Former UCSF Fellows are Ophthalmology Department Chairs at 18 universities, worldwide, including:

Rubens Belfort, Jr., MD (UCSF/Proctor Fellow 1974-75) President, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology, 2002-2003; Director, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology, 1997-1999; Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Director, Vision Institute, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

W. Bruce Jackson, MD (UCSF/Proctor Fellow 1973) Director General, University of Ottawa Eye Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Canada; Program Director & Senior Scientist, Ottawa Health Research Institute; Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa.

Shigeaki Ohno, MD, PhD (George & Rosalie Hearst Fellow 1974-76; UCSF/Proctor Fellow 1982) Vice President, Hokkaido University Hospital; Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.