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J. Wayne Streilein, MD

(June 19, 1935 - March 15, 2004)

President of Schepens Eye Research Institute, 1995 - 2004

"The Father of Modern Ocular Immunology"

BIOGRAPHY  Dr. Streilein, a noted immunologist, shaped a renewed research mission that brought the entire spectrum of the biological sciences to bear on vision research. He served as the Charles L...

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Charles L. Schepens, MD

(March 13, 1912 – March 28, 2006)

Past Professor of Ophthalmology

"The Father of Modern Retinal Surgery"

BIOGRAPHY Charles L. Schepens was born in Belgium in 1912, and originally studied mathematics at university before turning his interests to medicine. He received his medical degree in 1935 from the...

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