Ningli Wang

Director and the Vice President of the Eye Center of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing

While serving as director and the vice president of one of the two largest eye centers in China, Wang has transformed it to include a growing academic program. Wang is also devoted to ophthalmic practice, teaching, training, blindness prevention and academic research. His contributions include the trans-lamina cribrosa pressure difference theory of open-angle glaucoma, which was called a “milestone paper” in the field.

Part of the Power List 2016

Welcome to The Power List 2016 – our second foray into the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology.

Though we realize our list can (and should) never be definitive, who can argue that the faces within – both familiar and new – do not beautifully highlight the brilliance and diversity found within the field?

Here, we celebrate 100 reasons to be proud of ophthalmology.

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