Dr. Michael Yoon

Dr. Michael Yoon serves as Associate Director of the Mass Eye and Ear Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Service and is a member of the Center for Thyroid Eye Disease and Orbital Surgery. He treats patients with orbit, eyelid, and tear drainage system dysfunctions, specializing in orbital tumors and inflammations, traumatic lacerations and fractures, and reconstructive and cosmetic eyelid surgery.

Dr. Yoon graduated magna cum laude from an accelerated medical degree program at Albany Medical College and Union College, completed his ophthalmology residency at Tufts-New England Medical Center, and undertook fellowship training in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Orbital Surgery, and Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He is actively involved in trainee education, serving as Fellowship Programs Leader for the Department of Ophthalmology and Fellowship Director for the ASOPRS Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Fellowship.

In addition to his clinical practice and teaching, Dr. Yoon is a clinical researcher focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment of orbital diseases, including growths in the eye socket, and investigating thyroid-related eye disease, which can cause vision impairment such as double vision or vision loss.