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RxSight, Inc. Appoints Dr. Tamara R. Fountain, M.D. and Shweta Singh Maniar to its Board of Directors
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NASDAQ: RXST) RxSight, Inc., an ophthalmic medical device company dedicated to improving the vision of
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[{"type":"text","content":"ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NASDAQ: RXST) RxSight, Inc., an ophthalmic medical device company dedicated to improving the vision of patients following cataract surgery, today announced the appointment of Tamara R. Fountain, M.D. and Shweta Singh Maniar to its Board of Directors. “We are very excited to continue to strengthen the RxSight Board of Directors with the additions of Dr. Fountain and Ms. Maniar. Their diverse healthcare leadership experience will support the strategic advancement of the company through its next chapter of growth,” said J. Andy Corley, Chair of the Board of Directors. “We look forward to their respective contributions as the RxSight® Light Adjustable Lens system provides more doctors and patients the ability to customize and optimize their vision following cataract surgery.” Dr. Fountain is a practicing ophthalmologist who served as the 2021 President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and was named to the board of directors of the American Board of Ophthalmology in January 2022. She has been on faculty at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago since May 1998 where she is professor of ophthalmology and section chair emeritus of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Fountain was chair for Alumni Fund Giving at Harvard Medical School from January 2016 to June 2019 and served as President of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2018. She served 15 years on the board of directors of Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC), the largest, by market share, professional liability insurer of ophthalmologists in the United States. At the end of her term, Dr. Fountain was elected OMIC’s first woman chair of the Board and chair of the Audit Committee, serving January 2014 to December 2015. She was President of the Illinois Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons January 2002 to December 2005. Dr. Fountain received her B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University, her M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and completed her residency in ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Wilmer Eye Institute. Ms. Maniar has served as Global Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences Solutions, Google Cloud - BioPharma at Google, where she leads vision, strategy, and execution of Google Cloud's industry product strategy and go-to-market model. Prior to ...