Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Science, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Location: United States
Dr. Yuani Uppal was born in DuBois, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Villanova University. He obtained his medical degree at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. His residency was at Thomas Jefferson and its affiliated Wills Eye Hospital, and he completed his training with fellowships at the University of Connecticut incataract andcorneal surgery.
Dr. Uppal has thirty years’ experience in ophthalmic surgery,withspecialinterestin cataract surgery,corneal transplantation,andlaserrefractiveprocedures.Heisa founding member of Precision LASIK Group, Chief of Ophthalmology at The Hospital ofCentral Connecticut,andco-medical director of the Connecticut eye bank.
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