We honor ophthalmology colleagues worldwide who have died from the pandemic. We will update this list as we receive new reports.
Name
|
Location
|
Age
|
Date of Death
|
Joseph Billong |
Douala, Cameroon |
58 |
2019 |
Li Wenliang |
Wuhan, China |
33 |
Feb. 7, 2020 |
Mei Zhongming |
Wuhan, China |
57 |
Before March 3, 2020 |
Zhu Heping |
Wuhan, China |
66 |
March 8, 2020 |
Marino Chiodi |
Bergamo, Italy |
70 |
Before March 30, 2020 |
Juan Viteri Argoti |
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
95 |
March 30, 2020 |
Saeid Azizi |
Zabol, Iran |
Unavailable |
Before March 31, 2020 |
Vicente Sánchez Garcia-Ferrández |
Valencia, Spain |
Unavailable |
April 6, 2020 |
Ana Cláudia Monteiro |
Divinopolis, Brazil |
48 |
April 8, 2020 |
Jay M. Galst |
New York, N.Y. |
69 |
April 12, 2020 |
Paolo Peroni |
Piacenza, Italy |
Unavailable |
Before April 15, 2020 |
Jesús Jimenez Catalan Sr. |
Catalan, Mexico City, Mexico |
Unavailable |
April 16, 2020 |
Paul Kabasele |
London, United Kingdom |
58 |
May 4, 2020 |
Richard P. Mills |
Seattle, Wash. |
76 |
May 9, 2020 |
Nurettin Mutluergil |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Unavailable |
Unavailable |
Albert I. Davis |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
Unavailable |
June 18, 2020 |
Análisis "Analy" Fernández |
Zulia, Venezuela |
Unavailable |
July 22, 2020 |
George W. Blankenship |
Hilton Head Island, S.C. |
79 |
July 26, 2020 |
Steven E. Civiletto |
Greenville, S.C. |
70 |
Feb. 1, 2021 |
Corby D. Ropp |
Swansboro, N.C. |
48 |
July 23, 2021 |
David G. Shulman |
San Antonio, T.X. |
78 |
August 7, 2021 |
Con N. Moshegov |
Sydney, Australia
|
57 |
Jan. 30, 2022 |
If you’re aware of a colleague who has died from COVID-19, submit an obituary form.
Correction: The Academy incorrectly said that John R. Guy, MD, 68, of Florida had died of COVID-19. Dr. Guy died after a sudden and brief battle with cancer.