Santamaria Eye Center, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Perth Amboy, NJ 7/94-6.95

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, The Edward S. Harkness Eye
Institute, New York, NY 7/91-6/94

St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center, New York, NY 7/90-6/91

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

M.D.,with Distinction in Research, May 18, 1990

The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY

B.S., Biomedical Science, 1987

Grade Point Average: 3.9/4.0

Summa Cum Laude

Nominated for Valedictorian

Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Industry 32nd Edition 2001-2003

Marquis Who's Who in the World 19th Edition 2002

Marquis Who's Who in America 56th Edition 2002

Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Industry 32nd Edition 2001-2002

Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 6th Edition 2002-2003

Directory of Researchers & Achievers throughout the scientific community 

Chosen to be the sole medical expert discussing eye surgery in geographic area - a result of a nationwide search of hundreds of surgeons by MDTV, a premier medical news show, 2000 - present

Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, international directory of most accomplished individuals in healthcare, 2000-2001

International Who's Who of Professionals, 2000 edition, International Professional achievement

Strathmore's Who's Who, national directory of professionals with outstanding achievement, 1999, lifetime member

The Marquis Who's Who Publications Board, medicine and healthcare, third edition, 2000-2001 

Elected to Dictionary of International Biography - 25th Edition - listing of international people of achievement, 1996.

Inventor of "Kung Guide" - a new ophthalmic surgical instrument for keratotomy. Patent is pending.

Invited to lecture and demonstrate refractive surgery to Chinese ophthalmologists at Qingdao University, China-the largest free-standing eye hospital in China

Invited by Dr. Stephen Trokel, inventor of the Excimer laser, to install China's first VISX excimer laser.

Quoted by Health Magazine, a leading national health magazine in the Nov/Dec 1993 issue, as an authority in refractive surgery.

Consulted with foreign governments on the safety of refractive surgery

Who's Who Among Young American Professionals, 1992-1993

AMA Physician's Recognition Award, 7/93 - 7/96

Congressional Advocate, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1993 - present

Honorable mention at the national meeting of the Environmental Mutagenesis Society, Cleveland, OH, July 1989, "The amphibian lens (Rana pipiens) as a biological monitor of waterborne xenobiotics."

The National Dean's List - one half of one percent of the nation's college students selected for academic excellence, 1984-1987

Golden Key National Honor Society Scholarship - awarded to the most outstanding college senior, 1986

National Citation for superior academic achievement, Concepts, 1986

Semifinalist in national scholarship competition - Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation, 1987

Dean's Citation for outstanding academic achievement, 1985 Dean's List, 1982-1987

Strathmore's Who's Who 1999-2000 Directory of Successful Professionals

Author of "LASIK" book 

MDTV Medical Advisory Board, America's leading resource for medical news

The International Biographical Centre Lifetime Achievement Award

Ophthalmology - American Board of Ophthalmology

National Board of Medical Examiners

Featured on NBC News Channel 4, Glaucoma Shunt, 1/8/03

Featured on New Jersey, Glaucoma Shunt, 11/26/02

Consultant to Alcon, Allergan, Pharmacia, Novartis

Wharton/American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Executive Management Program, 2/94

Organizing refractive/cataract surgery trip to China, present

Trained in the Casebeer, Friedlander, Nordan, Thornton and Hays methods in radial & astigmatic keratotomy, 1992-present

Excimer laser research, 1984-present

Lectured in symposium on Trauma and Refractive Surgery, Columbia University, 1993

Committee on Information Technology in Medicine - The Medical Society of the State of New York, 1988-89

Committee on Medical Economics - The New York County Medical Society, 1988-89

Microcomputer consultant, Columbia University Health Sciences Library, 1988

Clinical laser update, Columbia University, 1988

Advanced Computerized Medical Database Searching, Columbia University Health Sciences Library, 1988

The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology National Eye Care Project, 1999-present

Research to Prevent Blindness

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

International Society for Refractive Surgery

The American Medical Association

The American Academy of Ophthalmology

The New York State Ophthalmological Society

Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists

Richmond County Medical Society

Medical Society of New Jersey

Middlesex County Medical Society

Kung, JS, "Express glaucoma shunt may be alternative to trabeculetomy", Ocular Surgury News, 21 (14):40-43, July 15, 2003

Lucca JA, Kung JS, Farris RL, "Keratoconjunctivitis sicca in HIV-1 infected female patients," Adv Exp Med Biol 3500:521-3, 1994.

Lucca JA, Kung JS, Farris RL, "Keratoconjunctivitis sicca in female patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus," CLAO Journal 20(1):49-51, 1994.

Kung JS, Lucca JA, Santamaria J, "Incision Depth vs. Incision Number in the Rupture Strength of Pig Eyes Following Radial Keratotomy," Journal of Refractive Surgery 12(2):S294, 1996.

Kung JS, Lucca JA, Santamaria II J, "Trauma and refractive surgery: a review of the literature and experimental evidence," submitted to Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Kung JS, Trokel SL, Florakis GJ, Siepser S, "Computerized pupillometry in photopic and scotopic conditions," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 34(4):806, 1993.

Sambursky DL, Kung JS, Lucca JA, Sperber LTD, "Blunt trauma after sutureless cataract surgery: clear corneal versus scleral tunnel incisions," Invest. Ophthalmol, Vis. Sci. 34(4):886, 1993.

Kung JS, Farris RL, Sambursky DL, Lucca JA, Santamaria J, "A porcine model for ocular blunt trauma," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 34(4);1115, 1993.

Kung JS, Sambursky DL, Lucca JA, Santamaria J, "A comparison of wound integrity after blunt trauma: Excimer photoablation versus radial keratotomy," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 34(4): 1115, 1993

Kung JS, Lucca JA, Sambursky DL, Santamaria J, "Radial keratotomy: incision depth and number in the rupture strength of pig eyes, " Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 34(4):1247, 1993.

Lucca JA, Kung JS, Farris RL, "Keratoconjunctivitis sicca in HIV-positive females," 1993 CLAO Annual Meeting, p. 59.

Woodward KP, Barbera LG, Mittl RN, Parahyba JP, Kung JS,
"Cataractogenesis secondary to intraocular gas injection," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 30(3):145, 1989.

Kung JS, Geard CR, Worgul BV, "The amphibian lens (Rana pipiens) as a biological monitor of waterborne xenobiotics," Environmental & Molecular Mutagenesis 14(15):108, 1989.

Barbera LG, Kung JS, Kimmel AS, Campbell CJ, "Optic disc leakage as a prognostic indicator in aphakic cystoid macular edema," The CLAO Journal 14 (1):51-54, 1988.

Kung JS, Worgul BV, David J., Rini F, "The effects of exogenous genotoxic agents on the amphibian lens," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 28(3):86, 1987.

L'Esperance FA Jr, and Kung JS, "The effectiveness of intravenous dyes as absorbent chromophores for laser therapy using the dye laser," in preparation.

Kung JS, Worgul BV and Medvedovsky C, "Exogenous genotoxic agents and the lens: cell cycle effects and micronucleation, in preparation, Current Eye Research.

Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY Adjunct Attending, 1/97-present

Sisters of Charity Medical Center, St. Vincent's and Bayley Seton, 
   Staten Island, NY, 2/2000 - present

St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, NJ 03/2002 - present

Somerset Eye Institute, Somerset, NJ. 2/98-Present

Robert Wood Johnson Surgery Center, East Brunswick, NJ. 7/93 - present

Sheepshead Bay Surgery Center, Brooklyn, NY. 9/2000

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