Dr. Donald S. Fong MD
Ophthalmology
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Ophthalmology
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Retinal Disease
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Areas of Expertise for Dr. Fong
This doctor provides the following types of care. The more often a doctor has treated a particular condition or has performed a particular surgery, the more expertise they may have in treating patients with similar needs. Based on three years (2020-2022) of Medicare Fee for Service data (which does not include Medicare Advantage), each scale below indicates the number of patients treated relative to other doctors who treat the same condition. Note that this doctor may treat patients who are not covered by Medicare and are therefore not included in this analysis. Click here to learn more about our methodology.
Surgical retina and vitreous proceduresSurgical retina and vitreous procedures are used to treat various eye conditions.
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Retinal detachmentRetinal detachment occurs when the light-sensitive layer in your eye becomes separated from its normal position, causing vision problems.
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Doctor Address
4900 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, CA, 91706
(310) 990-2722Where does Dr. Fong practice?
Doctor’s Office
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
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Education & Experience
Medical School & Residency
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School
Residency, Ophthalmology, 1988-1991
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Internship, Internal Medicine, 1987-1988
Havard School of Public Health
MPH, Quantitative Methods, 1991-1992
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Medical School
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health
Other Training, Clinical Trials, 1993-1994
Joslin Diabetes Center
Fellowship, Diabetic Eye Disease, 1991-1992
Certifications & Licensure
American Board of Ophthalmology
Certified in Ophthalmology
CA State Medical License
Active through 2024
CO State Medical License
Active through 2025
GA State Medical License
Active through 2024
WA State Medical License
Active through 2022
HI State Medical License
Active through 2026
Awards, Honors & Recognitions
AAO Fellow
Super Doc
Innovation Award, 2015
Lawrence Patient Safety Award, 2015
Publications
Photo quiz. Choroidal lesions of disseminated cryptococcosis.
Rajagopalan, S., Fong, D. S., Boyapalli, R.
Diabetic retinopathy.
Fong, D. S., Aiello, L., Gardner, T. W., King, G. L., Blankenship, G., Cavallerano, J. D., Ferris, F. L., Klein, R.
Diabetic retinopathy.
Fong, D. S., Aiello, L., Gardner, T. W., King, G. L., Blankenship, G., Cavallerano, J. D., Ferris, F. L., Klein, R.
Combining phacoemulsification with vitrectomy for treatment of macular holes.
Lahey, J. M., Francis, R. R., Fong, D. S., Kearney, J. J., Tanaka, S.
Intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator for acute central retinal vein occlusion.
Lahey, J. M., Fong, D. S., Kearney, J.
Adrenochrome deposit.
Fong, D. S., Frederick, A. R., Richter, C. U., Jakobiec, F. A.
Safety and Target Engagement of Complement C1q Inhibitor ANX007 in Neurodegenerative Eye Disease: Results from Phase I Studies in Glaucoma.
Yang Sun, David Wirta, Wendy Murahashi, Vidhu Mathur, Sethu Sankaranarayanan, Lori K Taylor, Ted Yednock, Donald S Fong, Jeffrey L Goldberg
C1q and the classical complement cascade in geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration.
Ted Yednock, Donald S Fong, Eleonora M Lad
Factors Affecting Compliance with Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Qualitative Study Comparing English and Spanish Speakers.
Sharon M Hudson, Bobeck S Modjtahedi, Danielle Altman, Jennifer J Jimenez, Tiffany Q Luong, Donald S Fong
Topical Medication Adherence and Visual Field Progression in Open-angle Glaucoma: Analysis of a Large US Healthcare System
Yu-Hsiang Shu, Jun Wu, Tiffany Q. Luong, Cynthia Mattox, Ervin N. Fang, Brian L. Lee, Jason P. Jones, Joanna Campbell, Vanessa Shih, Changgeng Zhao, Donald S. Fong
Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy and the Risk of Future Cerebrovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, and All-Cause Mortality
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Jun Wu, Tiffany Q. Luong, Nainesh K. Gandhi, Donald S. Fong, Wansu Chen
Reducing the Global Burden of Myopia by Delaying the Onset of Myopia and Reducing Myopic Progression in Children: The Academy’s Task Force on Myopia
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Richard L. Abbott, Donald S. Fong, Flora Lum, Donald T.H. Tan, Marcus Ang, Susan Chiarito, Susan A. Cotter, Angela Maria Fernandez, Andrzej Grzybowski, Mingguang He, Deborah S. Jacobs, Jost B. Jonas, Alex R. Kemper, Katherine Lee, Andrea Delia Molinari, Ian G. Morgan, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Michael X. Repka, Sarwat Salim, Pei-Chang Wu, Ke Yao, Karla Zadnik
The Role of Family Medicine in Reducing the Risk of Myopia
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Donald S. Fong, Susan Chiarito, Flora Lum
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Myopia Progression in a Large, Diverse Cohort of Pediatric Patients.
