Elizabeth Yeu

Elizabeth is Chief Medical Advisor at Tarsus, partner at Virginia Eye Consultants, and Medical Director at Virginia Surgery Center. With more than two decades of experience in eye care, she’s authored hundreds of articles and conducted numerous lectures on subjects such as refractive cataract surgery, anterior segment reconstruction, and external disease management. Elizabeth provides guidance and governance across several national medical boards and committees, including as an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology and as the Chair of the Cataract Section of Ophthalmic News & Education (ONE) Network for the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). Dr. Yeu is also an Executive Committee member and the current Secretary for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and, in 2023, she will become ASCRS President.

Elizabeth currently serves on the boards of Tarsus, STAAR Surgical, Ocular Science, and the Virginia Eye Foundation. She also serves as an Executive Board Member of CVP Physicians, Mid Atlantic. She earned her MD through an accelerated and combined undergraduate/medical school program at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Elizabeth completed her ophthalmology residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, where she served as Chief Resident (2006-2007). She then accepted a fellowship in Cornea, Anterior Segment, and Refractive Surgery at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine (2007-2008), where she also served as an Assistant Professor (2008-2013). Elizabeth continues to train residents as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School.