Dr. Jia-Horung Hung is an ophthalmologist and physician-scientist specializing in uveitis and ocular inflammatory diseases. He is currently a faculty member at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, where he contributes to both patient care and academic research.
He is an active member of several international societies, including the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), Foster Ocular Immunology Society (FOIS), International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS), European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA), and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). He also served as Founding Secretary General of the Taiwan Ocular Inflammation Society (TOIS) from 2020 to 2023.
Dr. Hung received his MD, PhD from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan and completed advanced training in uveitis and ocular inflammatory diseases at Stanford University under the mentorship of Professor Quan Dong Nguyen.
His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of ocular inflammation, inherited retinal diseases, and big-data epidemiology. He has published in leading journals, including Survey of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, JAMA Network Open, and Retina, and serves on the editorial board of Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology.
His contributions have been recognized with the Young Investigator Research Award (2021), the Bronze Publication Award (2023), and the International Young Investigator Award (2025).