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Guests of Honor
GUESTS OF HONOR
Fronde A. Gutman, MD Academy President
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GUESTS OF HONOR the Jules Stein Living Tribute Award, and the Prix Chauvin from the French Ophthalmological Society. His valued leadership is evident by his past and present service to many societies and organizations. The following is an incomplete list: Managing Editor of the Graefe Archive for Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Editorial Committee of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, Editorial Committee of the Journal Fran~ais d'Ophthalmologie, Chairman of Medical Research Council Advisory Committee Concerning Research into Ophthalmology, Member of the Council of the Oxford Congress, and Member of the Appointed Teacher's Advisory Committee for the British Postgraduate Federation.
Alan C. Bird, MD, FRCS, FCOphth lan C. Bird, born in Bromley, Kent, England, in 1938 and received his medical degree from A Guy's Hospital Medical School in London, England
in 1961. Following the conclusion of his postgraduate training in ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital, he spent one year (1968-69) as a clinical fellow at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in the United States. He currently lives and works in London, England and holds prestigious appointments as Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the Institute of Ophthalmology and as Honorary Consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Prof. Bird's professional interests and activities coupled with his collegial nature have favorably enhanced dialogue within international ophthalmology. His frequent visits to the United States over the past 25 years have resulted in improved professional exchange, productive collaboration, and many special friendships. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Professor Alan C. Bird as a 1992 Guest of Honor. -
Froncie A. Gutman, MD, President
Prof. Bird is an internationally respected clinician, educator and investigator. Over the past 25 years, he has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers, books, and chapters. His clinical and investigative interests have primarily focused on medical diseases of the retina and choroid with special interest in degenerative and vascular disease. He continues to pursue his professional activities with enthusiasm, energy, and creativity. Prof. Bird has delivered 15 named international lectures, including the Bjerrum Lecture to the Danish Ophthalmological Society (1980), the Duke Elder Lecture to the Ophthalmic Society of the United Kingdom (1981 ), and the Doyne Lecture to the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (1990). He has received many honors and awards including
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GUESTS OF HONOR can Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in 1976. For eight years (1977-84), he served as a director on the American Board of Ophthalmology and was elected Chairman in 1984. Included in his numerous honors and awards are the Herman Wacker Prize from the Club Jules Gonin (1980), the Lucien Howe Medal from the American Ophthalmological Society (1983), the Award of Merit in Retina Research from the Retina Research Foundation (1986), and the Gass Medal for Outstanding Contributions in Macular Disease (1987). The establishment of the "Gass Medal" by the Macula Society represents the special appreciation and respect accorded Dr. Gass by his retinal colleagues.
J. Donald Gass, MD
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Donald Gass, born in Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1928, received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University Medical School in 1957. Dr. Gass did his residency training in the Department of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Prior to assuming his appointment as Chief Resident at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, he spent one year as a fellow in ophthalmic pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. His continued interest in ophthalmic pathology has played a major role in Dr. Gass's ability to identify and interpret the signs of new ocular disease and syndromes. Following conclusion of his clinical training in 1963, Dr. Gass joined the faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida. During these past 29 years at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Dr. Gass has achieved national and international recognition as a clinician, investigator and educator. His unique abilities to correlate clinical and pathological findings in diseases of the retina and choroid and to interpret pathophysiological processes have had an unparalleled, contemporary impact on the approach to ophthalmic diagnosis and management. Dr. Gass has authored more than 170 scientific publications and has delivered 28 named lectures, including the XXXIII Jackson Lecture of the Ameri-
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Dr. Gass's application of his gifted intellect and genius of original thought have produced a permanent legacy that has benefitted ophthalmology, ophthalmologists, and our patients. In spite of his richly deserved international reputation and image, he remains a modest, humble individual, who is genuinely uncomfortable with public recognition. Those of us who know Don have had our lives enriched through his professional collaboration and, more importantly, his special friendship. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Dr. J. Donald Gass as a 1992 Guest of Honor.
-Francie A. Gutman, MD, President
GUESTS OF HONOR tinuing Education (1970-78), and Secretary for Instruction (1978-85).
Melvin L. Rubin, MD elvin Rubin, born in 1932 in San Francisco, California, was graduated from the University M of California School of Optometry in 1953 and subL.
