About
Theodore Leng, MD
Ophthalmologist · Palo Alto, California
Recognition
- Senior Honor Award (2025); Honor Award (2019) · 2019–2025
- American Society of Retina Specialists
- Source: profiles.stanford.edu
- Honor Award · 2019
- American Society of Retina Specialists
- Provided by the doctor
- Achievement Award · 2017
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Provided by the doctor
- Top Doctor (2017–2026); Top AAPI Doctors (2024–2026) · 2017–2026
- Castle Connolly
- Source: profiles.stanford.edu
- Certificate of Recognition for Creative Development of a Technical Innovation · 2015
- NASA
- Provided by the doctor
- Paul Kayser International Travel Scholar (2009) · 2009
- Pan-American Ophthalmological Foundation
- Source: profiles.stanford.edu
- Paul Kayser International Travel Scholar · 2009
- Pan-American Ophthalmological Foundation
- Provided by the doctor
- Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students · 2003
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Provided by the doctor
- Certificates of Recognition for Technical Innovation (2003, 2015) and for a US Patent (2003) · 2003–2015
- NASA
- Source: profiles.stanford.edu
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Podium & service record
Society leadership
- Macula Society
- Finance Committee Member 2026
- International Retina Imaging Society
- Algorithm Validation Committee Member 2024
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- Planning Committee Member, Digital Subspecialty Day 2022–2023 · Planning Committee, ASCRS Digital Subspecialty Day 2022–2023
- American Society of Retina Specialists
- Mentor, Underrepresented in Retina Mentorship Program 2022 · Finance Committee Member 2020–2022 · Fellowship Education and Training Committee Member 2015–2022 · Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases Task Force Member 2020–2021 · Committee for Best Practices for Retinal Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020–2021 · Film Festival Awards Moderator 2020
- BrightFocus Foundation (Macular Degeneration Research)
- Grant Scientific Review Committee Member 2022
- BrightFocus Macular Degeneration Research Foundation
- Grant Scientific Review Committee Member 2022
- Digital Ophthalmic Society
- Founding Board Member 2022
- Digital Ophthalmic Society (ASCRS-sponsored)
- Founding Board Member 2021
- Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence Summit
- Co-Chair 2021
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- EyeWiki Retina/Vitreous Section Committee 2014–2021 · EyeWiki Retina/Vitreous section editor 2014–2015
- Stanford Medicine Alumni Association Board of Governors
- President 2015–2017
- Stanford Medicine Alumni Association
- President, Board of Governors (2015–2017)
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow (FACS), since 2012
Editorial
- International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
- Guest Editor 2023
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Guest Editor 2022–2023
- Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers, and Imaging Retina
- Editorial Board Member 2012–2022 · Associate Editor 2016
- Journal of Ophthalmology
- Editorial Board Member 2013–2022
- Journal of Ophthalmology (Hindawi)
- Editorial Board Member 2013–2022
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology
- Editorial Board Member 2019–2021
- The Eye Handbook
- Medical and Surgical Retina Section Editor 2012–2021 · Section Editor, Medical Retina and Surgical Retina 2012–2021
- Retina Today
- Editorial Board Member 2018
- Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina (OSLI Retina)
- Associate Editor 2016
- The Open Ophthalmology Journal
- Editorial Board Member 2014
- American Society of Retina Specialists Retina Image Bank
- Editorial Board Member 2013
- ASRS Retina Image Bank
- Editorial Board Member 2013
Meeting faculty
- Asia-Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society
- Invited speaker 2016–2026
- FLORETINA-ICOOR
- Invited speaker 2022–2025
- ASCRS Annual Meeting
- Moderator 2023
- European VitreoRetinal Society
- Invited speaker 2023
- McGill University Ophthalmology Day
- Stephen Fichman Lecturer 2023
- Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
- Invited speaker 2019–2023
- Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence Summit
- Co-Founder and Co-Chair 2021
- Baylor University; University of Texas Houston; University of Texas Medical Branch
- Visiting Professor 2019
- World Retina Congress
- Invited speaker 2019
- Duke University
- Visiting Professor 2018
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Invited speaker, Retina Subspecialty Day 2016
- Japan Ocular Circulation Society
- Invited speaker 2016
- World Ophthalmology Congress
- Invited speaker 2016
Presentations
- INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT I: Patient Centered Eco-SystemsASCRS Annual Meeting 2023 · Session
- Session I: THE FUTURE OF AI AND MACHINE LEARNING IN OPHTHALMOLOGYASCRS Annual Meeting 2023 · Session
- Session II - TELEMEDICINE IN OPHTHALMOLOGYASCRS Annual Meeting 2023 · Session