Peter Y. Chang, MD, FACS

Partner and Co-President

Dr. Chang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. He moved to the United States at age 13 and has come to call New England his second home. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Brown University in 2004 and a Doctor of Medicine from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2008. After medical school, Dr. Chang pursued a 2-year Clinical Research Fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular Immunology with Dr. C Stephen Foster, and he served as the Chief Research Fellow from 2009 to 2010. Upon completing a medical internship at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA, Dr. Chang moved to Manhattan and underwent residency training in Ophthalmology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. During his senior year, he held responsibilities as the Administrative Chief Resident. Dr. Chang then completed fellowship training in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago, where he was named Fellow of the Year. In the fall of 2016, Dr. Chang returned to Boston and joined MERSI as a Partner. In 2021, he became co-president of MERSI.
 
Dr. Chang has authored many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and is a co-editor of Uveitis: A Quick Guide to Essential Diagnosis. He has been named a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly (2021 – present) and Boston Magazine (2022 – present), and in 2023 was selected by Newsweek to be one of the top 200 ophthalmologists in the U.S.
 
In his free time, Dr. Chang enjoys cooking, biking, traveling with family, and playing Beethoven, Brahms, and Chopin on the piano.

Education

Tufts University School of Medicine | 2004-2008

Doctor of Medicine

 

Brown University | 2000-2004

• Bachelor of Science in Biology

Postgraduate Training

Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary | 2014-2016

• Fellow, Vitreoretinal Surgery

 

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary | 2011-2014

• Resident, Ophthalmology

• Chief Administrative Resident (2013 – 2014)

 

Mount Auburn Hospital | 2010-2011

• Intern, Internal Medicine

• Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School

 

Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution | 2008-2010

• Chief Research Fellow, Uveitis and Ocular Immunology

• Associate, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation

• Assistant Editor, Contemporary Ophthalmology

Specializes

Ocular inflammatory diseases

Vitreoretinal surgery

Cataract

Treats

Uveitis

Scleritis

Episcleritis

Optic neuritis

Orbital inflammation

Dry eye

Ocular allergy

Autoimmune retinopathy

Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid

Retinal tear/hole & detachment

Lattice degeneration

Macular hole

Macular pucker (epiretinal membrane)

Age-related macular degeneration

Myopic degeneration

Diabetic retinopathy

Retinal vascular occlusion

Central serous retinopathy

Vitreous opacities (floaters) and hemorrhage

Vitreoretinal lymphoma

Routine and complex cataracts

Aphakia and subluxated intraocular lens

Glaucoma and ocular hypertension

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