Charlotte (Yiyi) Wang OD, FAAO

WHERE I'M FROM

Born and raised in China.

BEFORE VS

I finished my undergrad at UCLA with a B.S in Physiological Science, worked at the visual physiology lab in Jules Stein Eye Institute studying macular degeneration in mice models. I then completed my Doctor of Optometry at UC Berkeley where I worked in Roorda lab studying photoreceptor density versus eye length. I stayed at UC Berkeley to complete my optometry residency in primary care and community health optometry while doing research with Drs. Roorda, Duncan and Tuten.

WHY I’M HERE

I enjoy seeing patients and helping people see better as an optometrist and I would like to help people on a larger scale by expanding my knowledge of vision science.

MY RESEARCH

I would like to study and understand the structure and function of retinal diseases by using high resolution retinal imaging and psychophysics.

MY GOALS

My goal is to become a vision scientist in areas of retinal disease and myopia development and a clinical educator in primary care optometry and ocular disease.

MY HOBBIES

Music, gym, cooking, and reading.

PUBLICATIONS

Wang, Y., Bensaid, N., Tiruveedhula, P., Ma, J., Ravikumar, S., & Roorda, A. (2019). Human
foveal cone photoreceptor topography and its dependence on eye length. eLife, 8, e47148.

Nusinowitz, S., Wang, Y., Kim, P., Habib, S., Baron, R., Conley, Y., & Gorin, M. (2018).
Retinal Structure in Pre-Clinical Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Current eye research,
43(3), 376–382.

Bensinger, E., Wang, Y., & Roorda, A. (2022). Patches of Dysflective Cones in Eyes With
No Known Disease. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 63(1), 29.