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...