Deng received her doctor of medicine and doctor of philosophy degrees at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, where she completed the rigorous Medical Scientist Training Program.She did her residency in ophthalmology at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary.Dr. Deng subsequently completed her fellowship in Cornea, External Ocular Disease and Refractive Surgery at the Jules Stein Eye Institute. She sees patients with corneal and external ocular diseases and cataracts. Her surgical areas include penetrating keratoplasty, Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, ocular surface reconstruction and cataract. She also performs new keratorefractive surgeries in the Laser Refractive Center.