EricChinMD

Ophthalmology • Redlands, CA

Retinal Disease, Uveitis, Ocular Oncology

Retina Physician

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Office
1895 Orange Tree Ln
Ste 204
Redlands, CA 92374
Phone+1 909-796-3003

Fax+1 909-335-8936

Education & Training

University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 2013 - 2015
University of California Davis HealthResidency, Ophthalmology, 2010 - 2013
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 2009
University of California, BerkeleyBS, Bioengineering, 2005

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
IA State Medical License 2013 - 2015
IL State Medical License 2009 - 2010
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Clinical Teaching Award Loma Linda University Eye Institute, 2018-2019
Fellow Teaching Award University of Iowa, 2014
ARVO Travel Award National Eye Institute, 2012
Starr E. Shulman MPA Fellowship 2011
MD with Distinction in Research Award
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Service
Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society
Research Poster Award 3rd Annual All-School Research Consortium Top Chicago Medical School
American Heart Association Medical Student Research Award for UCSF Summer 2006 Research
Gene Kan Scholarship Honorary Mention
California Alumni Association Emerging Leadership Scholarship
Lapan Sunshine Foundation Scholarship
Seffens Engineering Scholarship
Joseph Matteucci Foundation Association Scholarship
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

42 citations
Oral mineralocorticoid antagonists for recalcitrant central serous chorioretinopathy.
Eric K. Chin, David R. P. Almeida, C. Nathaniel Roybal, Philip I Niles, Karen M. Gehrs
Clinical Ophthalmology. 2015-08-11
15 citations
Antioxidants for the Treatment of Retinal Disease: Summary of Recent Evidence.
Patrick Wang, Eric K. Chin, David R. P. Almeida
Clinical Ophthalmology. 2021-04-19
16 citations
Effect of internal limiting membrane abrasion on retinal tissues in macular holes.
David R. P. Almeida, Eric K. Chin, Ryan M. Tarantola, James C. Folk, H. Culver Boldt
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2015-05-01

Journal Articles

Non-mydriatic fundus photography for teleophthalmology diabetic retinopathy screening in rural versus urban clinics
Chin EK, Ventura BV, See KY, Seibles J, Park SS, Telemed J E Health, 2/1/2014
Spontaneous resolution of vitreomacular traction in two patients with diabetic macular edema
Almeida DRP, Chin EK, Russell SR, Case Rep Ophthalmol, 1/1/2014
Structural and functional changes after macular hole surgery: review
Chin EK, Almeida DRP, Sohn EH, Int Ophthalmol Clin, 1/1/2014
Improving visual outcomes by preserving outer retina morphology in eyes with resolved pseudophakic cystoid macular edema
Hunter AA, Modjtahedi SP, Long K, Zawadzki R, Chin EK, Caspar JJ, Morse LS, Telander DG, J Cataract Refract Surg, 1/1/2014
Chronic myelogenous leukemia presenting with bilateral optic disc neovascularization
Almeida DRP, Chin EK, Grant LW, Can J Ophthalmol, 1/1/2014
A 5-step approach to diagnosing uveitis
Chin EK, Kiernan DF, Ophthalmology Management, 6/1/2013
High-resolution spectral-domain anterior segment optical coherence tomography in Type 1 Boston Kpro
Shapiro BL, Cortes DE, Chin EK, Li JY, Werner JS, Redenbo EF, Mannis MJ, Cornea, 1/1/2013
Exogenous endophthalmitis: post-operative versus post-intravitreal injection
Rizzo JL, Chin EK, Rashid S, Park SS, Vision Pan-America, 1/1/2013
Clinical applications of high-resolution OCT to study the anterior segment (Spanish)
Cortes DE, Shapiro BL, Chin EK, Werner JS, Redenbo EF, Mannis MJ, Vision Pan-America, 1/1/2013
Anterior-segment OCT and confocal microscopy findings in atypical corneal intraepithelial neoplasia
Chin EK, Cortes DE, Lam A, Mannis MJ, Cornea, 1/1/2013
Staging Progression of Macular Telangiectasia: Power-Doppler OCT and MPOD Findings
Chin EK, Kim DY, Hunter AA, Pilli S, Wilson M, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS, Park SS, IOVS, 1/1/2013
Five-year follow-up of macular morphologic changes after rhegmatogenous RD repair: Fd-OCT findings
Rashid S, Pilli S, Chin EK, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS, Park SS, Retina, 1/1/2013
Isolated extraocular muscle enlargement leading to the diagnoses of Burkitt’s lymphoma and AIDS
Chin EK, Granier A, Hunter AA, Dwyre DM, Lin LK, Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg, 1/1/2013
Macular edema in the era of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
Hunter A, Chin EK, Telander DG, Clin Ophthalmology, 1/1/2013
Rapidly Progressive homonymous hemianopia in the Heidenhain-variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Chin EK, Hershewe G, Keltner JL, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 1/1/2012
Reproducibility of macular thickness measurement among five OCT instruments: effect of image resolution, image registration, and eye tracking
Chin EK, Sadeek RW, Li Y, Beckett L, Redenbo E, Chandra K, Park SS, Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging, 1/1/2012
Comparison of retinal nerve fiber layer and central macular thickness measurements among five different optical coherence tomography instruments in patients with multi...
Watson GM, Keltner L, Chin EK, Harvey D, Nguyen A, Park SS, J Neuroophthalmology, 1/1/2011
Optical coherence tomography findings of exophytic retinal capillary hemangiomas of the posterior pole
Chin EK, Trikha R, Morse LS, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS, Park SS, Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging, 1/1/2010
Prospective comparison of Cirrus and Stratus optical coherence tomography for quantifying retinal thickness
Kiernan DF, Hariprasad SM, Chin EK, Kiernan CL, Rago J, Mieler WF, Am J Ophthalmol, 1/1/2009
Contact lens-associated Alcaligenes xylosoxidans ulcer and keratitis in a sanitation worker
Kiernan DF, Chin EK, Saidel M., Eye & Contact Lens, 1/1/2009
Restoration of left ventricular geometry and improvement of left ventricular function in a rodent model of chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy
Yu J, Christman KL, Chin E, Sievers RE, Saeed M, Lee RJ, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2009
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Abstracts/Posters

