The Wolfe Foundation Lecture

The Wolfe Foundation Lecture was begun in 1969 and has been delivered nearly annually by some of the most distinguished ophthalmologists in the world. As such it has become one of the most prestigious ophthalmic lectureships and a cornerstone of the education program of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

The Wolfe Foundation created this endowment to honor Dr. Otis D. Wolfe, the son of Dr. Otis R. Wolfe, the founder of the Wolfe Clinic in Marshalltown, Iowa. In addition the Wolfe Foundation provides charitable eye care to the needy and supports ophthalmic research and education.

The Wolfe Clinic is a private association of ophthalmologists and otolaryngologists founded by Dr. Otis R. Wolfe in Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1919. Dr. Wolfe established the Wolfe Foundation in 1938 for two purposes:

1. to provide charitable eye care to the needy, and
2. to support ophthalmic research and education.

To help fulfil the second purpose, Otis D. Wolfe (the son of Otis R. Wolfe) instituted the Wolfe Lectures in 1969. Funds provided by the Wolfe Foundation are used to invite distinguished ophthalmologists and scientists throughout the country to participate in the teaching program of the Department of Ophthalmology.

Wolfe Foundation Lectures

To fulfill the vision established by Otis R. Wolfe, the Foundation continues to support programs including:

• Donating physician surgical time and paying medical expenses for several Iowans in need each year.
• Purchasing and donating surgical equipment to hospitals throughout Iowa.
• Supporting medical mission trips to under-developed regions of the world.
• Sponsoring public education programs to increase awareness of sight threatening diseases.

  Past Wolfe Foundation Lecturers:
  1969 Leonard Christensen, MD 1970 Irving H. Leopold, MD 1971 Lorenz E. Zimmerman, MD 1972 Morton F. Goldberg, MD 1973 Francis A. L'Esperance, MD 1974 Nicholas G. Douvas, MD 1975 William S. Tasman, MD 1976 H. MacKenzie Freeman, MD 1977 Morton E. Smith, MD 1978 Dan B. Jones, MD 1979 David Paton, MD 1980 Stuart I. Brown, MD 1981 David L. Guyton, MD 1982 William S. Tasman, MD	1983 Peter R. Laibson, MD 1984 H. Dunbar Hoskins, MD 1987 Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD 1989 Arthur J. Jampolsky, MD 1990 George O. Waring, III, MD 1991 J. Donald M. Gass, MD 1992 Gerald A. Fishman, MD 1993 M. Bruce Shields, MD 1994 Thomas M. Aaberg, MD 1995 Lars Frisen, MD 1996 Carl A. Kupfer, MD 1997 Neil R. Miller, MD 1998 Albert W. Biglan, MD 1999 I. Howard Fine, MD	2000 Howard V. Gimbel, MD 2001 Steve A. Arshinoff, MD 2002 David F. Chang, M.D. 2003 Samuel Masket, MD 2004 John M. Graether, MD 2004 Gunter K. von Noorden, MD 2005 Terrence P. O'Brien, MD 2006 David Parke II, MD 2007 David M. Brown, MD

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