Susanna Soon-Chun Park, M.D., Ph.D.
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Department
Title
- Professor
- Director of Vitreo-retinal Fellowship
Reviews
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
916-734-6602
Additional Phone Numbers
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Clinical Interests
Dr. Park is a vitreo-retinal specialist who provides both surgical and medical management of all vitreo-retinal disorders including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, posterior uveitis and trauma. She also treats patients with intraocular tumors including proton beam irradiation for ocular melanomas and chemotherapy for retinoblastomas.
Dr. Park is interested in using new imaging techniques to study macular disorders and in developing new treatments for retinal disorders including macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
Dr. Park is devoted to providing the best and latest treatments for her patients with vitreo-retinal disorders. She believes that this can best achieved by a combination of excellent medical support staff, latest diagnostic instruments and thorough patient education. As such, Dr. Park and her staff are always readily available for any questions or concerns from her patients.
Division
Vitreo-Retinal Disease and Oncology
Center/Program Affiliation
Education
M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT 1988
Ph.D., Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven CT 1988
B.S., University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu HI 1981
Internship: Hospital of St. Raphael; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT 1988-1989
Residency
Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 1989-1992
Fellowships
Clinical Fellow in Vitreoretinal Diseases, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 1992-1994
Board Certifications
American Board of Ophthalmology, 2014
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Retinal Specialists
Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology
Macula Society
Retina Society
Society of Heed Fellows in Ophthalmology
Women in Ophthalmology
Women in Retina
Honors and Awards
Ophthalmology Clinical Faculty Teaching Award, UC Davis, 2015
Joan Oettinger Memorial Award for Excellence in Cancer Research, UC Davis, 2011
Best Doctors, Sacramento Magazine, 2011
Best Doctors in America (Best Doctors, Inc), 2011
Senior Honor Award, American Society of Retinal Specialists, 2010
Ophthalmology Resident Faculty Surgical Teaching Award (UC Davis), 2010
Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2009
Honor Award, American Society of Retinal Specialists, 2008
Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award, 1994
Heed Foundation Fellowship Award, 1992
Select Recent Publications
Patel M, Coombs P, Prockop SE, Hasan AA, Doubrovina E, O’Reilly RJ, Cohen SH, Park SS, Kiss S. Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis with CMV-Specific T-Lymphocyte Infusion. OSLI Retina. 2015;46:80-82.
Thinda S, Lam K, Park SS. Unintentional Secondary Exogenous Corticosteroid Exposure and Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. Eye. 2015;29: 577–579.
Park SS, Bauer G, Abedi M, Pontow S, Panorgias A, Jonnal R, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS, Nolta J. Intravitreal autologous bone marrow-derived CD34+ cells for ischemic and degenerative retinal disorders: preliminary phase 1 clinical trial findings. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014;56(1):81-9.
Shi A, Cross C, Morrissey B, Durbin-Johnson B, Pilli S, Zawadzki RJ, Park SS. Macular pigment and macular volume in of patients with cystic fibrosis. Free Radical Research. 2014;48: 740-748.
Schwartz DM, Fingler J, Kim DY, Zawadzki RJ, Morse LS, Park SS, McClintic S, Werner JS. Phase-variance optical coherence tomography: a new technique for non-invasive angiography. Ophthalmology. 2014;121:180-187.
Kim DY, Fingler J, Zawadzki RJ, Park SS, Morse LS, Schwartz DM, Fraser SE, Werner JS. Noninvasive in vivo visualization of human choriocapillaris using phase-variance optical coherence tomography: normal vs age-related macular degeneration Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2013;110: 14354-14359.
Chin EK, Ventura B, See K, Siebles J, Park SS. Diagnostic value of non-mydriatic fundus photography for diabetic retinopathy screening in remote rural medical clinics versus an urban medical center. Telemed and eHealth. 2014;20(2): 102-8.
Modjtahedi B, Park S. Multifocal bilateral choroidal neovascularization in a patient on ipilimumab for metastatic melanoma. Cutaneous Ocul. Toxicol. 2013;32: 341-343.
Chin, EK, Kim DY, Hunter AA, Pilli S. Wilson M, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS, Park SS. Staging Progression of Macular Telangiectasia: Power-Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography and Macular Pigment Optical Density Finding. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013;54: 4459-70.
Park SS. Cell Therapy Applications: Retinal Vascular Diseases—Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinal Vein Occlusion. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016.