Dr. William P. Chen, MD, Founder and Medical Director of the Asian Eyelid Surgery Center, graduated from U.C. Berkeley with Distinction in the Honors Program, double majoring in Biochemistry and Zoology. He holds a medical degree from the St. Louis University School of Medicine and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his Medical internship at USC and his residency training in Comprehensive Ophthalmology at UCLA, Jules Stein Eye Institute, and followed up with a Fellowship training in Eye Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Emory University, a prestigious program in this subspecialty.

Dr. Chen has practiced in Los Angeles and Orange Counties since 1985. In high demand as a speaker on his specialty in this country and abroad, Dr. Chen taught “Asian Blepharoplasty”, his unique method for creating a natural double eyelid crease, to other surgeons at various workshops in Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery. He has been teaching this topic at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Annual National Meeting since 1988. Dr. Chen has published numerous scientific articles and chapters in textbooks, as well as being the original author of “Asian Blepharoplasty and the Eyelid Crease, 3rd edition (2016)” and two other recent textbooks related to Oculoplastic and Oculofacial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Chen speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, and Shanghainese, in addition to English.

Registration and Membership in Professional Societies

• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1977
• Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1981
• Fellow, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1981; and Member of the Education Committee, 1989-1995
• Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1981
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1985
• Member, “Blepharoplasty Society”
• Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute; Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
• Reviewer, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Reviewer, Aesthetic Surgery Journal
• Reviewer, Journal of American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Reviewer, HKJO

Practice Website: www.asianeyelid.com