Hong Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.

Hong Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Clincal Neuro-ophthalmology & Neurology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Department of Neurology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Email: h.jiang@med.miami.edu  

900 NW 17th street Miami, FL 33136

Hong Jiang, M.D. Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She earned her undergraduate medical degree from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China. Dr. Jiang completed her Neurology residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, and her Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami.

As a neuro-ophthalmologist at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Dr. Jiang specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of various neuro-ophthalmologic disorders, such as vision loss due to brain tumor or dementia, optic neuritis and double vision. In the Department of Neurology, Dr. Jiang provides expertise in the evaluation and treatment of various neurologic diseases such as memory disorders, headaches, spine diseases and Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Jiang’s research interest is to study the ocular microvascular dysfunction in ocular and central nervous system diseases, such as dry eye, dementia and multiple sclerosis. She has multiple publications in ocular microvascular function studies. She is interested in studying the vascular pathway in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. With support from both the McKnight Brain Institute and North American Neuro-Ophthalmology society (NANOS), she and her team at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute recently found that decreased retinal microvascular network density and blood flow volume in patients with Alzheimer’s disease compared to normal controls.

Dr. Jiang is a member of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Association for Research in Vision and