- Blepharitis
- Demodex blepharitis
- Demodex mites
- Dry eyes
- Evaporative dry eye disease
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
- Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)
- Ocular graft versus host disease
- Ocular manifestations
- Ocular rosacea
- Sjogren's syndrome related dry eye
- Xerophthalmia
Vatinee Y. Bunya, MD, MSCE
Ophthalmology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Radnor
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Co-Director, Penn Dry Eye & Ocular Surface Center
- Director, Clinical Research, Scheie Eye Institute
- Harold G. Scheie Chair & Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Research interests include dry eye research and Sjogren's disease
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: Scripps Mercy Hospital
- Residency: Wills Eye Hospital
- Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Thai
Thai
Español
Spanish
Reviews
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Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Ophthalmology, 2007
- American Academy of Ophthalmology, National
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, International
- Cornea Society, National
- Executive Board Research Committee, Sjogren's Foundation, National
- Greater Philadelphia Ophthalmic Society (GPOS), Local
- International Ocular Surface Society (IOSS), International
- Research Committee Reviewer, Sjogren's Foundation, National
- Sjogren's Foundation, Board of Directors, National
- Sjogren's Foundation, Member of Executive Board Committee, National
- Sjogren's Foundation, Member of Research Committee, National
- Sjogren's Foundation, Secretary of the Board of Directors starting 7/1/2025 (3 year term), National
- Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, Local
- Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), International
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2023 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Ha-Neul Yu 1, Fangming Jin 2, Aida Abashawl 3, Ahlam Awad Mohammed 3, Sarity Dodson 4, Wondu Alemayehu 4, Alemu Gemechu 4, Aemero Abateneh Mengesha 3 5, Dereje Adugna Kumsa 6, Vatinee Y Bunya 2, Maureen G Maguire 2, Matthew J Burton 7 8, John H Kempen 9 10 11 12 13, Gui-Shuang Ying 2; FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial Research Group Baseline Predictors for the Postoperative Trachomatous Trichiasis Following Lid Rotation Surgery in the FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial , Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 28: 2026,1-10
John H Kempen 1, Aida Abashawl 2, Ahlam Awad Mohammed 3, Sarity Dodson 4, Wondu Alemayehu 4, Fangming Jin 5, Alemu Gemechu 4, Aemero Abateneh Mengesha 6, Dereje Adugna Kumsa 7, Yineng Chen 5, Kathleen McWilliams 5, Berhanu Tulu 2, Genemo Abdela 2, Alemayehu Megersa 4, Tolossa Cheru 4, Gadisa Mohammad 4, Tony Succar 8, Vatinee Y Bunya 5, K Davina Frick 9, Maureen G Maguire 5, Matthew J Burton 10, Gui-Shuang Ying 11; FLAME Trial Research Group Evaluation of fluorometholone as adjunctive medical therapy for trachomatous trichiasis surgery (FLAME): a parallel, double-blind, randomised controlled field trial in the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia , Lancet Global Health , 14(3): 2026,e395-e406
David Hsu, Yinxi Yu, Esen K Akpek, Lee W Guo, Tiffany Liu, Mina Massaro-Giordano, Soo Abboud, Franz Fogt, Devica Bhutani, Emma Iacobucci, Jay Pendyala, Frederick B Vivino, Alan N Baer, Gui-Shuang Ying, Vatinee Y Bunya Prevalence of novel Sjögren's antibodies in a multi-center cohort of dry eye patients , Ocular Surface, 39: 2026,58-65
Johr CR, George MD, Bunya VY, Sandorfi N, Massaro-Giordano M, Vivino FB Diagnostic Use of Testing for Novel Murine Autoantibodies for Sjögren Disease in the Rheumatology Outpatient Setting , Arthritis Care Res: 2025
Zhao AT, He J, Asbell PA, Bunya VY, Ying GS, and the DREAM Research Group Association of Cataract History with Dry Eye Disease Signs and Symptoms in the DREAM Study , Clin Ophthalmol: 2025,2709-2718
Kempen JH, Chen Y, Abashawl A, Mohammed AA, Dodson S, Alemayehu W, Gemechu A, Mengesha AA, Kumsa DA, Succar T, McWilliams K, Jin F, Bunya VY, Maguire MG, Burton MJ, Ying GS, FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial Research Group Outcomes of posterior lamellar tarsal rotation vs bilamellar tarsal rotation for trachomatous trichiasis , PLoS Negl Trop Dis , 19(7): 2025,e0013152
Shen C, He J, Asbell PA, Bunya VY, Ying GS; Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study Research Group Association between Race and Ethnicity and Severity of Dry Eye Disease , Ophthalmology : 2025,620-622
Gupta AS, Linaburg TJ, Iacobucci E, Augello PA, Qin VL, Ying GS, Bunya VY, Massaro M Varenicline Solution Nasal Spray for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease in Sjogren's Disease: A Pilot Study , Clin Ophthalmol: 2025,1073-1084
Jacob A, He J, Peck A, Jamil A, Bunya V, Alexander JJ, Ambrus JL Metabolic changes during evolution of Sjögren's in both an animal model and human patients , Heliyon: 2024
Mohammed AA, Abashawl A, Dodson S, Alemayehu W, Gemechu A, Mengesha AA, Kumsa D, Succar T, Chen Y, McWilliams K, Bunya VY, Maguire MG, Burton MJ, Ying GS, Kempen JH; FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial Research Group The FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial: Study Design , medRXiv: 2024