Wolfe Foundation Lecture, 2003 - Ophthalmology

The Wolfe Foundation Lecture was delivered by Dr. Samuel Masket on
Saturday, June 14th at 9:00 a.m.

This year's Iowa Eye Meeting was held
in celebration of the
75th birthday of Dr. Sohan Hayreh.

Dr. Hayreh delivered the 22nd Braley Lecture

Samuel Masket Portrait

Dr. Masket is a graduate of New York Medical College. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Harkness Eye Institute of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.

Dr. Masket has practiced ophthalmology in Southern California since 1977. Besides maintaining a clinical practice at Advanced Eye Care, in Los Angeles, Dr. Masket is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Center for Health Sciences.

He is a past Board Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has published extensively on eye surgery. He has recently published Cataract Surgery in Complicated Cases and Atlas of Cataract Surgery.

He has been an invited guest surgeon and lecturer throughout the world and presented the 22nd Binkhorst Medal Lecture at the 1998 annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is included in the "Best Doctors of America" and LA Magazine listed him as a "Best Doctor in LA".

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:

to provide charitable eye care to the needy, and

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

Otis D. Wolfe has been retired and living in Arizona since 1993. Russell H. Watt, M.D., of the Wolfe Clinic, now directs the Wolfe Foundation. 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.