Retinal translocation surgery for AMD offers hope

Ophthalmology Times;  January 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......DALLAS-The goal of retinal translocation surgery is to establish a normal...Juan Jr., MD, explained. Dr. de Juan reviewed the status...patients who will benefit from translocation surgery. The presence of intact foveal...will improve the vision," Dr. de Juan noted. "We also...

Retinal translocation surgery an option when PDT not effective

Ophthalmology Times;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......treatment" said Dr de Juan, professor...PDT or retinal translocation surgery?" he asked. PDT...patients who undergo translocation surgery can achieve vision...therapy and PDT. Dr. de Juan presented...anatomically successful translocation surgery, there was an...20/100 ...

Dr. Christ remembered as caring man

St. Joseph News-Press;  March 15, 2002 ;     318 words ...Dr. Martin H. Christ cared for all of his patients. And they cared...of Stevenson Family Pharmacy that is located next door to Dr. Christ's former office. "He was a very pleasant man to know. He was a good friend. We'll really miss him." Dr. Christ, 77, had practiced medicine in St. Joseph since 1953...

DR. FLOYD ATKINS; MENDED HEARTS, INSPIRED MINDS; AT 59

The Boston Globe;  April 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Dr. Floyd L. Atkins Jr., who mentored and inspired hundreds of medical students and hundreds more...basketball coach, died Saturday of a brain tumor at Tippett Home, a hospice care home in Needham. Dr. Atkins was 59 and lived in Westwood. A cardiologist, Dr. Atkins was for 18 years chief of cardiology at ...

DR. EDWARD FRANK, AT 86; SURGEON, TEACHER, GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCHER

The Boston Globe;  April 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Dr. Edward D. Frank was one of those old-fashioned doctors who had what used to be called...questions.When interns at Beth Israel Hospital started rounds at 4 a.m., they would find that Dr. Frank had been there an hour earlier. "Ed was a giant in many ways," Dr. Elliott Vesell, of Penn State University's ...

Dr. Robert Harmon known for stellar care of children, addicts

Rocky Mountain News;  March 3, 2006 ;     640 words ...Dr. Robert J. Harmon, a recovering alcoholic who devoted his life...collapsing at a medical conference in Puerto Rico. He was 59. Dr. Harmon, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University...alcohol-addicted women who were pregnant or had young children. In 1996, Dr. Harmon established the Harris ...

DR. ROBERT RICHIE JR., 78; WAS BELOVED PEDIATRICIAN

The Boston Globe;  February 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Dr. Robert H. Richie Jr. had some unique ways of treating the...a white coat and he always had a kindly twinkle in his eye. Dr. Richie, who had an office on Story Street in Harvard Square...earlier ones. "They don't make them like him anymore," said Dr. Gerald Hass of Cambridge. Parents were as devoted to ...

The Legacy of Dr. Mazique, A Physician of Many Callings

The Washington Post;  January 5, 1988 ;     619 words ...As Dr. Edward C. Mazique was buried yesterday, you...the ranks of this distinguished profession as Dr. Mazique, and the fine cars with MD tags that...even as the number of doctors had increased. Dr. Mazique, who died last week at age 76, had...

DR. RUTH MARIE ADAMS, AT 90; GAVE CAREER TO HIGHER EDUCATION

The Boston Globe;  November 14, 2004 ;     445 words ...Dr. Ruth Marie Adams dedicated her life to higher education. She...College during itstransition to coeducation in the early 1970s. Dr. Adams, of Hanover, N.H., died Wednesday, apparently of natural...teaching fellow and tutor at Harvard University from 1944 to 1946. Dr. Adams received her doctorate from ...

DR. ELISHA ATKINS, RESEARCHED ORIGINS, FUNCTIONS OF FEVER; AT 84

The Boston Globe;  April 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Dr. Elisha Atkins was a man of many interests. A former professor...classics, including Homer's "The Iliad." After graduation, Dr. Atkins, a Belmont native, enlisted in the Marines and was...crossing a jungle stream. It was after his return home that Dr. Atkins decided he was meant for a career in medicine. ...

DR. RONALD MALT; PERFORMED FIRST REATTACHMENT OF LIMB

The Boston Globe;  October 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Dr. Ronald A. Malt, who gained international fame as the lead...Newton-Wellesley Alzheimer's Center in Wellesley. He was 70. Dr. Malt was the chief surgical resident when he and the MGH team...stone abutment. "We never considered replantation before," Dr. Malt said in a 1987 Globe interview, "but at the ...

On Dr. Phil, a Dose of Bad Medicine?

The Washington Post;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Dr. Phil ought to have his head examined for calling a child a...the special, may have put children's lives at risk because of Dr. Phil's bum advice, the group said in a letter fired off to...professional ethics, NAMI said, it may constitute malpractice. "Dr. Phil's conduct is serious enough to warrant ...

DR. MORRIS SIMON, RADIOLOGIST, AT 79; HIS CARE, DEVICES LED TO...

The Boston Globe;  January 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Dr. Morris Simon, a world-renowned pulmonary radiologist whose...brushing snow from his car parked outside his Boston home. Dr. Simon, a clinician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...observed his 79th birthday Sunday. With his creative genius, Dr. Simon saw how he could reach to the heavens and space ...

DR. MURRAY YAEGER, AT 75; CHALLENGED STUDENTS AT BU

The Boston Globe;  June 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ...When Dr. Murray Yaeger invited colleagues to speak...fellow professor Otto Lerbinger. Each week, Dr. Yaeger spent more than 25 hours preparing...course was "psychological boot camp" because Dr. Yaeger encouraged them to "dig deep," said...

Dr. Ed Gorsky made continuing education reality at Western

St. Joseph News-Press;  July 27, 2004 ;     645 words ...Dr. Ed Gorsky began a career at Missouri Western State College...year to as high as $5 million. But after 18 years at Western, Dr. Gorsky's office walls are bare of the certificates, awards...retirement. "I've got a lot of good memories of Missouri Western," Dr. Gorsky said during a recent interview with ...