Jui-Kai (Ray) Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor; Ophthalmic Image Processing with AI; Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Views are my own.

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Allow us to reintroduce @WertLaboratory! 👋

This incredible team studies the neuronal cells of the retina, particularly the photoreceptor cells, and how these cell populations are impacted during retinal degenerative disease. 👁️🔬

#UTSWOphthalmology #WertLab #Retina #UTSW

[J William Harbour MD @JWHarbourMD]

Congratulations to Dr. Zelia Correa on the successful completion of her year as President of the Florida Society of Ophthalmology! The annual meeting has been amazing under her leadership!’

[Wert Laboratory @WertLaboratory]

Congratulations to Ana and Nafisa for winning travel awards for their excellent poster presentations at the WISMAC Celebration of Women in Science event! 🎉🏆 @nnuzhat @HergetAna @utsweye

[Wert Laboratory @WertLaboratory]

First annual Southwestern Vision Science Summit is done. What an incredible day of cutting edge science from UTSW, UAB, UH, U Iowa, UT Austin, Baylor, UNT, and more!

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Our inaugural Southwestern Vision Science Summit is officially underway!

Today’s program is packed with podium talks and posters by trainees and faculty across the region, including @UTAustin, @UHouston, and Baylor College of Medicine. Here's to a full day of collaboration!

[J William Harbour MD @JWHarbourMD]

Wonderful evening with colleagues with downtown Big D as the backdrop prior to the inaugural Southwestern Vision Science Summit at UT Southwestern.

[J William Harbour MD @JWHarbourMD]

Looking forward to our first Vision Science Summit at UT Southwestern this Saturday!

[Jui-Kai (Ray) Wang, PhD @RayWangPhD]

@WertLaboratory @UTSWOphth Congratulations!

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Join us for our first VSSS lecture of 2026 featuring Anupam Mondal, Ph.D.! To register for this in-person and Zoom event, contact Carey Chafouleas.

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

This past Saturday, the department held its annual Ophthalmology at the Crossroads CME conference with lectures centering on ethics, basic science research, corneal and external disease, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, and retina.

See photo descriptions for full talk titles.👁️👁️

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

BCOR is the second most mutated gene in #retinoblastoma and is linked to more aggressive tumors. In this new paper, @JWHarbourMD and team show how BCOR mutations help cancer cells adapt to low oxygen, revealing new therapeutic opportunities.
https://t.co/yz3ap4Y362

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Yesterday, UTSW celebrated Prof. of Ophthalmology Yu-Guang He, MD, as he received UTSW's 2025 Patient and Family Recognition Award, a prestigious honor recognizing Dr. He's "dedication to the compassionate, respectful delivery of exceptional patient care." Congrats!👏🥳

[Wert Laboratory @WertLaboratory]

UTSW @UTSWOphth at #RD2025. Yes, we are the coolest 😂🤓

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Congratulations to @YuGuangHe, this year's recipient of UTSW's Patient and Family Recognition Award!

This honor recognizes Dr. He's compassionate, respectful delivery of exceptional patient care that has garnered the highest degree of patient trust and satisfaction.👏👏

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Today we welcome two new faculty members to the department! 👁️👀👏

[IOVS Journal @ARVOiovs]

Katherine Wert et al. @UTSWOphth find that Elevated PRDM13 Disrupts Photoreceptor Function and Survival in the Mammalian Retina, https://t.co/JnInxX44sO.

[Wert Laboratory @WertLaboratory]

Welcoming Ana to the team, celebrating Ashley’s and Emily’s manuscripts (stay tuned for Emily’s showing up online), and the lab receiving two R01s 🎉 @emilyrnett @Ashley_in_lab @TiffanyYee12

[UT Southwestern Ophthalmology @utsweye]

Join us in welcoming Sergio Garces, M.D., to the department!

Dr. Garces recently completed a pediatric ophthalmology fellowship with us, and we are thrilled he decided to stay in Dallas as part of our neuro-ophthalmology service.

Welcome, Dr. Garces! #neuroophthalmology

[Michael F. Chiang, MD @NEIDirector]

Next-generation phenotyping of inherited retinal diseases: Eye2Gene (AI-driven algorithm). Better-than-expert accuracy for 63 common genetic causes.

@ucl @npontikos @GeoMichalis @MaximilianPfau3 @sktywagner @riksag @KonBalaskas #NIH

@NatMachIntell: https://t.co/OHhpitcvkK

[Michael F. Chiang, MD @NEIDirector]

The new Disney Pixar movie Elio has the main character sporting an eye patch. This seems like a good time to spread the word about amblyopia, the treatment for it, and #NIHfunded research on brain-based causes of vision loss.

https://t.co/acV8rR3bjQ