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Dr. Kahook is a practicing ophthalmologist and serial entrepreneur with 15 years of startup and academic experience in research and development. Six of his devices are currently in human trials or commercialized for clinical use. ClarVista Medical, acquired by Alcon in 2017, developed an advanced modular intraocular lens system co-invented by Dr. Kahook. He is the inventor of the Kahook Dual Blade, which is marketed globally by New World Medical. Dr. Kahook is also an inventor of the VERUS Capsulorhexis Device and ShapeTech’s shape memory polymer intraocular lens material, which was licensed by Johnson & Johnson Vision. His inventions have been the focus of over $100 million in venture-backed funding and industry-led development and commercialization since 2008 and his devices have treated well over 100 thousand patients globally.