DavidWeiChiaMDFACS MBA

Irvine Eye Physicians and Surgeons Inc.

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I am a board-certified ophthalmologist in private practice in Irvine, California. I finished by ophthalmology training at the University of Maryland, Baltimore where I served as Chief Resident. Prior to that, I finished a transitional medicine internship at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I graduated medical school from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

I've also received my Masters in Business Administration from the University of California, Irvine Merage School of Management and attended Rice University in Houston, Texas for undergraduate studies in Biochemistry.

At present, I also spend time as a clinical instructor of surgery at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Long Beach where I've taught the ophthalmology residents from UC Irvine since 2008. I am also currently on staff at Hoag Presbyterian Hospital.

University of MarylandResidency, Ophthalmology, 2003 - 2006
Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 2002 - 2003
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 2002
University of California (Irvine)Internship, Clinical Informatics (Emergency Medicine), 1997 - 1998
Rice UniversityBA, Biochemistry, 1995

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification ExamWRITER EMR, Eyefinity, Inc., 2013
Orange County Physician of Excellence 2012
Vitals.com Compassion Doctor Recognition 2011
Vitals.com Patients’ Choice Award 2011
Grand Rounds Presentation Award Clinical Clerkship Honors Department of Ophthalmology, 2004
The Medical Student Commencement Speaker, PSUCOM 2002
Mellinger Medical Student Research Award Recipient 1999
UC Irvine Graduate School of Management Service Award 1998
UC Irvine Graduate School of Management Public Policy Academic Excellence Award 1998
Competent Toastmaster award – Toastmasters International 1998
Southern California Entrepreneurs Academy 1998
Rice Senior Honors Research Program in Biochemistry 1996
Rice University President’s Honor Roll 1995
Rice University Lovett College Service Award 1994
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology
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PubMed

12 citations
Adherence to standard of care in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected bacterial meningitis.
David Chia, Youness Yavari, Eugeny Kirsanov, Steven I. Aronin, Majid Sadigh> ;American Journal of Medical Quality. 2015 Nov 1
135 citations
Fumaric acid: an overlooked form of fixed carbon in Arabidopsis and other plant species
David W. Chia, Tennessee J. Yoder, Wolf-Dieter Reiter, Susan I. Gibson> ;Planta. 2000 Oct 1

Journal Articles

Discovery and Validation of Salivary Extracellular RNA Biomarkers for Noninvasive Detection of Gastric Cancer
David Chia, MD, Clinical Chemistry
The MYC/BMI1 Axis Is Essential for SETDB1‐Mediated Breast Tumorigenesis
David Chia, Jonathan W Said, The Journal of Pathology

Books/Book Chapters

The Need for Health Policy Education in Medical School.
Chapter: Portable Health Administration
Page 281 - 300Chia, David WEditors: Ziegenfuss JT, Sassani JW.Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, California

Abstracts/Posters

Frequency of ocular examinations in high-risk population groups.
Chia DW, Higginbotham EJ, Ellish NJ, Pisacano AM, Grant SJ, Ashburn FS, Frei G, ARVO
Glaucoma Case Studies – Case One: Tissue Plasminogen Activator after Trabeculectomy.
Wadhwa SD, Chia D, Higginbotham EJ, Ophthalmology Management