Helen K. Wu, MD, is the Director of Refractive Surgery at the New England Eye Center and an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University. Dr. Wu completed her undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Michigan and her medical degree at The Ohio State University, College of Medicine. Her ophthalmology residency was performed at the University of Michigan’s Kellogg Eye Center in Ann Arbor. Dr. Wu completed dual fellowship training in ocular immunology and uveitis and in cornea and refractive surgery, both at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. She plays a leadership role in several global ophthalmology organizations, including important committee memberships in the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. She has published numerous scientific papers related to refractive surgery and edited the textbook Refractive Surgery. Dr. Wu has served as a key investigator in numerous Food and Drug Administration clinical trials where new LASIK technologies are developed and perfected.