如今LASIK近视激光手术在全球已家喻户晓，LASIK 的发明人霍拉姆·佩曼（Dr. Gholam.A.Peyman）终于在2013年2月获得美国最高科技奖“国家技术和创新奖”，并在白宫接受了奥巴马总统颁奖。发展了几十年的激光近视手术进一步得到社会和医学界的肯定。

    美国国家科学奖1959年设立，由国家科学基金会代为管理；国家技术创新奖1980年设立，由美国专利和商标局代为管理。美国的年度科技金奖是美国政府给与科学家、工程师和发明者的最高荣誉，属于欧美高度认可的权威科技进步创新奖项，有“科技界的小诺贝尔奖”之称。

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President Obama Honors Nation’s Top Scientists and Innovators

President Obama today named twelve eminent researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science and eleven extraordinary inventors as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States Government upon scientists, engineers, and inventors. The recipients will receive their awards at a White House ceremony in early 2013.

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Dr. Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology, CA
Dr. George Carruthers, U.S. Naval Research Lab, DC
Dr. Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
Dr. Norman McCombs, AirSep Corporation, NY
Dr. Gholam Peyman, Arizona Retinal Specialists, AZ
Dr. Art Rosenfeld, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA
Dr. Jan Vilcek, NYU Langone Medical Center, NY