Vatinee Y. Bunya, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical preceptor for BE400
Department: Ophthalmology
Contact information
Scheie Eye Institute
51 North 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
51 North 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-9791
Fax: 215-243-4695
Fax: 215-243-4695
Email:
vatinee.bunya@uphs.upenn.edu
vatinee.bunya@uphs.upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
BA (Molecular Biology)
Princeton University, Cum Laude, 1996.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001.
BA (Molecular Biology)
Princeton University, Cum Laude, 1996.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001.
Post-Graduate Training
Transitional Intern, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA, 2001-2002.
Ophthalmology resident, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2002-2005.
Co-chief resident, Wills Eye Institute, 2004-2005.
Cornea fellow, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2005-2006.
Transitional Intern, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA, 2001-2002.
Ophthalmology resident, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2002-2005.
Co-chief resident, Wills Eye Institute, 2004-2005.
Cornea fellow, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2005-2006.
Certifications
American Board of Ophthalmology, 2007.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Ophthalmology, 2007.
Description of Research Expertise
Sjogren's SyndromeDescription of Clinical Expertise
Dry eyeSelected Publications
Bunya VY, Hammersmith KM, Rapuano CJ, Ayres BD, Cohen EJ: Topical and oral voriconazole in the treatment of fungal keratitis. American Journal of Ophthalmology 143(1): 151-3, Jan 2007.Lam A, Bunya VY, Piltz-Seymour JR: Cardiovascular risk factors and events in glaucoma patients with peripapillary focal arteriolar narrowing. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 84(1): 69-73, Feb 2006.
Lam A, Bunya V, Piltz-Seymour JR: Visual field loss in patients with glaucoma who have asymmetric peripapillary focal arteriolar narrowing. Archives of Ophthalmology 120(11): 1494-7, Nov 2002.
Siegel DL, Chang TY, Russell SL, Bunya VY: Isolation of cell surface-specific human monoclonal antibodies using phage display and magnetically-activated cell sorting: applications in immunohematology. Journal of Immunological Methods 206(1-2): 73-85, Aug 7 1997.

