The Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration

The Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration is a registered 501c(3) non-profit charitable organization that provides financial support to help patients for whom all conventional surgeries have failed and who may benefit from reconstructive procedures such an an artificial cornea transplantation. The support enables these special patients to undergo restorative surgeries performed free of charge by the foundation doctors. To date, the foundation has received inquiries from patients from 40 states in the US and from 55 countries worldwide.

 

Founded by Dr. Ming Wang

The foundation founder, Dr. Ming Wang, is widely published in books and scientific journals, and lectures internationally. He holds a US patent for a new biotechnology to restore sight in patients suffering from corneal blindness. He described the world's first femtosecond laser-assisted Alphacor artificial cornea implantation surgery**, and was a leader of the surgical team responsible for a combined implantation of an artificial cornea and saliva gland transplant in a patient with severe burns to his eyes.

**Use of Intralase for implantation of the Alphacor artificial corneal is not FDA approved, and is performed off-label.

Save the Date!

     The Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration presents

     EyeBall 2008 "Vision for the Future"
     Black Tie Gala

     Saturday, October 4, 2008, 6pm
     Hilton Downtown, 121 Fourth Ave South , Nashville TN 37201

EyeBall 2008 will feature a spectacular ballroom dance show!    

2008 EyeBall Chairs: Ted and Colleen Welch

VIP tickets are $200 per person, regular seats are $150 per person. 

For ticket information, please call
Alanna Napier 615-480-3816 or wangfoundation@yahoo.com

 

NEWS: The 2007 Eye Ball was held on October 6, 2007 at the Hilton Hotel in Downtown Nashville, TN.

The first annual charity fund-raising event of the foundation, the “Eye Ball 2005 – Sight & Sound”, was jointly hosted by the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration and Nashville Chamber Orchestra on October 1, 2005, at Cheekwood Botanical Garden in Nashville, TN, USA. It was a roaring success.

The Eye Ball 2006 was held at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, on Saturday, October 7, 2006, at 6pm. Performances by Dr. Wang, Carlos Enrique, and John Catchings, a ballroom dance exhibition, and an emotional presentation by a foundation recipient were enjoyed by all. Click here for more details.

The Eye Ball 2007 was held at the Hilton Hotel, on Saturday October 6, 2007. Little Kajal sang "Jesus Love Me" after several patients stories were told, and Dr. Wang had the pleasure of the first dance with the foundation princess. Click here for more details on this event.

We plan to make the 2008 foundation fundraiser spectacular and look forward to seeing our WFSR friends again.. If you have questions or wish to donate to the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration, please contact Lisa Flores at (615) 321-8881.

Donations

Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration received a $100,000 grant from the James W.Pickle Foundation for 2005 and 2006. To donate, please contact the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration, ATTN: Lisa Flores, at 1801 West End Ave. Suite 1150, Nashville, TN 37203, USA [ O: (615) 321-8881  F: (615) 321-8874] or email Lisa@wangvisioninstitute.com.

Gene Angle Scholarship

In memory of the foundation's first treasurer, Mr. Gene Angle, the foundation gives one student per year a scholarship for a worthy project related to visionary research in medicine. For more information, call Ms. Lisa Flores.

 

Surgical assistance for those with severely limited vision from the Wang Foundation

The Foundation has received requests  from over 40 states in US and from over 55 countries worldwide. These special surgeries are indicated for patients who have suffered from vision loss when all conventional treatments have failed. These surgeries may include amniotic membrane transplantation, corneal stem cell transplantation, Alphacor artificial corneal transplantation and corneal endothelial cell transplantation.

Dr. Ming Wang at the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration published the first scientific paper in the world that demonstrated laboratory success in reducing corneal scar and keratocyte apoptosis with amniotic membrane graft. He also obtained a US patent based on this research. On March 29, 2004, the foundation surgeons described the world's first femtosecond laser-assisted Alphacor artificial cornea implantation to restore vision in a patient who suffered severe burns to his face and eyes. This is an off-label use of the Intralase laser and may revolutionlize the technique.

Travel and medications required by these surgeries can be expensive. The Foundation raises funds to help financially qualified patients who may benefit from reconstructive eye surgery to assist them with expenses.

The foundation has successfully raised fund to help these worthy patients, including a $100K grant in 2005 from the James Walter Pickle Charitable Foundation.

Dr. Wang and all foundation medical council surgeons perform these surgeries and all related medical care for the foundation patients free of charge.