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HMS Neuro-ophthalmologist Explains Science Behind Great Dress Debate

Is the dress white & gold or black & blue? The science behind " The Great Dress Debate" is explained by Joseph Rizzo III, MD, David G. Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology in the field of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Director of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at Mass. Eye and Ear. To watch the interview on...

Charles L. Schepens, MD

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

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...