Anthony Nanlin Kuo

Professor of Ophthalmology

Anthony Kuo, M.D. is Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Vice Chair for Technology and Director of Research Data at Duke University. He is a clinician-scientist with an active clinical practice in cornea and refractive surgery and an active laboratory program developing and translating high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) technologies for ophthalmic use.

In collaboration with colleagues at Duke, he is also involved in the development and translation of intra-surgical OCT technologies. His research has been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Coulter Foundation among others.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Professor of Ophthalmology
  • Vice Chair and Director of Research Data
  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

  • Office Location: 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710
  • Email Address: anthony.kuo@duke.edu

Education

  • M.D. Vanderbilt University, 2002
  • University of Pittsburgh, 2003
  • University of Pittsburgh, 2005
  • University of Pittsburgh, 2006
  • Duke University, 2008

Courses Taught

  • BME 789: Internship in Biomedical Engineering

Representative Publications

  • Tang, S. J., C. B. Cook, J. Foust, H. Chen, H. Shi, M. Harfouche, C. Toth, A. Kuo, and R. W. Horstmeyer. “Real-time 3D reconstruction and display of synchronized Fourier lightfield video for novel microsurgical applications.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 13838, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3097764.
  • Trout, R. M., A. Narawane, C. Viehland, V. Ownagh, M. Draelos, A. H. Dhalla, A. N. Kuo, and C. A. Toth. “Optical Coherence Tomography with Fluorescein Optical Clearing for Transscleral Image Guidance.” International Journal of Translational Medicine 6, no. 1 (March 1, 2026). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtm6010007.
  • Beatty, Carol, Jingwen Cai, Hongfang Yu, Jiong Sun, Yejin Heo, Keith H. Baratz, Ashlie A. Bernhisel, et al. “Analysis of Keratoconus-Related Phenotypes in Two Pcsk1 Mouse Models.” Translational Vision Science & Technology 15, no. 2 (February 2026): 3. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.15.2.3.
  • Zhou, Genggeng, Haochi Pan, Samantha Staudinger, Yuchen Wang, Jiawei Liu, Salma Fleifil, Catherine Jin, et al. “Mobile Robotic Optical Coherence Tomography System for Ophthalmic Imaging in Clinical Environments.” Int Symp Med Robot 2025 (May 2025): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/ismr67322.2025.11025963.
  • Ortiz, Pablo, Amit Narawane, Ryan P. McNabb, Anthony N. Kuo, Joseph A. Izatt, and Mark Draelos. “Sensor-driven digital motion correction of robotically-aligned optical coherence tomography retinal volumes.” Biomed Opt Express 16, no. 4 (April 1, 2025): 1616–37. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.551186.