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Creed Stary
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (MSD) and, by courtesy, of Ophthalmology
On Partial Leave from 06/01/2025 To 03/31/2026Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMechanisms promoting neuronal survival following cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury; utilizing microRNA's to target multiple pathways to promote mitochondrial homeostasis and cell survival; anesthetic neurotoxicity; astrocyte-neuronal interaction
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Laurel Stell
Affiliate, Ophthalmology Research/Clinical Trials
BioExtensive experience in statistical modelling, inference, and multiple hypothesis testing for a wide variety of data types, including genetic and clinical. Before I started working as a biostatistician at Stanford in 2013, I was an applied mathematician conducting research in a wide variety of fields, from hunting submarines to designing the "highway system" for air traffic.
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Shih-Po Su
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ophthalmology
BioDr. Shih-Po Su is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan, in 2024. His doctoral research focused on the development of advanced optical imaging systems, including a three-dimensional near-infrared fluorescence and photoacoustic vascular imaging platform for preclinical applications.
Dr. Su has over a decade of experience in biomedical imaging, integrating optical system design, image analysis, and in vivo disease modeling. His research interests center on the interface of optical engineering and translational medicine, particularly in retinal ganglion cell (RGC) imaging and neuroprotective strategies for glaucoma. At Stanford, he is extending his expertise to short-wave infrared (SWIR/NIR-II) imaging and in vivo retinal functional imaging to establish sensitive biomarkers for neurodegeneration.
His recent work has advanced optical imaging and NIR-II contrast agents, including the co-development of polymer-dot probes for three-dimensional tumor and bone imaging (Chemical Science, 2022; Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021) and an ultrabright polymer-dot platform for rotational stereo imaging (Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024). He also designed integrated small-animal imaging systems combining bioluminescence tomography and ultrasound, as well as rotational stereo NIR-II fluorescence imaging (Optics Express, 2024; Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2023; Biosensors, 2022).
Dr. Su has received multiple international recognitions, including the Taiwan Science and Technology Hub@Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024), First Prize in the NYCU Annual Thesis Competition (2023), the Future Tech Award (MOST, 2022), and the MOST Pilot Scholarship Program (2019). His long-term goal is to develop regenerative medicine–based imaging and therapeutic platforms to address unmet clinical needs in neurodegenerative diseases and vision restoration. -
Yang Sun, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe are interested in the role of inositol phosphatases in eye development and disease, using both animal models and human disease tissue. We are a translational laboratory seeking to understand the basic function of proteins as well as developing therapeutic strategies for clinical trials.
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Christopher N. Ta, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
BioChristopher N. Ta, MD specializes in the diagnosis and medical treatment of cornea diseases. His areas of expertise are in the treatment of ocular infections, inflammation, and ocular surface diseases. He has conducted numerous clinical trials toward the prevention and treatment of ocular infections. Dr. Ta also has extensive clinical experience in the treatment of ocular graft-versus host disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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Geoffrey Craig Tabin, MD
Fairweather Foundation Professor
BioDr. Geoff Tabin is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Himalayan Cataract Project and a Professor of Ophthalmology and Global Medicine at Stanford University. He has published more than 45 peer-reviewed articles, two books and a dozen book chapters related to his work in ophthalmology and the developing world.
Dr. Tabin is the fourth person in the world to reach the tallest peak on each of the seven continents. His passion for mountain climbing directed him to his professional career in eye care. After summiting Mt. Everest, on one of his expeditions, he came across a Dutch team performing cataract surgery on a woman who had been needlessly blind for three years. It was then he understood his life calling.
Tabin graduated from Yale University and then earned an MA in Philosophy at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship. From there, he took his interest in moral philosophy and health care delivery to Harvard Medical School where he earned his MD in 1985. After completing an ophthalmology residency at Brown University and a fellowship in corneal surgery in Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Tabin returned to Nepal to work with Dr. Sanduk Ruit.
Tabin and Nepalese eye surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit established the Himalayan Cataract Project in 1995 – with a vow to work to eliminate all preventable and treatable blindness from the Himalayan region in their lifetime, a goal, in Tabin’s words, “more audacious than setting out to make the first assent of the East Face of Mount Everest.” Dr. Ruit, whom the Associated Press heralded as the “god of sight” to the world’s poor, and Tabin have proven that hospital quality standards can be applied in impoverished areas devoid of electricity and clean water. Their successful approach to restoring sight and dogged perseverance has made possible what 20 years ago seemed impossible.
The Himalayan Cataract Project has since expanded beyond the Himalayas to encompass Sub-Saharan Africa as well. Dr.Tabin spends a considerable part of the year working abroad throughout the Himalayas and Sub-Saharan Africa. At Stanford his practice focus encompasses surgery and treatment of diseases of the anterior and external eye including cataract and corneal surgery.