sequently received his medical degree from the University of California School of Medicine (San Francisco), in 1957. He left the West coast and completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the State University of Iowa Hospitals in 1961. The following two years were spent as the Executive Secretary of the Vision Research Training Committee at the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Blindness in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1963, he joined the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida College of Medicine where he has provided his leadership for the past 29 years. He currently serves as professor and Chairman of the Department and holds the Richardson Eminent Scholar Chair. Respected as a skilled clinician, investigator, and administrator, Dr. Rubin has exhibited a special sustained commitment to education throughout his career. Examples of his extraordinary efforts and contributions in education include his singular role in establishing the Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program, his numerous clinical and scientific publications, and his long service within the Academy as Associate Secretary of Con-
Known for his integrity and selfless, altruistic behavior, he has had a major presence in and impact on national ophthalmology. Within the Academy, Dr. Rubin has served continuously from 1966 to 1988, starting with his appointment to the faculty of the Home Study Course and culminating with his election as President. He currently is continuing his services as President of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His offices and service within other national organizations have included: Trustee and President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the American Board of Ophthalmology; member of the Board of Directors of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology; member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation; member of the Research Advisory Board of the National Society to Prevent Blindness; Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery in the American College of Surgeons; and Scientific Program Advisory Committee in the American Medical Association. Within his state he currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Florida Society of Ophthalmology. This listing represents only a small portion of the many offices held by Dr. Rubin. Dr. Rubin is a humble, gifted individual, who has shared his leadership and talents broadly and unselfishly. He enjoys a wide range of interests outside of medicine including photography, art collecting, philately, bridge, and music. He has enriched the lives of those of us who have had the privilege of professional collaboration with him and enjoyed the warmth of his friendship. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Dr. Melvin Rubin as a 1992 Guest of Honor. - Froncie A. Gutman, MD, President
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GUESTS OF HONOR Committee, and the Long-Range Planning Committee. Because of Dr. Vincent's background, experience and perspective, he has provided distinguished service in 1992 as one of the 10 members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Organizational Design-a demanding and challenging responsibility. Dr. Vincent's selfless and constructive efforts as a physician and leader are symbolic of the contributions made by many of our Academy members who provide primary comprehensive ophthalmological care in their communities. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Dr. Nicholas J. Vincent as a 1992 Guest of Honor. -
Nicholas J. Vincent, MD icholas J. Vincent, born in 1935 in New York, New York, received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961. Following two years as a Naval flight surgeon, he completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Presbyterian Medical Center, San Francisco, California, in 1968. For the past 23 years, Dr. Vincent has been in the private practice of general ophthalmology in Santa Barbara, California.
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Throughout his professional career, Dr. Vincent has served his patients, community, and his profession in an exemplary manner. Known for his ethical behavior, honesty, modesty and candor, Dr. Vincent has provided both leadership and service whenever asked. Within organized medicine, his service has included membership on the Executive Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Medical Association and membership on the Advisory Panel of Ophthalmology in the California Medical Association. Within ophthalmology, Dr. Vincent has served as President of the Santa Barbara Ophthalmological Society and as President of the California Association of Ophthalmology. On behalf of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, he has served as a Councillor, and as a member of the Fund-Raising Committee for the National Eye Care Project, the Practicing Ophthalmologist Advisory
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Froncie A. Gutman, MD, President
Fronde A. Gutman, MD Academy President
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GUESTS OF HONOR the Jules Stein Living Tribute Award, and the Prix Chauvin from the French Ophthalmological Society. His valued leadership is evident by his past and present service to many societies and organizations. The following is an incomplete list: Managing Editor of the Graefe Archive for Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Editorial Committee of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, Editorial Committee of the Journal Fran~ais d'Ophthalmologie, Chairman of Medical Research Council Advisory Committee Concerning Research into Ophthalmology, Member of the Council of the Oxford Congress, and Member of the Appointed Teacher's Advisory Committee for the British Postgraduate Federation.
Alan C. Bird, MD, FRCS, FCOphth lan C. Bird, born in Bromley, Kent, England, in 1938 and received his medical degree from A Guy's Hospital Medical School in London, England
in 1961. Following the conclusion of his postgraduate training in ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital, he spent one year (1968-69) as a clinical fellow at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in the United States. He currently lives and works in London, England and holds prestigious appointments as Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the Institute of Ophthalmology and as Honorary Consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Prof. Bird's professional interests and activities coupled with his collegial nature have favorably enhanced dialogue within international ophthalmology. His frequent visits to the United States over the past 25 years have resulted in improved professional exchange, productive collaboration, and many special friendships. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Professor Alan C. Bird as a 1992 Guest of Honor. -
Froncie A. Gutman, MD, President
Prof. Bird is an internationally respected clinician, educator and investigator. Over the past 25 years, he has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers, books, and chapters. His clinical and investigative interests have primarily focused on medical diseases of the retina and choroid with special interest in degenerative and vascular disease. He continues to pursue his professional activities with enthusiasm, energy, and creativity. Prof. Bird has delivered 15 named international lectures, including the Bjerrum Lecture to the Danish Ophthalmological Society (1980), the Duke Elder Lecture to the Ophthalmic Society of the United Kingdom (1981 ), and the Doyne Lecture to the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (1990). He has received many honors and awards including
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GUESTS OF HONOR can Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in 1976. For eight years (1977-84), he served as a director on the American Board of Ophthalmology and was elected Chairman in 1984. Included in his numerous honors and awards are the Herman Wacker Prize from the Club Jules Gonin (1980), the Lucien Howe Medal from the American Ophthalmological Society (1983), the Award of Merit in Retina Research from the Retina Research Foundation (1986), and the Gass Medal for Outstanding Contributions in Macular Disease (1987). The establishment of the "Gass Medal" by the Macula Society represents the special appreciation and respect accorded Dr. Gass by his retinal colleagues.
