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Dr. Doorish is a polymath whose research and interests encompass the fields of mathematics, astrophysics, applied physics, and geophysics. His current work brings several interdisciplinary skills to the task of creating a working artificial epiretinal (implantable) device to enable those with Age-related Macular Degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa to aquire restored vision. His collaboration with other members of the team and other research also offer hope for other neurological disfunction, such as spinal injuries. Dr Doorish was for thirty years mentored by Professor Lloyd Motz, a close associate of Albert Einstein and his peer group. Their relationship grew as Dr. Doorish, a then teenage undergraduate, questioned anomalies in Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

Dr.Doorish holds degrees in Physics from St. John's University BS and MS in Applied Physics from Columbia University and a Doctorate in Mathematics from Columbia University. He has done Postdoctoral Research in Geophysics at Princeton University. He has also been a professor of Physics at the Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY and at Wagner College in Staten Island. Dr. Doorish's main area of research is stellar structure and evolution and the early Universe. He has published papers in several research journals around the world and given many lectures on his research in South America, Europe, as well as in the United States.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Structure and evolution of stars; solar/stellar luminosity and energy generation; time-dependant stellar interior equations and their solutions for a study of aging and chemical development of stars; the origin of primordial black holes and the formation of structure in the early Universe; inflation of the early Universe; anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background radiation. 

Dr. Doorish's interests go beyond astrophysics however. Dr. Doorish holds patents for a very unique theory for an implantable artificial retina for the blind. The goal of this project is to restore some semblence of vision to those people suffering blindness from retinal degenerative diseases. Research also continues into biomedical research, particularly into other biomedical devices, such as cardiac devices, and other neurological and ophthalmic devices.

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Dr. John F. Doorish
Reference Articles

Developing a tissue-engineered neural-electrical relay using encapsulated neuronal constructs on conducting
polymer fibers
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
A wireless photovoltaic mini epiretinal prosthesis (MeRP) concept and design
Journal of Modern Optics,
Vol. 53, No. 9, 15 June 2006, 1269–1287
A wireless photovoltaic mini epiretinal prosthesis (MeRP)
Journal of Mpdern Optics,
Vol. 53, No. 9, 15 June 2006, 1245–1266
Video interviews with Dr. Doorish and some of his team of researchers, physicians and vetinarians