Oral Mineralocorticoid Antagonists for the Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Chin EK, Almeida DRP, Sohn EH, Boldt HC, Russell SR, Folk JC, Iowa Research Day, 4/1/2014
Factors associated with spontaneous release of vitreomacular traction
Almeida RP, Chin EK, Rahim K, Folk JC, Russell SR, ARVO, 1/1/2014
Oral mineralocorticoid antagonists for the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy
Chin EK, Almeida DRP, Sohn EH, Boldt HC, Russell SR, Folk JC, ARVO, 1/1/2014
Choroidal Thickness Changes During Pregnancy Using Enhanced Depth Imaging-OCT
Chin EK, Chandra K, Redenbo E, Moshiri A, Park SS, 36th Annual UC Davis Eye Center Research Symposium, 6/1/2013
Non-mydrdiatic fundus photography for teleophthalmology diabetic retinopathy screening in rural vs urban clinics
See KY, Chin EK, Ventura BV, Seibles J, Park SS, 3rd Annual Integrating Quality Symposium, 3/1/2013
Choroidal thickness in healthy pregnant women using enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography
Chin EK, Lam KV, Chandra K, Redenbo E, Park SS, ARVO, 1/1/2013
Outcome of retinal surgery in eyes with ruptured globes
Lam KV, Xing D, Chin EK, Park SS, ARVO, 1/1/2013
Incidence of Cancer-Associated Retinopathy and Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy Antibodies in Cigarette Smokers
Chin EK, Lam K, Thirkill CE, Keltner JL, 35th Annual UC Davis Eye Center Research Symposium, 6/1/2012
Patient Awareness of Satellite Eye Clinics
Chin EK, Gandhi NG, O’Hara M, 2nd Annual Integrating Quality Symposium, 3/1/2012
Stages of Progression of Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 Using Power-Doppler OCT and MPOD
Chin EK, Kim DY, Hunter AA, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS, Park SS, ARVO, 1/1/2012
Corneal pathology in the Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis via high-resolution anterior segment optical coherence tomography
Cortes DE, Mannis MJ, Shapiro BL, Chin EK, Li JY, Werner JS, Redenbo EF, AAO, 1/1/2012
Long-term Macular Morphologic Changes after Macula-Off Retinal Detachment Repair: High-Resolution Fourier-domain OCT and Microperimetric Findings
Rashid S, Pilli S, Chin EK, Zawadzki RJ, Park SS, ARVO, 1/1/2011
An Atypical Case of Rapidly Progressive Heidenhain-Variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with Early and Late Diagnostic Findings
Chin EK, Hershewe G, Keltner JL, ARVO, 1/1/2011
Macular Thickness Measurements Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography: Improved Reproducibility Using Image Registration
Park SS, Sedeek RW, Chin EK, Chandra K, Rebendo E, ASRS, 1/1/2010
Comparison of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measurement by Quadrant among Commercially Available Optic Coherence Tomography Instruments in Patients with Optic Ne...
Winges KM, Watson GM, Keltner JL, Chin EK, Nguyen A, Rebendo E, Chandra K, Harvey D, Park SS, ARVO, 1/1/2010
Optical Coherence Tomography Findings of Exophytic Retinal Capillary Hemangiomas of the Posterior Pole
Chin EK, Trikha R, Morse LS, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS, Park SS, ARVO, 1/1/2009
Prospective Comparison of Cirrus and Stratus Optical Coherence Tomography for Quantifying Retinal Thickness
Kiernan DF, Hariprasad SM, Chin EK, Kiernan CL, Rago J, Mieler WF, ARVO, 1/1/2008
Superior Surgical Outcomes of 25- over 20-Gauge Transconjunctival Vitrectomy Combined with Cataract Surgery for Vitreoretinal Diseases
Chin EK, Kiernan DF, Hariprasad SM, Singh R, Mieler WF, ARVO, 1/1/2008
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