Iowa Eye Association News Oct. 2004. Series 2, no. 39.

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Alumni

Pinar Kirkali Aydin, M.D., (Neuro-ophthalmology fellow, 1989-1990) over the last 10 years has founded the Eye Department of Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, and worked as a head of department until recently. Internationally, she has been a member of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) Advisory Committee and Assessment Committee since the beginning of 2003. She is also a board member of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) as a regional representative and also Program Officer for the Neuro-ophthalmology Section. She is also on the International Board of Editors for the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology and has recently been appointed as one of the Managing Editors for the journal, Neuro-ophthalmology.

Puwat Charukamnoetkanok, M.D., (resident, grad. 2002) started working on September 1 as Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He will do research, teaching, and patient care, specializing in cornea, refractive surgery, and uveitis.

Marian S. Macsai-Kaplan, M.D., (Cornea fellow, 1989), is now Chief of Ophthalmology at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare. Dr. Macsai-Kaplan will be the guest speaker at the March 4, 2005, Iowa Ophthalmology Clinical Conference.

Malcolm L. Mazow, M.D., (resident, grad.1965), was selected as the Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus for the year 2003, and was honored on Friday, May 23, 2003, by The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine Alumni Association during a President’s V.I.P. Luncheon. The Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus is selected by his/her peers on the basis of contributions to the medical profession, support for the high standards of excellence within the profession, and the prestige reflected upon his/her alma mater, The University of Texas Medical Branch.

Swaminathan (Meena) Meenakshi, M.D., (Pediatric Ophthalmology fellow, 2001) has been teaching at Sankara Nethralaya, “The Temple of the Eye,” an Academic Eye Center in India. She has been working closely with postgraduates and fellows and has recently been appointed as Training Coordinator for the Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowships. The Pediatric Ophthalmology fellowships were started in the hospital with the help of Orbis International.

Brian W. Arthur, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., (Pediatric Ophthalmology fellow, 1986) has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology specializing in Pediatric Ophthalmology at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Arthur is returning to his medical school alma mater after 11 years of practice in Pennsylvania. He has also been appointed as Program Director for the Residency Program in Ophthalmology at Queen’s University.

Retirement

Lance Olson, M.D., Ph.D., (resident, 1972 to 1975) retired in Spokane, Washington.

Deaths

Dr. R. Bruce Bedell (resident 1966-70) died April 12, 2002.

Dr. Frank Brown (resident 1944-1947) died december 23, 2003.

Dr. Arthur Kahler (resident, 1931-1934) died March, 2001. Dr. Kahler was 100 years old.

Dr. Otis Lee (resident, 1943; faculty, 1945-1950) died on March 24, 2002.

Dr. Rudolph Nadbath (resident, 1949) died February 2, 2002.

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Trish Duffel
Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Dr.
Iowa City, IA 52242-1091

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