Wang Foundation for Sight restoration and Sight Scholarship

A 501c(3) non-profit charity which has helped patients from over 40 states in the U.S. and 55 countries with all sight restoration surgeries performed free-of-charge

Founder and chairman:

Ming Wang, MD, PhD

Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics)

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Board of directors:

Rick Broocks
Kim Campbell
Joyce Cook
MaClin Davis
Libby Dayani
Bart Durham, JD
Lynda Evjen
Howard Gentry
Patrice Gordon
Charles Grummon
Rob Harvey
Mark Hilliard
Jian Huang, DDS
Lois Jordan, PhD
Aroll Jones
Monty Lankford
Tom Lawless, JD
James Looper
Kenny Marks
Scott Mertie
AJ McCall, JD
Gena McClure
Pete Pantaz
Brian Sconyers
Tonya Sherell
Ravi Shetkar
Bob Sircy
Dave Snodgrass, DDS
Turney Stevens, MBA
Aaron Vallett
JJ Wang
Ming Wang, MD, PhD
Ted Welch
Shirley Zeitlin

Foundation Medical Council:

Mark Bearman, MD
Helen Boerman, OD
Dan Browining
Greg Coley, OD
Alan Davenport
CRNA MS
Fred Davis, OD
John Downing, MD
Matt Drew, OD
Roy Ferguson, PhD
Michael George, MD
Paul Harrell, MD
Jeff Horn, MD
Jeffrey Kegarise, OD
Josh Knotts, DC
Craig McCabe, MD, PhD
Azizur Rahman, MD
Stephen Sanders
David Shen, OD
Robert Simon, OD
Cliffton Sites, OD
Rob Szeliga, OD
Ming Wang, MD, PhD
Amy Waymire, OD

Past Foundation board members:

Gene Angle
Lucius Carroll II
Barry Dotson
Priscilla Garcia
Polly Nichols
Wallace Rasmussen
Mary Beth Thomas

Foundation past medical council members:

Dave Brown, OD
Robert Estes MD
Shawna Hill OD
Jeff Kammer MD
Lance Kugler MD
Franco Racchia MD
Dora Sztipanovits OD
Uyen Tran MD

Past EyeBall chairs:

Martin and Shirley Zeitlin, EyeBall 2005
Robert Frist MD, EyeBall 2006
Wallace Rasmussen, EyeBall 2007
Colleen and Ted Welch, EyeBall 2008
Rice and Jody Broocks, EyeBall 2009
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, EyeBall 2010
Mayor Karl Dean, EyeBall 2011

Gene Angle Sight Scholarship

In memory of the foundation's founding treasurer, Mr. Gene Angle.

The Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration is a 501c(3) non-profit charity that has helped patients from over states in the U.S. and 55 countries, with all sight restoration surgeries performed free-of-charge. The foundation doctors published five textbooks, and a paper in the world-renowned journal “Nature”, hold severalU.S. patents for inventions of new biotechnologies to restore sight, and performed the world’s first laser-assisted artificial cornea implantation.

About the foundation founder: Ming Wang, MD, PhD, a graduate of Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude), is one of the few cataract & LASIK surgeons in the world today who holds a doctorate degree in laser physics. He performed the world’s first 3D image-guided high-definition LASIK, the state’s first 3D premium Forever Young Lens cataract surgery and the state’s first bladeless all-laser LASIK. Dr. Wang has performed over 55,000 cataract and LASIK procedures (including on over 4,000 doctors), and is currently one of only three surgeons in the U.S. conducting an FDA-regulated clinical trial for a breakthrough new eye surgery to treat age-related loss of near vision. Dr. Wang is the founding president of the Tennessee Chinese Chamber of Commerce, which has played an active role in helpingTennessee become the #1 ranked state in the U.S. in the growth rate of export to China. Dr. Wang is the co-owner and international president of Shanghai Aier Eye Hospital, the largest publicly-traded private eye hospital group inChina, with 35 hospitals throughout China, holding 10% of its eyecare market.