Sonya Bamba, M.D.

Dr. Sonya Bamba is a board-certified ophthalmologist with advanced fellowship degrees in Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery as well as Ophthalmic Pathology. She specializes in corneal transplantation, complex cataract and lens surgery, and anterior segment reconstruction.

She is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and she completed her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis, medical degree at Saint Louis University, and ophthalmology residency at Louisiana State University/Ochsner Health System. She returned to Washington University in St. Louis after residency to complete fellowships in both Ocular Pathology and Cornea/External Disease/Refractive Surgery.

Dr. Bamba has over 10 years of experience as not only a clinician and surgeon in practice but also as a teaching attending, where she supervises residents in the ophthalmology clinic, and teaches cataract, anterior segment, and corneal transplantation surgery. Her work has provided her with extensive expertise in complicated eye pathology and challenging surgical cases. Additionally, she participates as an instructor in numerous cataract surgery and ophthalmology review courses for the residents in training programs throughout the city, and she is a lecturer in Ocular Pathology for the Department of Ophthalmology at Louisiana State University.

Dr. Bamba is a highly skilled surgeon and has performed thousands of eye surgeries, including laser cataract surgery, ocular surface tumor removal/reconstruction, and corneal transplant surgery, including the latest partial thickness techniques such as DSEK and DMEK.

One of Dr. Bamba’s priorities is cultivating a strong doctor-patient relationship through excellent communication, to foster a sense of trust as well as an understanding of eye health and the management of eye disease.