The 34th Wolfe Foundation Lecture
October 15, 2004
 The University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is
happy to announce the 34th Wolfe Foundation Lecturer:
Gunter K. von Noorden, M.D., has been one of the pre-eminent
leaders in ophthalmology and strabismus surgery for the past forty years. He
completed a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Iowa in 1960 and
fellowships at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Tübingen Eye
Clinic in Germany. Dr. von Noorden returned to Iowa City in 1961, first as
Special Fellow, then as Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology. He was on faculty
at the Wilmer Eye Institute from 1963 to 1972, where he achieved the rank of
full professor. Dr. von Noorden was Professor and Director of the Ocular Motility
Service at the Baylor College of Medicine from 1973 to 1995. He is currently
Emeritus Professor at Baylor and Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University
of Southern Florida, Tampa.
Dr. von Noorden is charter member and former president of the American Association
of Pediatric Ophthalmology (AAPOS), the International Strabismological Association
(ISA), and the American Orthoptic Council, as well as a former president of
the American Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). He
has published 310 scientific papers and is the author of four books, including Ocular
Motility and Binocular Vision. Theory and Management of Strabismus, the
gold standard text for ocular motility disorders for the past 30 years.
Dr. von Noorden has presented 21 named lectures in the United States and
abroad and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Franceschetti
Prize, the Proctor Award, the Bowman Medal, and the Jackson Memorial Lecture
Award from the AAO.
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.
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