Dr. David Huang joined the USC Doheny Eye Institute in 2004 as an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, the Medical Director of the Refractive Surgery Center and a member of the Cornea Service. Dr. Huang received the MD degree from Harvard University and a PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received ophthalmology residency training at USC and fellowship training in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. Prior to joining the USC faculty, Dr. Huang was on the staff of the Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Huang is known for his innovations in applying laser and optical technology to eye diseases. He is a co-inventor of optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging technology that has been applied to the measurement of eye structures with unprecedented precision. He continues research in applying OCT to corneal and cataract surgery, glaucoma and retinal diseases.

Dr. Huang leads the Center for Ophthalmic Optics and Lasers (www.COOLLab.net).