- Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude);
PhD (laser physics) - Over 55,000 LASIK and cataract procedures (including on over 4,000 doctors)
- The ONLY center in TN that offers LASER cataract surgery
- Introduced bladeless all-laser LASIK to the state
- Implanted the state's first new premium lens for cataract surgery
- Was the first surgeon in the US to perform a new Intacs surgery to treat keratoconus
- Helped patients from 40 states and 55 countries
- International referral center for cataract surgery and treating LASIK complications
- Read Dr. Wang's book: LASIK Vision Correction
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Dr. Wang's lectures/articles/videos - for physicians
Wang Vision Cataract and LASIK Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- "A whole genome approach to in vivo DNA-protein interactions in E. coli", Ming X. Wang* & George M. Church†, Nature 360, 606 - 610 (10 December 1992)
- "Ultrasound-free all-laser cataract surgery", Ming Wang, MD, PhD, Dec 2011
- "Letter: The Cause of Corneal Astigmatism", Ming Wang, MD, PhD, Cataract and Refractive Today, November, 2011.
- "Presbyopia-correcting IOLs in Patients with Fuchs Dystrophy: Indications and Contraindications", Kevin Jackson, OD, Lance Kugler, MD, Ming Wang, MD, PhD, August 2011
- "Cultural implications of traditional versus modern medicine for the
medical interpreter",
Ming Wang, MD, PhD, June 2011
- "Discussion: Accommodating IOL patient with residual astigmatism", Ming Wang, MD, PhD, and Ryan Vida, OD, May/June 2011
- "Surgical Options for the Treatment of Presbyopia", Lance J. Kugler, MD, Wang Vision Institute Nashville, TN
- "Contraindications to Implantation of Toric IOLs" Lance J. Kugler, MD, Dora Sztipanovits, OD, MS, Ming Wang, MD, PhD, Refractive Eyecare, March 2011.
- "Conducting clinical trials in China", by Ming Wang, MD, PhD, March 2011
- "Aier Eye Hospitals – building world-class private eye care in China", by Ming Wang, MD, PhD, March 2011
- "Primary eye care in China –an emerging field with increasing opportunities", by Ming Wang, MD, PhD, March 2011
- "Efficacy of laser in situ keratomileusis in correcting anterior and non-anterior corneal astigmatism: Comparative study", Lance Kugler, MD , Ilan Cohen, MD, Walid Haddad, MD, Ming X. Wang, MD, PhD, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Volume 36, Issue 10, Pages 1745-1752 (October 2010) (pdf version)
- "Treatment approval process drags on", by Dr Ming Wang, MD, PhD August 8, 2010
- "Understanding Problems with Presbyopic IOLs: Look to the Cornea", Ophthalmology Featured Article, by Ming Wang, MD, PhD.
- "Safety and Effectiveness of Thin-flap LASIK Using a Femtosecond Laser and Microkeratome in the Correction of High Myopia in Chinese Patients", Journal of Refractive Surgery Vol. 26 No. 2 February 2010, Haiyan Li, PhD, MD; Tong Sun, MD; Ming Wang, PhD, MD and Jialiang Zhao, PhD, MD
- "Lasers in refractive surgery: history, present, and future", Lance J. Kugler and Ming X. Wang, Applied Optics, Vol. 49, Issue 25, pp. F1-F9 (2010)
- Intrastromal Laser Refractive Surgery- Femtosecond lasers are being used to treat myopia, hyperopia, and presbyopia without trauma to the corneal surface. by Lance J. Kugler, MD, and Ming X. Wang, MD, PHD, March 2010.
- "Corneal topography and wavefront - complementary tools", Dr. Wang's Contribution to: Dr. Agarwal's Textbook on Corneal Topography (Including Pentacam and Anterior Segment OCT) March 1, 2010
- "Problems with presbyopic IOLs: look to the cornea", Dr Wang's presentation at University of Tennessee, Nashville, TN, Dec. 3, 2009.
- “Understanding Problems with Presbyopic IOLs: Look to the Cornea”
M. Wang, Refractive EyeCare, Vol 12, Num 11, Nov 2008, pp1-5.
- "Improvements in pain management aid suface ablation outcomes" Refractive surgery, Oct 2008.
- "Treating corneal blindness in China", Ming Wang, MD, PhD, January 2008
- Corneal Intrastromal Gatifloxacin Crystal Deposits After Penetrating Keratoplasty, Eye & Contact Lens: Science & Clinical Practice: July 2004 - Volume 30 - Issue 3 - pp 169-172
- "Differences in Virulence between Two Candida albicans Strains in Experimental Keratitis", Ming Wang, MD, PhD, April 2000
- Reduction in corneal haze and apoptosis by amniotic membrane matrix in excimer laser photoablation in rabbits, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 310-319 (February 2001). Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 1997.
- Recurrent Fungal Keratitis and Endophthalmitis, Cornea: July 2000 - Volume 19 - Issue 4 - pp 558-560
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