Dr. Yang Sun is a clinician-scientist in glaucoma and an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Stanford University and Byers Eye Institute. Dr. Sun received his B.A. in Biophysics from Johns Hopkins University, followed by an M.D., Ph.D. from Washington University School of Medicine. He completed Ophthalmology residency at Stanford University and a prestigious Heed fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has been funded by the National Eye Institute, Veterans Administration, American Glaucoma Society, Lowe Syndrome Association, Knights Templar Eye Foundation, and Matilda Ziegler Foundation. Dr. Sun holds several U.S. patents on novel regulators of eye pressure and is the primary investigator on a number of glaucoma clinical trials.