Primary Job Title Chief Technology Officer Primary Organization BioTissue
Location Miami, Florida, United States Regions Greater Miami Area, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
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Scheffer C. G. Tseng, Scheffer MD, PhD co-founded Bio-Tissue, Inc. in 1997 and serves as its Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Tseng serves as Executive Officer and Director of Tissuetech, Inc. He is a world-renowned surgeon in ocular surface reconstruction.
He served as Chair Professor at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of
Medicine. He pioneered limbal stem cell transplantation and popularized the concept of using the CRYOTEKâ ¢ process to preserve the natural wound healing properties of amniotic membrane for ocular surface reconstruction.
His research focus during the last 10 years has been to identify the active biological components of human amniotic membrane, to develop alternative products in delivering the efficacies of its natural healing properties, and to expand the benefits of its clinical applications. He is a well-published physician scientist with over 300 peer-reviewed clinical and scientific papers.
Dr. Tseng received his M.D. at National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology at the University of California, San Francisco.
He completed his residency for Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins and his fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
