David Mundy, MD

Undergraduate: Stanford University, BS, Biology
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine, MD
Internship: University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan, Department of Ophthalmology

Dr. Mundy grew up outside Kansas City and attended Stanford University, where he studied biology and competed as a springboard diver on Stanford’s NCAA Division I men’s swimming and diving team. He remained at Stanford for medical school, where his work in tumor immunology and regenerative ophthalmology converged with a growing appreciation for how profoundly vision shapes patients’ independence, identity, and quality of life. He completed his internal medicine internship and ophthalmology residency at the University of Michigan, and aims to advance vision-restoring therapies through clinical practice and translational research.

He enjoys discovering new music, playing saxophone, watching anime, scuba and springboard diving, and learning about food and wine.

• Medical Scholars Research Fellowship, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Medical Scholars Discovery Grant, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Travel Award, The 3rd International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells
• Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, Stanford University
• Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow, Stanford University

Vitreoretinal surgery, including retinal detachment and complex retinal pathology

Inherited retinal diseases and retinal degeneration

Diabetic retinopathy and retinal vascular disease

Translational retinal therapeutics, including gene, cell-based, and regenerative therapies

Immune-informed regenerative and cell-based therapies for blinding retinal disease

Ocular biomaterials, tissue repair, and targeted drug/cell delivery

Inherited retinal degeneration trial design and patient-centered clinical endpoints

Chen F, Han U, Wungcharoen T, Seo YA, Le P, Jiang L, Kang NW, Song E, Jang K, Mundy D, Fernandes-Cunha GM, Heilshorn S, Myung D. Bio-orthogonal crosslinking and hyaluronan facilitate transparent healing after treatment of deep corneal injuries with in situ-forming hydrogels. npj Regen Med. 2025;10(1):8.

Mundy DC, Yan CH, Tyler MA, Patel ZM. A consistent endoscopic landmark to identify the anterior ethmoidal artery. Laryngoscope. 2024;134(3):1096-1099.

Chen F*, Mundy DC*, Le P, Seo AY, Logan CM, Fernandes-Cunha GM, Basco CA, Myung D. In situ-forming collagen-hyaluronate semi-interpenetrating network hydrogel enhances corneal defect repair. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022;11(10):22. (*Co-first author)

Mundy DC, Goldberg JL. Nanoparticles as cell tracking agents in human ocular cell transplantation therapy. Curr Ophthalmol Rep. 2021;9(4):133-145.

Moreno-Nieves UY, Tay JK, Saumyaa S, Shin JH, Horowitz NB, Mohammad IA, Luca B, Mundy DC, et al. Landscape of innate lymphoid cells in human head and neck cancer reveals divergent NK cell states in the tumor microenvironment. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2021;118(28):e2101169118.