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Paul A. Chandler, MD

Person: (November 19, 1896 - March 15, 1987), Noted Glaucoma Specialist
BIOGRAPHY Paul A. Chandler was the beloved mentor of generations of ophthalmologists interested in glaucoma. He completed his medical training and residency in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. He established the Glaucoma Service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear in 1940. In 1986, the Paul Austin...

Feroze Mahmood, MD

Person: Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Division Chief Cardiac and Vascular Anesthesia

Eliot L. Berson, MD

Person: (May 9, 1937 - March 19, 2017), Former William F. Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology (1968-2017)
A seminal figure in the field of inherited retinal diseases, Eliot L. Berson, MD, was the William F. Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology, and a member of the Department and the Mass. Eye and Ear medical staff since 1968. The Founding Director of the Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal...

Kamal R. Khabbaz, MD

Person: Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Charles L. Schepens, MD

Person: (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 State University of Ghent. In 1937 he served as assistant to Dr. L. Hambresin in Brussels. In 1940, he...

Judah Folkman, MD

Person: (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: targeting angiogenesis may potentially arrest cancer. Although others described tumor angiogenesis as...

Henry Willard Williams, AM, MD

Person: (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 began his clinical training at Harvard Medical School in 1844, and also trained in medical schools and...

Robina Matyal, MD

Person: Leonard S. Bushnell MD, Chair in Anaesthesia , Director of Vascular Anaesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

David G. Cogan, MD

Person: (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 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He served as Chair of Harvard Ophthalmology from 1955-1973, and...