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An immigrant from China with only $50 became a world-class doctor and inventor, and now a movie, SIGHT, is based on his remarkable life story. | Dr. Ming Wang
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Dr. Ming Wang is a Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics),
and is one of the few laser eye surgeons in the world today who holds
a doctorate degree in laser physics.
The film “Sight” is based on Dr. Wang’s autobiography “From Darkness to Sight,” co-starring Greg Kinnear.
As a teenager, Ming fought poverty and hardship in China and came to
America with only $50 and earned two doctorate degrees, one in laser
physics and one in medicine, and graduated with the highest honors
from Harvard Medical School and MIT.
Amniotic membrane contact lens, which Dr. Wang invented for
which he holds two U.S. patents, has been used by tens of thousands of
eye doctors in nearly every nation throughout the world, and millions
of patients have had their eyesight restored.
Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration has helped patients from over
Forty states in the U.S. and 55 countries, with all sight restoration
surgeries performed free of charge.
Dr. Wang was named the Kiwanis Nashvillian of the Year for his lifelong dedication to helping blind orphaned children worldwide. An immigrant from China with only $50 became a world-class doctor and inventor, and now a movie, SIGHT, is based on his remarkable life story.
Don't miss this remarkable interview.
Links to Dr. Ming Wang:
https://drmingwang.com/
SIGHT movie based on his life story:
https://angel.com/sight
3 books recommended by Dr. Ming Wang:
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie: https://amzn.to/3KP2k9W
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by Jonathan Haidt: https://amzn.to/3VyXZMS
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klien: https://amzn.to/4c9v7Sw
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Chapters
1. From Darkness to Sight (00:00:00)
2. From Darkness to Invention and Hope (00:11:12)
3. Finding Common Ground in Diversity (00:23:13)
4. A Journey of Faith and Perseverance (00:28:16)
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