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:
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Ming Wang, MD, PhD Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics) |
Board of directors:
- Rick Broocks
- Kim Campbell
- Joyce Cook
- MaClin Davis
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Libby Dayani
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Bart Durham, JD
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Howard Gentry
- Patrice Gordon
- Charles Grummon
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Rob Harvey
- Jian Huang, DDS
- Lois Jordan, PhD
- Aroll Jones
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Monty Lankford
- Scott Mertie
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AJ McCall, JD
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Pete Pantaz
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Brian Sconyers
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Tonya Sherell
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Ravi Shetkar
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Turney Stevens, MBA
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Aaron Vallett
- JJ Wang
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Ted Welch
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.
Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration
1801 West End Ave, Ste 1150
Nashville, TN, 37203.USA
615-321-8878 (O), 615-321-8874(F)
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