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Professor of Fudan University, Director of the Department of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma and Optic Nerve Diseases, Fudan Affiliated Eye and ENT Hospital, Director of the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Director of the National Health Commission and the Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinese Medical Association Chairman-designate of Ophthalmology Branch, Chairman of China Research Hospital Association Ophthalmology and Vision Science Committee, Council Member of World Glaucoma Association, Council Member of Asia Pacific Ophthalmology Professors Association, Visiting Scientist of Harvard Medical School Eye, Ear and Pharyngeal Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong Professor Emeritus of the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences.
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Authority in the field of global glaucoma and cataract treatment
Ophthalmologist, Vance Thompson Vision, South Dakota.
In 2020, he was selected as one of the 200 most influential authorities in the global ophthalmology field. In 2018, he was selected as one of the world’ 100 most influential people in the field of ophthalmology. In 2017, he was selected third among the world’s top ophthalmologists under the age of 50, ranking third. In 2015, he was selected as one of the top 40 ophthalmologists in the world under the age of 40.
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A world-renowned cataract expert, Dr Auffarth is the chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Director of the David J. Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology, and Director of the International Vision Correction Research Centre (IVCRC).
Listed as the most influential doctor in Media MICE KOL Influencers 2022, and among the top 59 famous people in global ophthalmology social media.
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Dr Len Pinchuk is a distinguished research professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami. He’s a member of the American Academy of Engineering and recipient of the 2019 Russ Prize. The inventor of cross-linked polyolefin, Dr Pinchuk holds a PhD in materials, and also in engineering.
His major achievements include the invention of the modern angioplasty balloon, polycarbonate urethane for medicine, Boston Scientific’s TAXUS drug-eluting coronary stent, InnFocus (Santen Preserflo) MicroShunt® for the treatment of glaucoma , Surefire catheters for liver tumors, Mayser urine drainage catheters and next-generation intraocular lens materials.
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Dr Robert Ward is an accomplished healthcare inventor and entrepreneur. Millions of patients worldwide have benefitted from his innovations in biomaterials and medical components.
His inventions are instrumental to the efficacy of many prosthetic implants and devices including intra-aortic balloons, artificial hearts, VADs, catheters, orthopedic implants, pacemakers, neurostimulation devices, vascular grafts, continuous glucose sensors and silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr Ward received an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Lowell for his life’s work in biomaterials and medical devices. He has authored more than 170 technical publications and holds more than 60 patents.
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Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science and Chemistry at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA. Renowned for for inventing polymer coatings for drug-tipped stents that are highly compatible with human tissue and successfully commercialized by Boston Scientific.
Chartered Fellow of the National Institute of Inventors, Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Bioengineering, Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Honorary Doctorate of the University of Akron.
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Dr Buddy Ratner is a Fellow of the American Academy of Engineering and Joint Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Washington. A biomaterials and artificial kidney expert, he’s the founder of the Dialysis Innovation Center.
Dr Ratner develops new surface biomaterials used in medical devices and implants. For example, he engineered a radio frequency plasma deposit that can form a thin film on the surface of existing medical devices and can be used to precisely immobilize key signal molecules. He has synthesized new polymers with biological stability, biodegradability and porosity. Dr Ratner also manufactures and researches new surfaces and materials in contact with proteins, blood, living cells and tissues (in vivo and in vitro).