Tiffany Q. Luong, Yu-Hsiang Shu, Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Donald S. Fong, Nozhat Choudry, Yoko Tanaka, Claudia Nau
Treatment of Secondary Full-Thickness Macular Holes with Topical Therapy
John H. Niffenegger, Donald S. Fong, Keye L. Wong, Bobeck S. Modjtahedi
A new patient-centered approach to ocular surface discomfort.
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Deborah S. Jacobs, Donald S. Fong
Improving Compliance with Vaccinations: A Public Health Opportunity for Ophthalmologists.
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Tavé van Zyl, Donald S. Fong
Treatment Course of Patients with Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using Ocular Hypotensives.
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Tiffany Q. Luong, Stephan Chiu, Tavé van Zyl, Jane C Lin, Donald S. Fong
Two-Year Incidence of Retinal Intervention in Patients With Minimal or No Diabetic Retinopathy on Telemedicine Screening.
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Christos Theophanous, Stephan Chiu, Tiffany Q. Luong, Natasha Nguyen, Donald S. Fong
Preoperative Vision and Surgeon Volume as Predictors of Visual Outcomes after Cataract Surgery.
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Michaela M. Hull, John L. Adams, Stephen J. Munz, Tiffany Q. Luong, Donald S. Fong
Coding patterns used by ophthalmologists for hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity.
Stephan Chiu, Jeremy W Shaw, Tiffany Q. Luong, Donald S. Fong, Bobeck S. Modjtahedi
Two-year outcomes of a pilot glaucoma suspect telemedicine monitoring program.
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Katherine Chu, Tiffany Q. Luong, Chunyi Hsu, Cynthia Mattox, Paul P. Lee, Mamdouh L Nakla, Donald S. Fong
Myopia prevalence and risk factors in children.
Christos Theophanous, Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Michael Batech, David S Marlin, Tiffany Q. Luong, Donald S. Fong
Public Health Burden and Potential Interventions for Myopia
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Frederick L. Ferris, David G. Hunter, Donald S. Fong
Reply.
Bobeck S Modjtahedi, Donald S Fong, Eric Jorgenson, Stephen K Van Den Eeden, Virginia Quinn, Jeffrey M Slezak
The Relationship Between Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Use and Age-related Macular Degeneration
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Donald S. Fong, Eric Jorgenson, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, Virginia P. Quinn, Jeffrey M. Slezak
Re: Singh et al.: Nepafenac 0.3% after cataract surgery in patients with diabetic retinopathy: results of 2 randomized phase 3 studies (Ophthalmology. 2017;124:776-785).
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Donald S. Fong
TREATMENT PATTERNS AND 2-YEAR VISION OUTCOMES WITH BEVACIZUMAB IN DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA: An Analysis From a Large U.S. Integrated Health Care System.
Donald S. Fong, Tiffany Q. Luong, Richard Contreras, Jennifer Jimenez, Peter Custis, Vaishali Patel, Joanna Campbell
Reply.
Bobeck S Modjtahedi, John F Paschal, Michael Batech, Tiffany Q Luong, Donald S Fong
Perioperative Topical Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs for Macular Edema Prophylaxis Following Cataract Surgery
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, John F. Paschal, Michael Batech, Tiffany Q. Luong, Donald S. Fong
Comparative Effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Cataract Surgery
Lisa J. Herrinton, Neal H. Shorstein, John F. Paschal, Liyan Liu, Richard Contreras, Kevin L. Winthrop, William J. Chang, Ronald B. Melles, Donald S. Fong
Characterization of Glaucoma Medication Adherence in Kaiser Permanente Southern California.
