Source: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
Written by: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

On August 14, 2015, the Unveiling Ceremony of Image Reading Center, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center and Series Lecture of ZOC Affiliated Eye Hospital 50th Anniversary was held in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC), Sun Yat-sen University. Professor SriniVas Sadda, the president and director of Doheny Eye Institute, was invited to give a lecture to celebrate the event and the 50th anniversary of ZOC Affiliated Eye Hospital. The unveiling ceremony was moderated by Professor Lu Lin.

Professor Lin Xiaofeng, Deputy Director of ZOC, gave welcome remarks. He thanked Prof. Sadda and the Doheny Eye Institute for the support and help during the preparation of the Image Reading Center.

Prof. Sadda visited ZOC to offer guidance on the construction of the Image Reading Center in April this year. At the unveiling ceremony, Prof. Sadda delivered a lecture entitled “Building a global reading center collaboration: the Doheny-Zhongshan partnership”. He said that both Doheny Eye Institute and ZOC had world-recognized record of academic excellence, and the Doheny-Zhongshan partnership would be a perfect match.

Mr. Daniel Katz, Administrative Director of the Doheny Image Reading Center, gave concluding remarks. He pointed out that the Doheny Image Reading Center and the Image Reading Center of ZOC had laid a solid foundation for the collaborations in scholar exchanges and joint collaboration of research and development. He believed that the two sides would achieve mutual growth through cooperation.

On August 15, Professor Liu Yizhi, Director of ZOC, met with Prof. Sadda and Mr. Katz. Prof. Liu hoped that the Fundus Disease Center of ZOC would take the opportunity to build the Image Reading Center and make positive contributions to the clinical research on ocular fundus diseases. Moreover, the two sides held a discussion on developing new technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of ocular fundus diseases, glaucoma and cataract, and reached consensus on jointly conducting researches in relevant fields.

Prof. Sadda and Mr. Katz also visited the Fundus Disease Center and the Image Reading Center of ZOC, and discussed faculty development, quality control and cooperation plan of the Image Reading Center.