Location
Areas of Expertise
About Me
Dr. Fang Sarah Ko is a Florida native who grew up in Tallahassee and is deeply committed to serving her local community. She has volunteered at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and as a simultaneous translator at the Tallahassee Chinese Christian Church, demonstrating her dedication to patient care and community involvement.
Dr. Ko graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard with a degree in biochemistry and earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she received the Stephen J. Ryan Prize in Ophthalmology. She completed her residency at the prestigious Wilmer Eye Institute and a fellowship in glaucoma management at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, equipping her with advanced training in eye care.
She is passionate about preventing blindness through the management of ocular diseases, with a special focus on glaucoma. Dr. Ko has volunteered to provide free cataract surgery in underserved areas, including rural China, and has published extensively on various ophthalmology topics. Outside of medicine, she enjoys the outdoors and traveling with her family.
Training
in Glaucoma Medical and Surgical Management
Moorfields Eye Hospital
Fellowship
in Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins University
ResidencyInternship
Harbor Hospital
ResidencyPh.D. in Ophthalmology
University College of London and Moorfields Eye Hospital
Masters / PhD
M.D
Johns Hopkins University
Medical School
Awards & Honors
Wilmer Research Association research competition 2nd prize
2013Wilmer Research Association
Steven J. Ryan, M.D., Prize in Ophthalmology
2009Johns Hopkins University
Helen Taussig College Award
2009Johns Hopkins University
John Harvard Scholarship for academic distinction
2005Harvard University
Publications & Press
Evaluation of frequency doubling technology perimetry as a means of screening for glaucoma and other eye disease using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
JAMA Ophthalmology•2015Bevacizumab presurgical treatment for proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy-related retinal detachment
Retinal Cases and Brief Reports•2013Prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in US adults and associated risk factors, 1999-2002 and 2005-2008
JAMA•2012Willingness-to-pay for enhancements to a low-cost cataract surgical package in rural southern China
Acta Ophthalmologica•2012B-cell lymphoma of the cavernous sinus masquerading as post-herpetic neuralgia: a case study and literature review
Neuro-ophthalmology•2011Confirmation of and Differentiation Among Primary Vascular Lesions using Ultrasonography
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery•2011Resolution of macular edema in radiation retinopathy after intravenous diuresis
Retinal Cases and Brief Reports•2010The ocular pathology of Terson syndrome
Ophthalmology•2010Cystoid macular edema and neovascular glaucoma following CRVO
EyeNet Magazine•2008Pax6 is misexpressed in Sox1 null lens fiber cells
Gene Expression Patterns•2007
Certifications & Licensure
- Licensed In
- FL
- License Numbers
- ME125176
