CARTI Distinguished Researcher Lecture Series: Seeing Small and Aiming Big with Dr. David Huang

Continental Breakfast available at 7:30am

Please join us on June 8th as CARTI and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences co-host the 2023 Lasker Award winner and co-inventor of optical coherence tomography, David Huang, MD, PhD. Dr. Huang developed OCT while a graduate student at Harvard/MIT. It has revolutionized diagnosis of eye diseases and has been coopted to other fields including but not limited to cardiology, neurology, and gastroenterology. Dr. Huang will tell the story of the conception and invention of OCT and its rapid development to clinical application, and the value of bridging engineering and clinical medicine.

Dr. Huang is the Director of Research at Casey Eye Institute, and Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University. He was co-awarded the 2023 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and a 2022 laureate of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a technology invented in 1991 to image small critical tissue structures with micrometer resolution. It is widely used in eye and coronary heart diseases. I will tell the story of OCT’s initial conception from the inventor’s perspective along with an account of the rapid pace of development that made OCT a clinical reality. The biggest applications of OCT in the management of eye diseases will be shown. Recent advances that enable OCT to advance beyond the imaging of tissue structure to the detection of blood flow and photoreceptor function will be described. The roles of academia, industry, and government agencies in the clinical translation of OCT will be highlighted.

Biography of Presenter 
Dr. David Huang is the Director of Research of Casey Eye Institute, the Wold Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmic Imaging, and Professor of Ophthalmology & Biomedical Engineering at the Oregon Health & Science University.  He is a co-inventor of optical coherence tomography (OCT), for which he received the Lasker Award and the National Medal of Technology & Innovation. His research group, the Center for Ophthalmic Optics & Lasers (www.COOLLab.net), comprises over 40 researchers who develop novel imaging and laser therapeutic technologies and apply them to eye diseases. Notable innovations from the COOL Lab include corneal OCT, OCT angiography, ultrawide-field OCT, and OCT optoretinography.
                                                            
 
Please note: We can only accept registration from those who are affiliated with UMB, UMMC, UMCP, UMBC, VA and Morgan State University.