Gloria Bitt-Wai Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS

Gloria B. Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS completed her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. She remained at the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained her Doctor of Optometry degree in 2008. Following completion of her residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at Southern California College of Optometry, Dr. Chiu pursued further fellowship training in Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem (PROSE) treatment at the Boston Foundation for Sight. Dr. Chiu developed and supervises the USC PROSE service and is actively conducting research in the areas of irregular corneas and ocular surface disease.

Investigation of the outcomes and efficacy of PROSE and scleral lens treatment at the USC Roski Eye Institute in Los Angeles is done by conducting retrospective and prospective evaluation of data from patients who received the treatment. This information will be helpful to physicians and clinicians who are in search of additional forms of treatment for intractable ocular surface and corneal abnormalities. Dr. Chiu is also actively conducting microbiology studies to evaluate saline solutions commonly used with scleral lens wear and potential risks for microbial infections.

• American Optometric Association: Contact Lens and Cornea Section Resident Research Award, 2009
• Dr. George W. Mertz: Contact Lens Residency Award, 2009
• Alcon: Excellence Award, 2008
• Eschenbach Optik of America, Inc.: Eschenbach Low Vision Award, 2008
• GP Lens Institute: Gas Permeable Contact Lens Clinical Excellence Award, 2008
• The Drs. Stephen R. Chun and Doris Sze Chun Professional Student Support Fund: Professional Student Endowed Scholarship, 2008
• Walmart: Optical Scholarship, 2008
• Michael G. Harris Family: Award for Excellence in Optometric Education, 2007
• UC Berkeley School of Optometry: Student Leadership and Service Award, 2007
• UC Berkeley School of Optometry: Optometry Leadership and Service Grant, 2006
• American Optometric Student Association: Vistakon Travel Grant, 2006
• UC Berkeley School of Optometry: Optometry Performance Grant, 2005
• UC Berkeley School of Optometry: Early Admittance Scholarship, 2004

• Average Scleral Lens Replacement Period at a Tertiary Care Hospital Eye Contact Lens. 2023 Oct 01; 49(10):422-427. . View in PubMed
• Microbiological Evaluation of Opened Saline Bottles for Scleral Lens Use and Hygiene Habits of Scleral Lens Patients Optom Vis Sci. 2021 03 01; 98(3):250-257. . View in PubMed
• Effect of Scleral Lens Wear on Central Corneal Thickness and Intraocular Pressure in Patients With Ocular Surface Disease Eye Contact Lens. 2020 Nov; 46(6):341-347. . View in PubMed
• Long-Term Descemetocele Management With Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem (PROSE) Treatment Eye Contact Lens. 2020 Mar; 46(2):e7-e10. . View in PubMed
• Bacteriostatic Effect of Multidose Preservative-free Buffered Saline Used in Scleral Lens Wear Optom Vis Sci. 2020 03; 97(3):162-168. . View in PubMed
• Evaluation of the corneal epithelium in non-Sjögren’s and Sjögren’s dry eyes: an in vivo confocal microscopy study using HRT III RCM BMC Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec 04; 18(1):309. . View in PubMed
• Transient corneal epithelial bullae associated with large diameter scleral lens wear: A case series Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2018 10; 41(5):463-468. . View in PubMed
• Corneal features in ocular graft-versus-host disease by in vivo confocal microscopy Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Dec; 255(12):2389-2397. . View in PubMed
• Correlation between corneal innervation and inflammation evaluated with confocal microscopy and symptomatology in patients with dry eye syndromes: a preliminary study Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep; 255(9):1771-1778. . View in PubMed
• Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem Scleral Lens Therapy for Exposure Keratopathy Eye Contact Lens. 2017 Jul; 43(4):240-244. . View in PubMed
• Glaucoma surgical considerations for PROSE lens use in patients with ocular surface disease Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2016 Aug; 39(4):257-61. . View in PubMed
• PROSE Treatment for Ocular Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease as a Clinical Network Expands Eye Contact Lens. 2016 Jul; 42(4):262-6. . View in PubMed
• PROSE Treatment in Atypical Ocular Graft-Versus-Host Disease Optom Vis Sci. 2016 11; 93(11):1444-1448. . View in PubMed
• Use of Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem Scleral Lenses in Patients with Ocular Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Dec; 21(12):2180-2184. . View in PubMed
• PROSE scleral lens: a novel aid for staged eyelid reconstruction Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Sep-Oct; 30(5):e119-21. . View in PubMed
• Prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem scleral lens therapy for patients with ocular symptoms of chronic Stevens-Johnson syndrome Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul; 158(1):49-54. . View in PubMed
• Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem (PROSE) scleral lens for Salzmann’s nodular degeneration Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul; 28(3):203-6. . View in PubMed
• Functional and visual improvement with prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem scleral lenses for irregular corneas Cornea. 2013 Dec; 32(12):1540-3. . View in PubMed