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Endre A. Balazs, MD

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BIOGRAPHY  Endre A. Balazs, MD, was a world leader in ophthalmic biochemistry and also a developer of products that have become extremely important and widely used in eye surgery.  Among many talented and famous alumni of what is now Schepens Eye...

Ephraim Friedman, MD

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BIOGRAPHY Dr. Ephraim Friedman, ophthalmologist and past President of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, passed away on June 18, 2011. He was a friend to many within the Harvard Ophthalmology community, a loving family man, skilled clinician and retinal surgeon...

Frederick A. Jakobiec, MD, DSc

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An international leader in eye pathology and the former Chair of Harvard Ophthalmology and Chief of Mass Eye and Ear Department of Ophthalmology, the late Dr. Jakobiec made many seminal contributions to the field, as well as our department.

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Paul A. Chandler, MD

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BIOGRAPHY Paul A. Chandler was the beloved mentor of generations of ophthalmologists interested in glaucoma. He completed his medical training and residency in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. He established the Glaucoma Service at Massachusetts...

David G. Cogan, MD

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BIOGRAPHY Dr. Cogan was born on February 14, 1908, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He received his BA from Dartmouth, his MD from Harvard Medical School, and completed an ophthalmology residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He served as Chair of...

Henry Willard Williams, AM, MD

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BIOGRAPHY  Henry Willard Williams was born December 11, 1821 in Boston, Massachusetts to Willard and Elizabeth Osgood Williams, and attended both the Boston Latin School and Salem Latin School. He began his clinical training at Harvard Medical School in...

Judah Folkman, MD

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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...

Charles L. Schepens, MD

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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...

Deborah Pavan Langston, MD

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BIOGRAPHY After nearly 50 years working and studying at Mass. Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Langston retired at the end of June 2015. A graduate of Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Deborah Pavan Langston was the first woman to...