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July 13, 2025 59 mins
As part of our “Giants in Retina” Series, Retina Rounds is honored to welcome a true giant in biomedical innovation, Dr. Mark Humayun.  Dr. Humayun is Professor of Ophthalmology, Co-Director of the University of Southern California Roski Eye Institute and Director of the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsberg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics.  Dr. Humayun is an ophthalmologist, engineer, scientist and inventor and has the distinction of being the only ophthalmologist ever to be elected a member of both the US National Academies of Medicine and Engineering.  Dr. Humayun co-invented the Argus Series retina implants and has more than 125 patents.  In 2015, for all his contributions to biomedical innovation, President Barack Obama named Dr. Humayun a recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.  In today’s podcast Dr. Humayun talks about his journey to ophthalmology and biomedical innovation and provides pearls on how to bring an innovative idea to reality.
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