Emil Chynn
| Emil W. Chynn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 7, 1965 Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Ophthalmologist, philanthropist |
| Years active | 1994– |
| Known for | Reality television, Advocate of Advanced Surface Ablation (ASA) laser vision correction (LASEK) |
Emil William Chynn (October 7, 1965) is a Chinese-American LASEK surgeon, author, researcher, and media personality. He owns the only laser vision correction center in the US specializing in Advanced Surface Ablation (ASA, comprising LASEK and epiLASEK), which unlike LASIK is a newer, safer way to correct refractive errors that does not involve cutting a flap into the cornea. Dr. Chynn has been featured in the New York Time, Wall Street Journal, on CNN and Discovery Channel, in Time Magazine online, as well as on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox News for LASEK as well as platinum "Eye Jewelry" and corneal tattoos. Dr. Chynn has also appeared on the Howard Stern Show as one of NYC's most eligible bachelors, as well on "Millionaire Matchmaker" with abrasive reality TV matchmaker Patti Stanger.
Emil Chynn was born in New York City to Kuo York (York) and Marie Noelle (Noelle) Chynn, a neuroradiologist and social worker, respectively, who had emigrated separately from Shanghai, China, and met in New York City. Chynn then grew up in Tenafly, NJ and graduated from Tenafly High School.
In 1987 he received his B.A. degree in Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and graduated cum laude. He received his MD with honors in numerous rotations, including General Surgery from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1992. He completed his transitional internship at Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center in Greenwich Village, where he helped treat the victims of the 1st World Trade Center bombing in 1993. Chynn completed his residency in ophthalmology at Harvard University’s Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary in 1996, and his fellowship in Corneal Transplantation and Refractive Surgery at Emory University in 1997 under the world-famous surgeons George Waring III, MD, the "father of American refractive surgery" who headed the influential PERK study, the 1st FDA-sponsored study about laser vision correction, and Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD, a future President of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). He received his MBA in management with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from New York University's Stern School of Business in 2004, when it's part-time program was ranked #1 in the country by US News and World Report.
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