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Kang Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
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Kang Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.., Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132. Director, Division of Ophthalmic Genetics. Co-Director, Division of International Ophthalmology. Investigator, Program in Human Molecular Biology & Genetics, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah. Dr. Kang Zhang was born in Sichuan, China and obtained his M.D. with Magna Cum Laude honors from Health and Science Technology program of Harvard Medical School and MIT joint M.D. program and his Ph.D. in genetics from Harvard University. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University and his retina fellowship at University of Utah. He was a faculty at Johns Hopkins University from 1999-2000, Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 2000-2002. He has been on faculty at University of Utah since 2002. He is currently Director of Ophthalmic Genetics and co-Director of International Ophthalmology of Moran Eye Center and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Among his honors include Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research; Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award from Research to Prevent Blindness; Macula Society membership; American Society of Clinical Investigation membership; Charles Schepens Award for Excellence in Retina Research; and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Clinician Scientist Award. His research focuses on novel disease gene targets and therapies in macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and inherited retinal degenerations. He has numerous grants from National Institute of Health, and other foundations and holds 3 patents. Dr. Zhang has 24 published or co-authored more than 70 peer reviewed manuscripts in top journals including Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Nature Genetics, Nature Medicine, Cell, PNAS -- covering topics in genetics, molecular biology, and clinical trials in ophthalmology. |