Jason P. Jones, Donald S. Fong, Ervin N. Fang, Claire A. Mesirov, Vaishali Patel
Centralized Reading Center Improves Quality in a Real-World Setting.
Sharon M. Hudson, Richard Contreras, Michael H Kanter, Stephen J. Munz, Donald S. Fong
Implantable miniature telescope (IMT) for vision loss due to end-stage age-related macular degeneration
Amisha Gupta, Jessica Lam, Peter Custis, Stephen J. Munz, Donald S. Fong, Marguerite A. Koster
Do statins have a role in the prevention of age-related macular degeneration?
Sean W. Tsao, Donald S. Fong
Recent Statin Use and Cataract Surgery
Donald S. Fong, Kwun-Yee T. Poon
Recent statin use and 1-year incidence of exudative age-related macular degeneration.
Donald S. Fong, Richard Contreras
Intravitreal bevacizumab and ranibizumab for age-related macular degeneration a multicenter, retrospective study.
Donald S. Fong, Peter H. Custis, Jennifer Howes, Jin-Wen Hsu
Glitazone use associated with diabetic macular edema.
Donald S. Fong, Richard Contreras
Comparison of time-domain OCT and fundus photographic assessments of retinal thickening in eyes with diabetic macular edema
Matthew D. Davis, Susan B. Bressler, Lloyd Paul Aiello, Neil M. Bressler, David J. Browning, Christina J. Flaxel, Donald S. Fong, William J. Foster, Adam R. Glassman, M.E. Hartnett, Craig Kollman, Helen K. Li, Haijing Qin, Ingrid U. Scott
Factors associated with follow-up eye examinations among persons with diabetes.
Jinaan B. Saadine, Donald S. Fong, Janis Yao
Visual side effects of successful scatter laser photocoagulation surgery for proliferative diabetic retinopathy: a literature review.
Donald S. Fong, Aniz Girach, April Boney
Comparison of the modified Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study and mild macular grid laser photocoagulation strategies for diabetic macular edema.
Donald S. Fong, Samara F. Strauber, Lloyd Paul Aiello, Roy W. Beck, David Callanan, Ronald P. Danis, Matthew D. Davis, Stephen S. Feman, Frederick L. Ferris, Scott M. Friedman, Charles A. Garcia, Adam R. Glassman, Dennis P. Han, Darma Le, Craig Kollman, Andreas K. Lauer, Franco M. Recchia, Sharon D. Solomon
Relationship between optical coherence tomography-measured central retinal thickness and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema.
David J. Browning, Adam R. Glassman, Lloyd Paul Aiello, Roy W. Beck, David M. Brown, Donald S. Fong, Neil M. Bressler, Ronald P. Danis, James L. Kinyoun, Quan Dong Nguyen, Abdhish R. Bhavsar, Justin L. Gottlieb, Dante J. Pieramici, Michael E. Rauser, Rajendra S. Apte, Jennifer I. Lim, Päivi H. Miskala
Need for eye care among older adults with diabetes mellitus in fee-for-service and managed Medicare.
Arleen F. Brown, Luohua Jiang, Donald S. Fong, Peter R. Gutierrez, Anne L. Coleman, Paul P. Lee, John L. Adams, Carol M. Mangione
MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA WITH INTRAOCULAR INVOLVEMENT
David Sarraf, Atul Jain, Sander R. Dubovy, Allan E. Kreiger, Donald S. Fong, John F. Paschal
Diabetic retinopathy.
Donald S Fong, Lloyd P Aiello, Frederick L Ferris 3rd, Ronald Klein
Classification of Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue test results in the early treatment diabetic retinopathy study
Franca B. Barton, Donald S. Fong, Genell L. Knatterud
Corticosteroids in posterior segment disease: an update on new delivery systems and new indications.
Thomas A. Ciulla, Jonathan D Walker, Donald S Fong, Mark H. Criswell
Retinopathy in Diabetes
Donald S. Fong, Lloyd Paul Aiello, Thomas W. Gardner, George L. King, George W. Blankenship, Jerry D. Cavallerano, Fredrick L. Ferris, Ronald Klein
Preventing diabetic retinopathy through control of systemic factors.
