Junru Yan
Expertise: Cornea and External Disease
Education: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2021
Practice Name: UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Location: Irvine, California
Dr. Junru Yan is a board-certified ophthalmologist and assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. She earned her bachelor of arts in Biological Sciences from Northwestern University, graduating magna cum laude, and her Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine, where she was elected to the Junior Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed ophthalmology residency at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, followed by a fellowship in cornea, complex anterior segment and refractive surgery at the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.
Dr. Yan has participated in clinical trials regarding ocular surface disease and contributed to book chapters on refractive cataract surgery and ocular surface disease. She is involved in teaching for medical students, residents and fellows at UC Irvine. Her clinical and research interests include cataract and refractive surgery, corneal transplantation and ocular surface disease.
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Licenses & Certifications
Medical License in California (A 181892)
Financial Disclosures
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