Meng Meng Xu, MPH, OD

Meng Meng Xu, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.N.A.P., is an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Xu has a background in advancing optometric education and delivering high quality, culturally competent eye care to underserved populations. She holds a doctorate of optometry from the University of Montreal, a residency from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she focused on health communication and health system leadership.

She has 15 years of clinical leadership experience as director of eye care services at the South Boston Community Health Center, where she supervised clinical teams and developed process improvement initiatives to enhance quality and access to care.  Fluent in English, Mandarin and French, she is passionate about cross-cultural communication and health equity. Outside of clinic, she likes to coach and paddle on dragon …boats.