Fathers in Ophthalmology
o Father
of ophthalmology: George Beer
o Father
of vitreoretinal surgery: Machemer
o father
of clinical perimetry: Eduard Von Jaeger
o The Father of the Automated
Perimeter: Franz Fankhauser
o father
of retinal detachment surgery: Jules Gonin
o father
of modern cataract surgery: Jacques Daviel
o father
of lamellar corneal refractive
surgery: Jose I. Barraquer
o father
of strabismus surgery: Dieffenbach
o the
'father of ophthalmological history:
Julius Hirschberg
o Albrecht von
Graefe (1828–1870) (Germany) Along with Helmholtz and Donders, one of the 'founding fathers' of ophthalmology as a specialty.
o Father
of modern retinal surgery: Charles
Schepens (Belgium)
o Father
of Modern Philippine Ophthalmology: Dr de Ocampo
o Georg
Bartisch, the father of German ophthalmology
o Father
of Phaco: Charles D. Kelman
o father
of pars plana vitrectomy: Robert Machemer
o Victor
Szokalski is considered to be the father of Polish ophthalmology.
o Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) is known as father
of optics
o Sushruta: The father of Indian surgery
and ophthalmology
o father
of the subspecialty of Neuro-ophthalmology:
Dr Frank Walsh
o father
of macular diseases: Donald M Gass
o Dr.
John Kearney, Rodgers and Dr. Edward Delafield, two of the most distinguished
physicians and surgeons in New York, who may be called the fathers of American
ophthalmology
o Frederick
H. Verhoeff, M.D., the father of ophthalmic pathology in the United States
o Professor
Josef Bille from the University
Heidelberg in Germany has filed almost 100 patents in the field of
ophthalmology and is considered the "father" of laser eye corrections.
o R. Townley Paton, MD, father of modern eye banking and founder of the
first eye bank established in the U.S
o
fathers of
gonioscopy: Maximilian Salzmann & Alexios Trantas
o
Father of Keratoprosthesis: Guillaume Pellier de Quengsy in 1789
o
Father of
glaucoma drainage implants: Molteno
* Florent Cunier, the father of Belgian Ophthalmology and founder of the Annales d´Oculistique. Disputed founder (with Dieffenbach) of Strabismus Surgery.
* Prof Lalit Prakash Agarwal- Father of Modern Indian Ophthalmology
* Florent Cunier, the father of Belgian Ophthalmology and founder of the Annales d´Oculistique. Disputed founder (with Dieffenbach) of Strabismus Surgery.
* Prof Lalit Prakash Agarwal- Father of Modern Indian Ophthalmology
- compiled & published by Dr Dhaval Patel MD AIIMS
