Fall 2011

Alumni

• From the alumni president
• From the director
• Alums garner AAO awards The AAO 2011 Achievement Award for contributions made
• Class notes

Faculty

• Faculty awards
• New faculty
• Obituary John F.R. Kuck joined Emory's new research program in ophthalmology in 1963
• Six Eye Center physicians named "Top Docs" – Atlanta magazine ... six of Emory Eye Center's physicians are listed

Features

• Cover story:  The Millennials and medicine When we look back at the Flexner Report's description of the medical world of 1910, we see a physician we may not
• Educational offerings expanding Following on the heels of the extensive renovations in our Learning Resources Center two years
• Global Vision Initiative: Where Are We Now? The lead article of our summer issue of Emory Eye magazine featured our inaugural Global Vision
• Newly patented microneedle for ocular drug delivery A goal of ophthalmology researchers is to deliver medication to the back of the
• The eyes have it A noted physician once said that if you were given just one inch of the human body to examine in
• Third floor clinic: Phase 1 opens Construction on our 3rd floor renovation, Phase 1, began in July and was completed and ready for
• 175 or so Emory history makers ... and what they're famous for During Emory University's 175th anniversary
• From Emory Report:  Rooted in history, Calhoun Oak comes down – and an article about the history of the Calhoun Oak from 2000: Calhoun Oak:  Tree Surgeon

News

• Congenital Cataract Symposium in New York An international conference addressing the treatment of children born with a cataract
• Emory Eye Center receives Knights Templar Award A new visual testing model in pre- or non-verbal children
• Molecular Vision receives additional support from afar Emory Eye Center's award-winning, peer-reviewed online journal, Molecular Vision,
• Pat Rosier retires from Grady Many who have trained at Emory Eye Center remember
• A rewarding time in the states Martina Herwig, a research fellow working with Hans Grossniklaus, will return to Bonn, Germany
• SEOP at year two Emory Eye Center hosted our second Southeastern Ocular Oncology/Pathology seminar
• SEVR – 25th anniversary event Emory Eye Center hosted the 25th Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar (SEVR)
• Emory SOM Dean to step down Wright Caughman, Emory’s executive vice-president for Health Affairs, announced that Thomas Lawley, dean of the Emory School of Medicine
• U.S. News & World Report ranking Emory Eye Center has again ranked among the top

Photo Galleries

• AAO alumni event, Orlando, Florida, Oct 23, 2011
• Phase 1, Emory Eye Center, TEC Bldg B, Renovations
• Residents and Fellows Dinner, June 4, 2011

ALUMNI

Class notes

Carol F. Boerner (res. ’78-81) reports a new business, Vermont Facial Aesthetics, in Norwich.

James J. Bedrick (retina fellow ’81-82) is proud to announce the birth of his twin grandchildren, Benjamin and Olivia Graubart. Mother Emily Graubart (res. ’05-08) is an assistant professor in the Comprehensive service at Emory Eye Center. He wonders, “Could one or both of the twins be the third-generation of Emory-trained ophthalmologists.”

Christine L. Burns et al (pediatric ophthalmology fellow ’84) published “Delayed Adjustable Sutures: A Multicentered Clinical Review” in the British Journal of Ophthalmology (online 6.24.2010).

John M. Dixon (res. '71-74) announced that he retired in October 2010.

Charles S. Hill (glaucoma fellow ’85) was included in an Essence magazine article, “False Eyelashes.”

Robert E. Livingston III(res. ’66 ophthal; res. ’71 radiology) reported that he’s still working.

Mark R. Melson (oculoplastics fellow ’08) was selected to the 2011-12 AAO Leadership Development Program.

S. Grace Prakalapakorn (’05M; ’05PH; res. ’06-09) has joined the faculty at Duke Eye Center as assistant professor in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.

Ralph E. Wesley (oculoplastics fellow ’79) presented the Hughes Lecture at AAO 2011. He serves as a clinical professor of ophthalmology at Vanderbilt Medical Center.