Serena Wang, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Serena Wang joined the U.T. Southwestern faculty in November 2006, following a successful private practice in Dallas and Plano for the previous two years. Dr. Wang has trained extensively at UT Southwestern, completing her ophthalmology internship and residency, as well as her pediatric ophthalmology and corneal and external disease fellowships, here. Dr. Wang also has a strong research background in pediatric ophthalmology, especially in the treatment of pediatric cataracts. She completed a research fellowship at the Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina in 1995. Passionate in her care of pediatric ophthalmic patients, Dr. Wang is known for her caring approach. She specializes in the treatment of pediatric eye diseases with a special focus on pediatric cataracts and adult strabismus. Dr. Wang is currently seeing patients at Childrens Medical Center at Legacy, and Childrens Medical Center Dallas.

Education

Medical School: Kunming Medical College (1985)
Fellowship: Storm Eye Institute Medical University of South Carolina (1994), Research Ophthalmology
Fellowship: Storm Eye Institute Medical University of South Carolina (1995), Research Glaucoma
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical School (1999), Cornea Service
Internship: UT Southwestern Medical School (2000), Anesthesiology
Residency: UT Southwestern Medical School (2003), Ophthalmology
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical School (2004), Pediatric Ophthalmology

Publications

Eye-hand coordination during visually-guided reaching in children with monocular deprivation amblyopia: Kelly KR, Nouradanesh M, Jost RM, Cheng-Patel CS, Birch EE, Wang SX, Tung JY, Niechwiej-Szwedo E Vision Research 2025 Dec 237
Complications, Visual Acuity, and Refractive Error 3 Years after Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation for Pediatric Aphakia: Author Collaboration PE, Wang S, Repka MX, Sutherland DR, Hatt SR, Traboulsi EI, Lambert SR, Melia BM, Kraker RT, Holmes JM, Cotter SA, Freedman SF, Wallace DK, Enyedi LB, Prakalapakorn S, Jones SK, Hug D, Stahl ED, Dent RJ, Kong L, Gallerson BK, Hutchinson AK, Lenhart P, Brower J, Morrison DG, Ruark ST, Mets-Halgrimson R, Yoon H, Ralay-Ranaivo H, Hamidullah A, Areaux R, Anderson JS, Holleschau AM, Superstein R, Belanger C, Fallaha N, Hamel P, Thibeault M, Tamkins SM, Chang T, Park HJ, Trumler AA, Liu X, Astle WF, Sanders EN, Traboulsi E, Ghasia F, McOwen DC, Gray ME, Yang MB, Bowman CS Ophthalmology 2024 Oct 131 1196-1206
General Guidelines for Lens Surgery at Pediatric Age: Wang S, Morales-Mancillas N 2023 Jan 807-838
Dose-Response of Primary Bilateral Medial Rectus Resection in Infantile Exotropia: Farias LB, Barham R, Costa AL, Wang S, Weakley DR Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 2022 Jan 59 24-27
Self-perception in Preschool Children with Deprivation Amblyopia and Its Association with Deficits in Vision and Fine Motor Skills: Birch EE, Castañeda YS, Cheng-Patel CS, Morale SE, Kelly KR, Wang SX JAMA Ophthalmology 2020 Dec 138 1307-1310
A pilot randomized trial of contrast-rebalanced binocular treatment for deprivation amblyopia: Birch EE, Jost RM, Wang SX, Kelly KR Journal of AAPOS 2020 Dec 24 344.e1-344.e5
Binocular reading in children following extraction of a dense congenital or infantile unilateral cataract: Kelly KR, Jost RM, Wang SX, Stager DR, Birch EE Journal of AAPOS 2020 Aug 24 228.e1-228.e7
Impaired fine motor skills in children following extraction of a dense congenital or infantile unilateral cataract: Kelly KR, Morale SE, Wang SX, Stager DR, Birch EE Journal of AAPOS 2019 Dec 23 330.e1-330.e6
Intermittent exotropia surgery: Results in different age groups: Issaho DC, Wang SX, Weakley DR Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia 2017 Nov 80 355-358
Nonmydriatic Fundoscopic Imaging Using the Pan Optic iExaminer System in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Day LM, Wang SX, Huang CJ Academic Emergency Medicine 2017 May 24 587-594

Honors & Awards

ARVO Travel Award
(2001)
Best Paper of Session Award at the Congress of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Boston
"Comparison of mechanized and manual curvilinear capsulectomy in pediatric eyes." (1994)
HELMA Award
Storm Eye Institute, Best Research Project: "Size of the pediatric capsular bag and its implications for IOL implantation." (1994)
Research Grant
Foundation for Research in Medicine and Technology Yunnan State Department of Science and Technology (1992)
Annual Student Award Scholarship
Kunming Medical College, Department of Medicine (1985)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
The Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology