Anthony Nanlin Kuo

Professor of Ophthalmology

Anthony Kuo, MD is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering 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.

With collaborators 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, Research to Prevent Blindness, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Coulter Foundation among others.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Professor of Ophthalmology

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

  • Cortina, Maria S., Mark A. Greiner, Anthony N. Kuo, Jennifer Y. Li, Darby D. Miller, Roni M. Shtein, Peter B. Veldman, Jia Yin, Stephen J. Kim, and Joanne F. Shen. “Safety and Efficacy of Epithelium-Off Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for the Treatment of Corneal Ectasia: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.” Ophthalmology 131, no. 10 (October 2024): 1234–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2024.05.006.
  • Li, Jennifer Y., Maria S. Cortina, Mark A. Greiner, Anthony N. Kuo, Darby D. Miller, Roni M. Shtein, Peter B. Veldman, Jia Yin, Stephen J. Kim, and Joanne F. Shen. “Outcomes and Complications of Limbal Stem Cell Allograft Transplantation: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.” Ophthalmology 131, no. 9 (September 2024): 1121–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2024.02.018.
  • Akoto, Theresa, Rachel Hadvina, Skyler Jones, Jingwen Cai, Hongfang Yu, Hayden McCord, Charles X. J. Jin, et al. “Identification of Keratoconus-Related Phenotypes in Three Ppip5k2 Mouse Models.” Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 65, no. 6 (June 3, 2024): 22. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.65.6.22.
  • Wei, Franklin, Claire Y. Li, Kristen Hagan, Sandra S. Stinnett, Anthony N. Kuo, Joseph A. Izatt, and Al-Hafeez Dhalla. “Spiral scanning improves subject fixation in widefield retinal imaging.” Opt Lett 49, no. 9 (May 1, 2024): 2489–92. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.517088.
  • Song, Ailin, Jay B. Lusk, Kyung-Min Roh, S Tammy Hsu, Nita G. Valikodath, Eleonora M. Lad, Kelly W. Muir, et al. “RobOCTNet: Robotics and Deep Learning for Referable Posterior Segment Pathology Detection in an Emergency Department Population.” Transl Vis Sci Technol 13, no. 3 (March 1, 2024): 12. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.13.3.12.