People

David G. Cogan, MD

(February 14, 1908 - September 9, 1993)

Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, 1955-1973

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Cogan was born on February 14, 1908, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He received his BA from Dartmouth, his MD from Harvard Medical School, and completed an ophthalmology residency at...

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Henry Willard Williams, AM, MD

(December 11, 1821 - June 13, 1895)

First Chair of the HMS Department of Ophthalmology, 1871-1891

BIOGRAPHY  Henry Willard Williams was born December 11, 1821 in Boston, Massachusetts to Willard and Elizabeth Osgood Williams, and attended both the Boston Latin School and Salem Latin School. He...

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Judah Folkman, MD

(February 24, 1933 – January 14, 2008)

Past Professor of Ophthalmology

"The Father of Angiogenesis"

BIOGRAPHY As a young navy doctor in 1961, Dr. Judah Folkman noticed that tumors needed blood vessels to grow. Ten years later, Folkman published a controversial theory that is now widely accepted...

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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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Ambika S. Hoguet, MD

Former Instructor in Ophthalmology

Dr. Hoguet left the Department in February 2018.