David Huang, MD, PhD

Dr. David Huang (Click here for Curriculum Vitae) joined the University of Southern California (USC) Doheny Eye Institute in 2004 as an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and the Medical Director of the Doheny Laser Vision Center (www.dohenylaser.com). Dr. Huang earned the MD degree from Harvard University and a PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received ophthalmology residency training at USC and fellowship training in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. Before joining the USC faculty, Dr. Huang was on the staff of the Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. In 2007, Dr. Huang was named as the first holder of the Charles C. Manger Chair of Corneal Laser Surgery at USC.

Dr. Huang has been named one of best doctors in America by his peers (www.bestdoctors.com) and among the top LASIK surgeons by www.trustedlasiksurgeons.com based on research experience and premier patient care.

Dr. Huang is known for his innovations in applying laser and optical technology to eye diseases. He is a co-inventor of optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging technology that has been applied to the measurement of eye structures with unprecedented precision. He continues his research in applying OCT to corneal and cataract surgery, glaucoma and retinal diseases.

Research Activities:

Optical coherence tomography and other imaging technologies for the eye

Corneal laser surgery

Imaging-guided surgery

Lamellar corneal surgery

Glaucoma diagnosis

Clinical Interests:

Laser vision correction (LASIK, PRK, PTK, complication management)

Corneal transplantation (lamellar and penetrating keratoplasty, astigmatism management)

Intacs (for low myopia and keratoconus)

Phakic intraocular lens implants (for extreme myopia)

Cataracts surgery (after refractive surgery, with multifocal IOL or toric IOL)

Ou Tan, PhD

Dr. Ou Tan (Click here for Curriculum Vitae) is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the USC. He joined the faculty at Doheny Eye Institute in September 2004. Dr. Tan earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2000. He completed his post-doctoral research at National Institute of Radiology Science, Chiba, Japan, in 2002. He acted as a research associate in Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 2002 to 2004. His research interests includes medical image analysis and computer aided diagnosis in glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration with optical coherence tomography.

Yimin Wang, PhD

Dr. Yimin Wang (Click here for Curriculum Vitae) is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the USC. He earned his Ph.D. degree in optics from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China. He performed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of California, Irvine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University.

Maolong Tang, PhD

Dr. Maolong Tang (Click here for Curriculum Vitae) earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Ohio State University in 2004. He is currently a senior research associate in the Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of USC. His research interests include image processing and mathematical modeling of refractive and corneal surgery, corneal topography, and visual optics.

Yan Li, PhD

Dr. Yan Li (Click here for Curriculum Vitae) earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. She is currently a senior research associate in the Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of USC. She received her master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at the Zhejiang University, China, in 2000. Her research interests include medical image processing, optical coherence tomography for imaging the corneal and anterior segment of the eye, planning refractive surgeries, automated anterior chamber cell counting in uveitis grading, mechanism of angle-closure glaucoma, and guiding the treatment of anterior eye diseases with optical coherence tomography.

Xinbo Zhang, PhD

Dr. Xinbo Zhang (Click here for Curriculum Vitae) is a senior statistician for the glaucoma imaging study. He received his PhD in biostatistics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Sylvia Ramos, COA

Sylvia Ramos, COA is the COOL lab clinical coordinator. She routinely collects data for clinical trials and obtains informed consent and patient information.

Nihal Samy, MD

Dr. Nihal Samy El gendy earned her MD,D.Sc.(Ph D) from Cairo University, Egypt. She practices medicine in Department of Ophthalmology, Kaser ElAini and Abo EL reesh pediatric hospital of Cairo University, Egypt as well as private hospitals like EL Road eye hospital and Nour El Oyoun charity hospital, Egypt. She is a research fellow in COOL lab in 2009.

Bing Qin, MD

Dr. Bing Qin earned his MD from Fudan University, China. He practices medicine in Department of Ophthalmology, EENT Hospital of Fudan University, China. He is a research follow in COOL lab from 2009 to 2011.

Wei Wu, MS

Wei Wu, MS is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. She is a research follow in COOL lab from 2009 to 2010.

Jason Tokayer, MS

Jason Tokayer (Click here for Curriculum Vitae) earned a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2008. He is a member of the Compression Group in the Signal and Image Processing Institute at USC. He is currently working with the COOL lab for the glaucoma imaging study. His research interests include the application of compression methods to doppler OCT and other image processing techniques applied to OCT images.