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The American Academy of Ophthalmology's newsletter for senior ophthalmologists (SOs). Scope is published quarterly, with all articles posted online and a PDF download available for print. The online archive includes all articles starting with the summer 2017 issue and select articles from prior issues.

2020 Summer Edition of Scope (PDF 3 MB)
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What We Are Doing Today - Creig Simmons Hoyt, MD, MA, A Renaissance Ophthalmologist

NOV 04, 2020 By M Bruce Shields MD

As one who still struggles with the English language, I’m pretty impressed with anyone who has mastered a second or third language — and I stand in amazement at people who master ancient Greek and (even worse) Sanskrit.

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What We Are Writing — Daughter, Doctor, Resurrectionist: A True Story About Medical Body Snatching in 19th Century America, by E. Michael Van Buskirk, MD

NOV 04, 2020 By M Bruce Shields MD in Features, Book Reviews

Though it has been more than a half century for most of us, I imagine we can all remember our first time in the gross anatomy dissecting lab like it was yesterday.

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Ben S. Fine, MD (1928-2005)

NOV 04, 2020 By Myron Yanoff MD in History, Features

I first became aware of Ben Fine, MD, when as a first-year resident in pathology, I heard him speak in December 1962 at an Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting, then held in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Robert Machemer, MD: Father of Vitreoretinal Surgery

NOV 04, 2020

In the course of every physician’s career, a small number of contemporaries are recognized as giants of their time.

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The Heed Ophthalmic Foundation and Post-residency Fellowship Training

NOV 04, 2020 By Froncie A Gutman MD in Features

Late in the fall of 1945, Thomas D. Heed, a prominent and wealthy Chicago businessman, appeared in the office of Derrick Vail Jr., MD, the chairman of the Ophthalmology Department at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.

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We’re Reading This Fall 2020

NOV 04, 2020 By Thomas S Harbin, MD, MBA, John R Stechschulte MD, Marcia D Carney MD, J. Kemper Campbell, MD, M Bruce Shields MD, Alfredo A Sadun, MD, PHD in Book Reviews

Senior ophthalmologists share the best of what they’re reading this fall. Share what you’re reading and send your review to scope@aao.org

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Stephen J. Ryan, MD: Scholar, Innovator, Mentor, Executive, Advocate

NOV 04, 2020 By Peter J McDonnell MD in Features, History

Stephen J. Ryan’s birth brought his mother and military physician father, then stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, some months of joy before the surprise attack that would plunge this country into war.

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What We’re Doing Today - J. Charles Garvin, MD, Ophthalmologist, Dog-Breeder and Leader

AUG 13, 2020 in Practice Transitions

J. Charles Garvin, MD, has always loved dogs. In fact, he had once intended to devote his life to their care as a veterinarian. But a family member’s blindness and other considerations along the way led to a distinguished as an ophthalmologist. Now, as he enters retirement t…

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Editorial - The Year That Wasn’t … Or Was It?

AUG 13, 2020 By M Bruce Shields MD in Letter from the Editor

For the past few years, I have been looking forward to 2020. It is, after all, the number that represents a goal of our profession (namely, good vision), and it was proclaimed to be the Year of the Eye.

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Notable Dates in Ophthalmology

AUG 13, 2020 By Daniel M Albert MD FACS in Features

Editor’s Note: In this issue of Scope, we introduce a new feature: “Notable Dates in Ophthalmology.” This feature is provided courtesy of associate editor of ophthalmic history Daniel M. Albert, MD, MPH, with the assistance of Jane Shull. Each feature in future issues will h…

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