People and source evidence
Faculty profiles and official portraits
Explore individually sourced roles, affiliations and portraits. Where a portrait is unavailable in reviewed evidence, it is marked below.
Michael Yen
Listed fellowship director
Baylor names these three physicians as directing its ASOPRS fellowship, but the page retains a 2024 availability statement. The names are reported as listed; that old cycle is not represented as a current vacancy.
Photo: Official profile photograph — source attribution provided.
Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute
Michael Yen is an oculoplastic surgeon at Baylor’s Cullen Eye Institute. The university biography records medical school at Michigan, ophthalmology residency at Bascom Palmer and ophthalmic and facial plastic fellowship training in Salt Lake City. Clinical interests include eyelid, orbital and lacrimal surgery and cosmetic facial procedures.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 21 Oct 2026
Official institution or fellowship society — reviewed programme role ↗Profile reviewed 21 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Katherine Williams
Listed fellowship director
Baylor names these three physicians as directing its ASOPRS fellowship, but the page retains a 2024 availability statement. The names are reported as listed; that old cycle is not represented as a current vacancy. Identity hold: the programme listing uses MD, PhD, while the checked individual Baylor profile lists paediatric ophthalmology and different credential detail. No individual biography or portrait is assigned until this relationship is corroborated.
Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute
Official institution or fellowship society — reviewed programme role ↗Profile reviewed 21 Oct 2026
Profile page →Official portrait unavailable in reviewed evidence
Debra Shetlar
Listed fellowship director
Baylor names these three physicians as directing its ASOPRS fellowship, but the page retains a 2024 availability statement. The names are reported as listed; that old cycle is not represented as a current vacancy.
Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute
Debra Shetlar is an ophthalmologist and pathologist at Baylor College of Medicine. The university profile records ophthalmology training at Mayo Clinic and additional training in anatomic pathology, ophthalmic pathology, and oculoplastics and oncology at the Cullen Eye Institute. Her published interests include periocular and ocular tumours and reconstructive surgery.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 21 Oct 2026
Official institution or fellowship society — reviewed programme role ↗Profile reviewed 21 Oct 2026
Profile page →Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship.
- Leadership as published
- Michael Yen — Listed fellowship director; Katherine Williams — Listed fellowship director; Debra Shetlar — Listed fellowship director
- Evidence reviewed
- 20 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
A two-year programme preparing fellows for academic or consultative ophthalmic plastic, reconstructive and orbital surgery, with primary-surgeon experience at the VA and Ben Taub Hospital.
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Duration
- Two years
- Clinical participation
- Confirm the clinical role and privileges with the programme
- International applicants
- International eligibility, licensing and visa support are not confirmed
- Funding
- Current salary or funding is not published in the reviewed source
- Application timing
- Current deadline not confirmed; consult the official programme
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
One ASOPRS-affiliated position every other year, starting 7 July; the page lists the next availability as 2024
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Applicants need 36 months of residency in a US programme approved by the Residency Review Committee in Ophthalmology, a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-approved programme, or an equivalent; a Texas medical licence is mandatory.
Published training
- Eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery including blepharoplasty, ptosis repair and DCR
- Orbital surgery and optic nerve sheath decompression
- Thyroid eye disease and idiopathic orbital inflammation
- Resident teaching and a monthly ophthalmic plastics conference
Application route
Applicants register with the San Francisco Match for ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive fellowships; the page states no deadline.
No programme-specific document checklist is recorded. Follow the current official instructions.
Published contact note: Robin Caldwell, Program Contact — robinc@bcm.edu, 713-798-5143
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 20 Oct 2026
Official sources
Source review: 20 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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