Sally S. Ong, MD

Sally S. Ong, MD is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. She specializes in the medical and surgical management of complex vitreoretinal diseases. After graduating with distinction from Duke University, she received her M.D. at Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. She then completed her ophthalmology training at the Duke University Eye Center and pursued a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Ong joined the faculty of Wake Forest in 2020. Her research interests, sponsored by grants from the North Carolina Diabetes Research Center and Translational Eye and Vision Research Center, include an examination of the intranasal delivery of insulin and nanoparticle-based systems to the retina for the treatment of diabetic eye disease and other ocular conditions. Dr. Ong and her team have identified the intranasal pathway as a novel route of delivery of therapeutics for retinal diseases. Dr. Ong is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and serves on the board of directors of Women in Retina of the American Society of Retina Specialists, and the North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.