Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Emily Chew is NIH Distinguished Investigator at National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. The public record shows 1,009 publications with 76,887 citations (h-index 107), centered on Macular Degeneration (AMD), Diabetic Retinopathy / DME. It also documents an investigator role on 25 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · ACM transactions on computing for healthcare
- Top research focus: Macular Degeneration (AMD)
- 25 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 31 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 25 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Fenofibrate for Prevention of DR Worsening
Sponsor: Jaeb Center for Health Research
InvestigatorPhase 3Active, not recruitingNCT04661358 - Retrospective Case Series of Trans-scleral Cryotherapy for Retinal Hemangioblastoma
Sponsor: National Eye Institute (NEI)
InvestigatorCompletedNCT04458935 - Autologous Transplantation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium for Geographic Atrophy Associated With Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Sponsor: National Eye Institute (NEI)
InvestigatorPhase 1/PHASE2RecruitingNCT04339764
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Janssen Research & Development, LLCProgram year20231 payment
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- LMOD+: A Comprehensive Multimodal Dataset and Benchmark for Developing and Evaluating Multimodal Large Language Models in Ophthalmology.
ACM transactions on computing for healthcare
2026 - Multi-omic analysis of deep learning-derived phenotypes links ophthalmic imaging to cardiovascular and neurological traits.
Nature cardiovascular research
2026 - Deep Learning-Based Detection of Reticular Pseudodrusen in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
2026
Contact
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Office address
Building 10-CRC, Room 3-2531, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
- M.D.
University of Toronto
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University of Toronto
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Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Director
Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications (DECA), National Eye Institute, NIH
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Clinical Trials Branch, National Eye Institute, NIH
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Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- Roger Johnson Award for Macular Degeneration Research (2026)
University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology
2026verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →ophthalmology.washington.edu ↗ - provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →retinaroundup.com ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theophthalmologist.com ↗
Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
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- Episode 55: Dr. Emily Chew Discusses Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Genetics
Straight from the Cutter's Mouth
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Chew-2
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linkedin.com/in/emily-chew-b199075
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Instagram
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Chew
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