David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., receives Lasker Award for transformative imaging technology

Prize dubbed ‘America’s Nobel’ recognizes wide use of optical coherence tomography to manage eye disease, prevent blindness

By Franny White September 21, 2023 Portland, Oregon

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Casey Eye staff congratulate David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., for earning a Lasker Award. Huang is co-inventor of the biomedical imaging technology known as optical coherence tomography, or OCT, continues to advance and refine OCT at Oregon Health & Science University’s Center for Ophthalmic Optics and Lasers, which is also known as the COOL Lab. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Optical coherence tomography demonstration

George Pacheco, B.S., senior clinical research assistant at COOL Lab, OHSU Casey Eye Institute, right, examines a volunteer’s eye during a demonstration of optical coherence tomography, following the announcement that Dr. Huang received the Lasker Award for co-inventing the technology. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Huang in COOL Lab

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., co-inventor of the biomedical imaging technology known as optical coherence tomography, or OCT, continues to advance and refine OCT at Oregon Health & Science University’s Center for Ophthalmic Optics and Lasers, which is also known as the COOL Lab. (OHSU)

Huang in COOL Lab 2023

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., (right) demonstrates a structural eye scan with the biomedical imaging technology he co-invented, optical coherence tomography, or OCT, at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. (OHSU)

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., is the associate director and the director of reseach at Oregon Health & Science University’s Casey Eye Institute. (OHSU)

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., provides an eye exam

Oregon Health & Science University physician-scientist David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., is an ophthalmologist who specializes in treating conditions of the cornea, the clear tissue that covers the front of the eye, and a researcher who studies and advances biomedical imaging technologies such as the biomedical imaging technology he co-invented, optical coherence tomography, or OCT. (OHSU)

David Huang, M.D. Ph.D., outside COOL Lab

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., co-invented the biomedical imaging technology known as optical coherence tomography, or OCT, and is the associate director and director of research at Oregon Health & Science University’s Casey Eye Institute. (OHSU)

Optical coherence tomography scan

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., (center) helps a colleague perform a structural eye scan with the biomedical imaging technology he co-invented, optical coherence tomography, or OCT, at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. (OHSU/John Valls)

Optical coherence tomography angiography

The imaging technology known as optical coherence tomography, or OCT, is commonly used to diagnose and manage eye diseases that can cause blindness. This en face image, displayed in a frontal view, is from an OCT angiography scan of an eye with wet age-related macular degeneration, and focuses on the retina, light-sensitive tissue in the back of the eye. Abnormal blood vessel growth is shown in yellow, while normal retinal blood vessels are purple. (OHSU/Yali Jia)

Optical coherence tomography angiography

The imaging technology known as optical coherence tomography, or OCT, is commonly used to diagnose and manage eye diseases that can cause blindness. This cross-sectional image is from an OCT angiography scan of an eye with wet age-related macular degeneration, and focuses on the retina, light-sensitive tissue in the back of the eye. The yellow layer represents abnormal blood vessel growth, while normal retinal blood vessels are shown in purple and normal choroidal blood vessels are red. (OHSU/Yali Jia)