Dr. Jeremiah P. Tao is a board-certified UCI Health ophthalmologist specializing in tear drainage problems, thyroid eye disease, eyelid drooping, eyelid malposition, orbital tumors and orbito-facial trauma. He also offers cosmetic procedures, including Botox® and fillers, laser resurfacing and eyelid, brow, midface and face lifts.
Tao earned his medical degree from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, where he also completed a residency in ophthalmology. Next, he completed a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
He is the UCI Health director of oculofacial plastic and orbital surgery and directs the School of Medicine’s prestigious oculoplastic surgery fellowship program, which is accredited by the American Society in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. An active researcher, he also gives lectures around the world and serves on the editorial board of the journal Oculoplastic Surgery.
He has been named a Physician of Excellence by the Orange County Medical Association for each of the last 10 years.