Dr. David T. Truong, M.D.

A Surgeon's Training, an Engineer's Precision

Dr. David T. Truong is a board-certified ophthalmologist with advanced fellowship training in cataract, cornea, and refractive surgery. He performs the full spectrum of corneal transplant surgery and advanced-technology cataract surgery, and offers laser vision correction to help his patients achieve the best vision possible.

His path to ophthalmology began in engineering. Dr. Truong earned a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine, graduating cum laude as a Regents Scholar and Phi Beta Kappa member, and spent a year as a process development engineer before medical school. He went on to earn his Doctorate in Medicine from Tufts University School of Medicine, complete an internal medicine internship at Carney Hospital in Boston, and finish his ophthalmology residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

He then completed a fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA, where he served as the Klara Fleming Fellow and Abe Meyer Memorial Fellow. Dr. Truong practiced in Wichita, Kansas — including at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center — and in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before returning to Texas to found Azure Eye Center in 2023.

He remains academically active as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and previously served as a Health Sciences Clinical Instructor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.

Where He Trained

• Fellowship — Cornea & Refractive SurgeryJules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles — Klara Fleming Fellow and Abe Meyer Memorial Fellow
  2016–2017
• Residency — OphthalmologyUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
  2013–2016
• Internship — Internal MedicineCarney Hospital, Dorchester, MA
  2012–2013
• Doctorate in MedicineTufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  2007–2012
• B.S., Biomedical Engineering — cum laudeUniversity of California, Irvine — Regents Scholar, Campus-wide Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi
  2002–2006
• Board CertifiedAmerican Board of Ophthalmology
  Since 2018

Teaching, Service & Advocacy

Beyond the operating room, Dr. Truong teaches the next generation of ophthalmologists and has represented the profession at the state and national level.

• Adjunct Assistant Professor in OphthalmologyUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
  2023–Present
• State Councilor for New MexicoAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology
  2022–2023
• Councilor & Executive Committee MemberNew Mexico Academy of Ophthalmology
  2022–2023
• Board of DirectorsKansas Eye Bank, Wichita, KS
  2018–2019
• Health Sciences Clinical InstructorUCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
  2016–2017

Published Work in Corneal Disease

Dr. Truong's peer-reviewed research focuses on microbial keratitis, keratoconus, and tissue engineering — work he has presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, ASCRS, and ARVO annual meetings.

1. Epidemiology and Outcome of Microbial Keratitis: Private University versus Urban Public Hospital Care. Truong DT, Bui MT, Cavanagh HD. Eye & Contact Lens, 2016.
2. Microbial Keratitis at an Urban Public Hospital: A 10-Year Update. Truong DT, Bui MT, Memon P, Cavanagh HD. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2015.
3. Tissue Equivalents Based on Cell-Seeded Biodegradable Microfluidic Constructs. Borenstein JT, Megley K, Wall K, Pritchard EM, Truong D, Kaplan DL, Tao SL, Herman IM. Materials, 2010.
4. A Three-Dimensional In Vitro Model of Angiogenesis in the Airway Mucosa. Thompson HG, Truong DT, Griffith CK, George SC. Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2007.

Selected presentations include IOL Power Calculation in Keratoconus at the International Society of Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day (AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago) and Cataract Surgery for Keratoconus: Timing and Outcomes at the ARVO Annual Meeting.

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