratoprothesis surgeries. Dr. Chen's clinical and research interests include dry eye disease, corneal tissue engineering, and corneal transplantation.