Sonia H. Yoo, MD, is currently professor of ophthalmology with a joint appointment in biomedical engineering and associate medical director at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is holds the Greentree Hickman endowed chair in ophthalmology. Dr. Yoo received her BA at Stanford University in California and her MD at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. She completed residency and fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary of Harvard Medical School in 1998.
Dr. Yoo’s areas of clinical practice are cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery. Her research interests are in laser applications in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. She holds several patents and has authored more than 200 book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles as well as serving as the principal investigator in numerous drug and device trials.
The Ophthalmologist Power List 2024 and 2018 honored Dr. Yoo as one of the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology. She was also named on the 2021 Power List featuring the 100 Top Women in Ophthalmology. She has served as the program chair of the Refractive Surgery subspecialty day program of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and received the International Society of Refractive Surgery’s prestigious Founder’s Award for her accomplishments in cataract and refractive surgery. She has been the chief editor for Refractive Surgery Outlook since 2020 published by the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Refractive Surgery.
