Faculty NewsNews
Richard Abbott, MD
Honors: Elected to the American
Ophthalmological Society
Visiting Professorships and
Invited Lectures: Mark J. Schoenberg Memorial Lecture: New York Society
of Clinical Ophthalmology; University of Iowa; New England Ophthalmological
Society; Mexican Ophthalmological Society, Puebla, Mexico; Panama Society
of Ophthalmology, Panama City; Malpractice Defense Attorney Annual Symposium,
Chicago.
Appointments: Elected President
and Chairman, Pan American Ophthalmological Foundation; American Board
of Medical Specialties, Public Information Committee.
Allan Flach, MD, PharmD
Appointments: Elected President,
Prevention Blindness, Northern California; Elected Executive Secretary
Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society.
William Hoyt, MD
Honors: Named to the 2003 Ophthalmology
Hall of Fame, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, one
of six honorees selected by 30,000 U.S. ophthalmologists; Guest of Honor,
Club Latinoamericano de Neuro-Oftalmologia, June 2003.
Invited Lecture: Guest Speaker
and Honoree, European Neuro-Ophthalmological Society, Tubingen, Sweden,
July 2003.
David Hwang, MD
Appointment: Elected President,
Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, 2002-2003 term.
Shan Lin, MD
Appointment: President-Elect,
Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmoligical Society (PCOOS) 2004.
Invited Talks: Ocular Drug and
Surgical Therapy Update, "Practical Applications of the
Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study," Dana Point, CA, February
2003; Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology, "Surgical Alternatives
when the Trabeculectomy Fails," San Juan, March 2003; Cordes Eye
Society, "Practical Applications of the Ocular Hypertension Treatment
Study," San Francisco, April 2003.
Joan O'Brien, MD
Invited Lectures: Yale Department
of Ophthalmology, "Current Research in Retinoblastoma," January,
2003; Invited Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, University
of Wisconsin, "Retinoblastoma Diagnosis and Treatment," Madison,
Wisconsin, April, 2003; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin,
"Retinoblastoma Research Directions," Madison, Wisconsin,
April, 2003.
Appointment: Invited
Panelist, American Academy of Ophthalmology Retina Vitreous Panel, Knowledge
Base Development Project.
Daniel Schwartz, MD
Invited Talks: ASCRS/ASOA Symposium
on Cataract, IOL, & Refractive Surgery, "IOL's with Laser Adjustable
Power," San Francisco, April 2003; Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Clinical Meeting, "Light Adjustable Lens," Baltimore, April
2003; Annual Bascom Palmer Resident's Days Meeting, "Light Adjustable
Lens," Miami, June 2003.