Atul Jain, David Sarraf, Donald S. Fong
Helping patients experience the emotions of vision loss
Donald S. Fong, William E. Benson, Valerie C. Crooks
Changing Times for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
Donald S. Fong
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition for the treatment of moderate to severe diabetic retinopathy in normotensive Type 2 diabetic patients. A pilot study.
Rita Pradhan, Donald Fong, Cabrini March, Robert Jack, Ghodratala Rezapour, Keith C. Norris, Mayer B. Davidson
Vision loss among diabetics in a group model Health Maintenance Organization (HMO).
Donald S. Fong, Mohktar Sharza, Wansu Chen, John F. Paschal, Reginald G. Ariyasu, Paul P. Lee
Surgical management of macular holes: a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
William E. Benson, Karen C Cruickshanks, Donald S. Fong, George A. Williams, Michael A. Bloome, Donald A. Frambach, Allan E. Kreiger, Robert P. Murphy
Understanding the value of diabetic retinopathy screening.
Donald S. Fong, Justin L. Gottlieb, Frederick L. Ferris, Ronald Klein
Evidence-guided ophthalmology.
Donald S. Fong, Frederick L. Ferris
Impaired color vision associated with diabetic retinopathy : Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Report No. 15
Donald S. Fong, Franca B Barton, George H Bresnick
Causes of severe visual loss in the early treatment diabetic retinopathy study: ETDRS report no. 24
Donald S. Fong, Frederick L. Ferris, Matthew D. Davis, Emily Y. Chew
Decreased Prevalence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in an Inner-City Hospital
Johnson Lim, Donald S. Fong, Yadavinder Dang
Exudative retinal detachment in X-linked retinoschisis.
Donald S Fong, Albert R Frederick, Mark S. Blumenkranz, David S Walton
Subretinal Fibrosis in Diabetic Macular Edema: ETDRS Report 23
Donald S. Fong, Paul Segal, Frank L. Myers, Frederick L. Ferris, Larry D. Hubbard, Matthew D. Davis
Intraorbital Air Simulating an Intraocular Foreign Body
Abdhish R. Bhavsar, Donald S. Fong, Barry M. Kerman, Marc O. Yoshizumi
Is myopia related to amplitude of accommodation
Donald S. Fong
Efficacy of Ofloxacin vs Cefazolin and Tobramycin in the Therapy for Bacterial Keratitis
Richard S. Baker, Charles W. Flowers, Richard Casey, Donald S. Fong, M. Roy Wilson
Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Donald S. Fong, James H. Warram, Lloyd M. Aiello, Larry Rand, Andrzej S. Krolewski
Pseudomonas endophthalmitis presenting as subacute inflammation.
Donald S. Fong, Richard Pesavento
Introducing "public health and the eye".
Johanna M. Seddon, Donald S. Fong
Glaucoma and myopia: are they related?
Donald S. Fong, David L. Epstein, R. Rand Allingham
Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Hyperglycemia and Retinopathy Levels in Mexican Americans With NIDDM
Steven M. Haffner, Helen P. Hazuda, Michael P. Stern, Judith K. Patterson, W. A. J. Van Heuven, Donald S. Fong
Diabetic retinopathy in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites.
Steven M. Haffner, Donald S. Fong, Michael P. Stern, Jacqueline A. Pugh, Helen P. Hazuda, Judith K. Patterson, W. A. J. Van Heuven, Ronald Klein
Hyperinsulinemia, upper body adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors in non-diabetics
Steven M. Haffner, Donald S. Fong, Helen P. Hazuda, Jacqueline A. Pugh, Judith K. Patterson
Secular decline in death rates due to ischemic heart disease in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites in Texas, 1970-1980.
M. P. Stern, B. S. Bradshaw, Clayton W. Eifler, Donald S. Fong, Helen P. Hazuda, Meredith B. Rosenthal
Factors affecting ascorbate oxidation in aqueous humor.
Donald S. Fong, Kenneth Etzel, Pei-Fei Lee, Tommy Yet-Min Lin, Kwok-Wai Lam
Distribution of ascorbate in the retina, subretinal fluid and pigment epithelium.
Yin Lok Lai, Donald S. Fong, Kwok Wai Lam, Hei Mai Wang, Andrew T.C. Tsin
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