J. Donald Gass, MD
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Donald Gass, born in Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1928, received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University Medical School in 1957. Dr. Gass did his residency training in the Department of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Prior to assuming his appointment as Chief Resident at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, he spent one year as a fellow in ophthalmic pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. His continued interest in ophthalmic pathology has played a major role in Dr. Gass's ability to identify and interpret the signs of new ocular disease and syndromes. Following conclusion of his clinical training in 1963, Dr. Gass joined the faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida. During these past 29 years at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Dr. Gass has achieved national and international recognition as a clinician, investigator and educator. His unique abilities to correlate clinical and pathological findings in diseases of the retina and choroid and to interpret pathophysiological processes have had an unparalleled, contemporary impact on the approach to ophthalmic diagnosis and management. Dr. Gass has authored more than 170 scientific publications and has delivered 28 named lectures, including the XXXIII Jackson Lecture of the Ameri-
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Dr. Gass's application of his gifted intellect and genius of original thought have produced a permanent legacy that has benefitted ophthalmology, ophthalmologists, and our patients. In spite of his richly deserved international reputation and image, he remains a modest, humble individual, who is genuinely uncomfortable with public recognition. Those of us who know Don have had our lives enriched through his professional collaboration and, more importantly, his special friendship. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Dr. J. Donald Gass as a 1992 Guest of Honor.
-Francie A. Gutman, MD, President
GUESTS OF HONOR tinuing Education (1970-78), and Secretary for Instruction (1978-85).
Melvin L. Rubin, MD elvin Rubin, born in 1932 in San Francisco, California, was graduated from the University M of California School of Optometry in 1953 and subL.
sequently received his medical degree from the University of California School of Medicine (San Francisco), in 1957. He left the West coast and completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the State University of Iowa Hospitals in 1961. The following two years were spent as the Executive Secretary of the Vision Research Training Committee at the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Blindness in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1963, he joined the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida College of Medicine where he has provided his leadership for the past 29 years. He currently serves as professor and Chairman of the Department and holds the Richardson Eminent Scholar Chair. Respected as a skilled clinician, investigator, and administrator, Dr. Rubin has exhibited a special sustained commitment to education throughout his career. Examples of his extraordinary efforts and contributions in education include his singular role in establishing the Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program, his numerous clinical and scientific publications, and his long service within the Academy as Associate Secretary of Con-
Known for his integrity and selfless, altruistic behavior, he has had a major presence in and impact on national ophthalmology. Within the Academy, Dr. Rubin has served continuously from 1966 to 1988, starting with his appointment to the faculty of the Home Study Course and culminating with his election as President. He currently is continuing his services as President of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His offices and service within other national organizations have included: Trustee and President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the American Board of Ophthalmology; member of the Board of Directors of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology; member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation; member of the Research Advisory Board of the National Society to Prevent Blindness; Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery in the American College of Surgeons; and Scientific Program Advisory Committee in the American Medical Association. Within his state he currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Florida Society of Ophthalmology. This listing represents only a small portion of the many offices held by Dr. Rubin. Dr. Rubin is a humble, gifted individual, who has shared his leadership and talents broadly and unselfishly. He enjoys a wide range of interests outside of medicine including photography, art collecting, philately, bridge, and music. He has enriched the lives of those of us who have had the privilege of professional collaboration with him and enjoyed the warmth of his friendship. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Dr. Melvin Rubin as a 1992 Guest of Honor. - Froncie A. Gutman, MD, President
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GUESTS OF HONOR Committee, and the Long-Range Planning Committee. Because of Dr. Vincent's background, experience and perspective, he has provided distinguished service in 1992 as one of the 10 members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Organizational Design-a demanding and challenging responsibility. Dr. Vincent's selfless and constructive efforts as a physician and leader are symbolic of the contributions made by many of our Academy members who provide primary comprehensive ophthalmological care in their communities. With pleasure and pride, the Academy welcomes Dr. Nicholas J. Vincent as a 1992 Guest of Honor. -
Nicholas J. Vincent, MD icholas J. Vincent, born in 1935 in New York, New York, received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961. Following two years as a Naval flight surgeon, he completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Presbyterian Medical Center, San Francisco, California, in 1968. For the past 23 years, Dr. Vincent has been in the private practice of general ophthalmology in Santa Barbara, California.
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Throughout his professional career, Dr. Vincent has served his patients, community, and his profession in an exemplary manner. Known for his ethical behavior, honesty, modesty and candor, Dr. Vincent has provided both leadership and service whenever asked. Within organized medicine, his service has included membership on the Executive Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Medical Association and membership on the Advisory Panel of Ophthalmology in the California Medical Association. Within ophthalmology, Dr. Vincent has served as President of the Santa Barbara Ophthalmological Society and as President of the California Association of Ophthalmology. On behalf of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, he has served as a Councillor, and as a member of the Fund-Raising Committee for the National Eye Care Project, the Practicing Ophthalmologist Advisory
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Froncie A. Gutman, MD, President