Michelle Sun, MD, MPH

Ophthalmology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Penn Presbyterian
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

My education and training

  • Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • Residency: University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Sun is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Xu S, Clarke P, Sun MJ, Ehrlich JR The Central Role of Home Hazards in Shaping the Association of Visual Function and Falls in Older Adults , JAMA Ophthalmology: 2026


Michelle J. Sun Incidence and Outcome of Cataract in Eyes with Scleritis and Episcleritis , Ocular Immunology and Inflammation : 2025


Sun MJ, Tran AQ, Dinkin MJ, Kazim M, Tooley AA. An elusive case of malignant optic nerve glioma with a suprasellar mass , Orbit, 43(2): 2024,240-243


Sun MJ, Duong AT, Tran KD, Straiko MMW, Stoeger CG, Sales CS. Primary Graft Failure, Infection, and Endothelial Cell Density in Corneal Transplants With Increased Death-to-Preservation Time , Cornea, 40: 2021,1462-1465


Michelle J. Sun Necrotizing Scleritis and Uveitis Following Subconjunctival Ink Tattoo , Ophthalmology Retina : 2021


Sun MJ, Rubin GS, Akpek EK, Ramulu PY. Impact of Glaucoma and Dry Eye on Text-Based Searching , Transl Vis Sci Technol, 6: 2017,24


Sun MJ, Zambrano AI, Dize L, Munoz B, Gwyn S, Mishra S, Martin DL, Sharma S, West SK. Evaluation of a field test for antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis during trachoma surveillance in Nepal , Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 88(1): 2017,3-6


Bracher M, Bezuidenhout D, Lutolf MP, Franz T, Sun M, Zilla P, Davies NH. Cell specific ingrowth hydrogels , Biomaterials: 2013


Buskohl PR, Sun MJ, Thompson RP, Butcher JT. Serotonin potentiates transforming growth factor-beta3 induced biomechanical remodeling in avian embryonic atrioventricular valves , PLoS One: 2012