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##  1850

 **[Henry Willard Williams, AM, MD](/henrywillardwilliams)**, delivers the first course of clinical ophthalmology lectures at Harvard Medical School—the first course of its kind ever given in an American medical school.

##  1871

 **[Dr. Williams](/henrywillardwilliams)** becomes the first Chair of the newly established Harvard Medical School (HMS) Department of Ophthalmology.

##  1891

 Williams' successor, **Oliver Fairfield Wadsworth, AM, MD**, joins the staff of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye & Ear Infirmary (established in 1824). Soon after, the hospital becomes the hub of Harvard's ophthalmic training.

##  1891

 **Benjamin Joy Jeffries, AM, MD**, establishes one of the first ophthalmic pathology laboratories in the the U.S., at Mass. Eye & Ear. In 1982, the lab is dedicated to renowned HMS ophthalmologist and alumnus, **David G. Cogan, MD**.



 



 

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