2024 Program Schedule
Friday, April 19
5:00 - 7:30 p.m. — Opening Reception (business casual dress)
Dolores but you can call me Lolita Restaurant
1000 S Miami Avenue, Miami
Directions for the four block walk to restaurant from the JW Marriott:
-exit front of hotel facing Brickell Avenue
-turn left (south) and walk 100 feet to SE 13th Street
-cross Brickell Ave (westward) and go one block on SE 13th St to Miami Ave
-cross Miami Ave and turn right (north). Stay on Miami Ave when it bends to the left
-walk three blocks up (north) Miami Avenue, restaurant is on Miami Ave just before SE 10thSt
Saturday April 20
7:30 –Buses depart from JW Marriott hotel for BPEI
Buses will depart from the south side of the hotel, on SE 12th Street
7:45 -8:25 –Registration/Breakfast
8:25-8:30 –Welcome and Announcements
John Gittinger, President of the Cogan Ophthalmic History Society
Christopher Blodi and Steve Schwartz
Session 1
8:30 -10:20
Moderator: Wendy Gasch
8:30 -8:45 John Gittinger
"The fundus oculi and the determination of death"
8:45 -9:00 Christopher Leffler and Stephen Schwartz
How Charles Kelman Invented Phacoemulsification in the 1960s: a Reappraisal
9:00-9:15 Hadi Joud and Curtis E. Margo
Lorenz E. Zimmerman: The Right Pathologist at the Right Time
9:15 –9:30 Paulus T.V.M. de Jong
Robert Machemer. From a Difficult Childhood to High Excellence
9:30 -9:40 discussion of the three prior papers
9:40-10:00 Edward De Sutter
Albrecht von Graefe and the Ophthalmology Congress of Brussels, September 13, 14, 15, & 16, 1857
10:00-10:20 M.Tariq Bhatti
The Genesis and Rise of the Basic and Clinical Science Course (BCSC): A Unicorn Among Medical Textbooks
10:20-10:40 Christine Xu
A Story of Seeing and Hearing from Bach to Stevie Wonder
10:40-11:00 –Break
Session 2 Snyder Lecture
11:00 -11:05
Christopher Blodi
Introduction of the Snyder Lecturer
11:05-11:55 Charles Snyder Lecture
Curtis Margo
Jonas Friedenwald, Eugene Wolff, and the Two Books that Helped Bridge the Specialty Gap
11:55-1:00–Lunch
12:30 -12:45 Optional brief tour of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (please note that the Norton Library is under renovation and not accessible)
Session 3
1:00-2:10
Moderator: Steve Schwartz
1:00-1:15 Harry Flynn
Endophthalmitis: Then and Now
1:15-1:30 Natalia Morales and Phillip Custer
The Influence of Trachoma on the Establishment of Modern Ophthalmology – a “Worldwind” Tour
1:30-1:45 Philip Custer and Natalie Morales
The History of Entropion
1:45-1:50 discussion of the two prior papers
1:50-2:10 Jeffrey Brosco
Social Authority of Modern Medicine
2:10-2:30 –Group Photo and Break
Session 4
2:30 -3:40
Moderator: Christopher Leffler
2:30-2:45 Zeynel A. Karcioglu
How do the Blind Painters Paint?
2:45-2:55 Tracy Ravin
The Optical Art of Bridget Riley
2:55-3:00 discussion of the two prior papers
3:00-3:20 Frank Joseph Goes
The History of Gene Therapy in Ophthalmology
3:20-3:40 Grace Levy-Clarke
From Bleeding to Biologics: Granulomatous Uveitis: Sympathetic Ophthalmia and Ocular Sarcoidosis: Informative Role in The Historical Understanding of Autoimmune Diseases
3:40 Recess
4:00 buses depart from BPEI to JW Marriott hotel
6:00 -9:00 pm
Banquet (casual dress)
SALT restaurant
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric Science & Earth Science
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami
Eduardo Alfonso, MD, Chair of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, will speak on the life
of south Florida’s first ophthalmologist, Bascom Palmer, MD
6:00 Buses depart from JW Marriott for SALT
Buses will depart from the south side of the hotel, on SE 12th Street
9:00 Buses depart from SALT for JW Marriott
Sunday, April 21
7:30 –Buses depart from JW Marriott hotel for BPEI
Buses will depart from the south side of the hotel, on SE 12th Street
7:45 -8:15 –Breakfast
8:15-8:30 –Business Meeting –Members Only
Session 5
8:30 -9:45
Moderator: John Gittinger
8:30-8:45 Jace Jo
The Musical Ophthalmologist, Henri Parinaud
8:45-9:00 James Ravin
Marat - Radical Politician and Scientific Writer
9:00-9:05 discussion of the two prior papers
9:05-9:25 Alice “Wendy” Gasch
The White Cane
9:25-9:40 Jaime D. Martinez, Juan Carlos Navia, Christopher T. Leffler, Dennis Bermudez, Harry W Flynn Jr, and Stephen G Schwartz
Cystoid Macular Edema: The History of Its Diagnosis and Treatment
9:40-9:55 –Break
Session 6
9:55 -12:10
Moderator: Christopher Blodi
9:55-10:10 John D. Bullock
William Shakespeare: My Co-author, My Co-lecturer, and My Critic
10:10-10:20 Christopher Kaler
Ophthalmic References in Emily Wilson’s Translation of Homer’s The Iliad
10:20-10:25 discussion of the two prior papers
10:25-10:45 Monique Barbour and Bria George
The Pioneering Contributions of 21st Century Black Women in Ophthalmology
10:45-11:05 Eric Wan, Elizabeth Schexnyder and Alice “Wendy” Gasch
Margaret Brand, MBBS: A Pioneer for the Prevention of Blindness in Leprosy
11:05-11:25 Norman Medow
Crime and Punishment: The Evolution of Medical Malpractice and Ophthalmology's Position Within !
11:25-11:35 William Culbertson
The Semmelweis Reflex in Ophthalmology: When you’re Probably on the Right Track
11:35-11:50 John Lee
Sohan S. Hayreh, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. (1927-2022)
11:50-11:55 discussion of the two previous papers
11:55-12:10 Stephen Schwartz, Christopher Leffler, and Andrzej Grzybowski
Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham and the Psychology of the Blind Child
Poster (can be viewed in foyer of auditorium)
Pelin Celiker
The Origins and Evolution of Ptosis Repair
12:10 Adjourn
12:30 –Buses depart from BPEI for JW Marriott hotel
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