David Huang Named to Laser Surgery Chair
David Huang, associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Keck School and director of the Laser Vision Center at the Doheny Eye Institute, will hold the inaugural chair in corneal laser surgery.
He is the co-inventor of optical coherence tomography, a technology that is widely used for refractive surgery and other medical and diagnostic purposes.
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Manger served for five years as an engineer on a nuclear submarine before turning to medicine.
After completing premedical studies at Harvard University, he graduated from the USC School of Medicine and completed his ophthalmology residency at USC’s Doheny Eye Institute.
Manger was one of the first ophthalmologists in Southern California to perform LASIK surgery, which uses a laser beam to reshape the cornea to replace the need for glasses and contact lenses.
Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1996, the procedure is more accurate and comfortable than earlier surgeries and offers quicker visual recovery. Over the past 11 years, Manger has performed 5,000 to 7,000 LASIK surgeries each year at his Saddle-back Eye Center practice in Laguna Hills.
“Corneal laser surgery is commonly used to correct refractive errors, but we have yet to unlock its full potential for restoring vision in patients with irregular or cloudy corneas,” Huang said. “With Manger’s support, I hope to advance this important area of research.”
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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