Kang Zhang, Founding Director, Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California-San Diego
Kang Zhang, MD, PhD is the founding director of Institute for Genomic Medicine, Co-Director of BioMaterials and Tissue Engineering Center at Institute of Engineering in Medicine, Chief of Ophthalmic Genetics, Professor of Ophthalmology, Nanoengineering, and Human Genetics at University of California San Diego. Dr. Zhang obtained his M.D. with Magna Cum Laude honors from Harvard Medical School and MIT joint MD program and his PhD in genetics from Harvard University. He did his postdoctoral training also at Harvard. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University and his retina surgery fellowship at University of Utah. He was a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and the University of Utah. |