Arthur Light, MD, Memorial Lectureship in Ophthalmology
The late Arthur Light, MD, was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1943. He served two years in the Public Health Service as a medical officer and again during the Korean War. He took his residency training at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago and became an expert in glaucoma.
With Dr. Thomas Stamm and Dr. James McDonald he co-founded FOCUS, Inc., where he donated his eye skills in Haiti and Nigeria. He was an active member of the Board of Directors of FOCUS as well as the Treasurer.
He is known to the Loyola Ophthalmology Department for his dedication to teaching and compassionate care of his patients.
This distinguished glaucoma lectureship takes place each year as part of the Fall Cataract-Glaucoma Symposium.
The Arthur Light, MD, Memorial Lectureship in Ophthalmology was established by the generous contributions of the Light family.
Date | Name, Title & Affiliation | Presentation(s) | |
9/23/2023 |
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10/22/2022 |
Leon Hernon, MD |
"Managing Patients with Severe Glaucoma. Are We Making a Difference?" |
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9/25/2021 |
Marlene R. Moster, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine Attending Surgeon, Glaucoma Service Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA |
"The Perfect Trabeculectomy vs InnFocus" "Microshunt/ZEN and which will win Subconjunctival Sparing MIGS" |
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9/26/2020 |
Davinder S. Grover, MD, MPH Glaucoma Associates of Texas, Dallas, TX |
"Corneal Hysteresis: A Glaucoma Vital Sign?" "The Wave and Predicting MIGS Outcomes" |
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9/21/2019 |
Lama A. Al-Aswad, MD New York University Grossman School of Medicine |
"MIGS" "MIGS and Refractive Cataract Surgery" |
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9/21/2018 |
Malik Y. Kahook, MD University of Colorado School of Medicine |
"Advances in Glaucoma Therapy" |
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9/23/2017 |
Peter A. Netland, MD, PhD
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"Aniridia and Glaucoma" "Cataract and Glaucoma Considerations" |
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9/24/2016 |
Iqbal Ike K. Ahmed, MD, FRCSC |
"A New Era in Glaucoma Surgery"
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9/19/2015 |
Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH |
"The Influence of Landmark Glaucoma Trials on Clinical Practice" | |
9/27/2014 | Steven D. Vold, MD Medical Director Vold Vision, PLLC Fayetteville, AR |
“Customized Care for the Patient with Glaucoma and Cataract” | |
9/7/2013 | Henry D. Jampel, MD, MHS Professor of Ophthalmology Glaucoma Service Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
“Medical Therapy of Glaucoma: Generics, Adjunctives, and Targets”
“Evidence-Based Medicine in Glaucoma: Does Anyone Care?” |
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9/15/2012 | Garry P. Condon, MD Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology Allegheny Ophthalmic and Orbital Associates Pittsburgh, PA [ PHOTOS ] |
“Trabeculectomy 2012: Is There Still A Role?”
“Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma: Better Surgical Management?” |
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9/10/2011 | Douglas J. Rhee, MD Massachusetts Eye & Ear Director of Glaucoma Services Boston, MA [ PHOTOS ] |
“Canal Based Surgeries for Glaucoma”
“Overview of Diagnostic Testing for Glaucoma” |
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9/12/2010 | Joseph Caprioli, MD David May II Professor of Ophthalmology Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA [ PHOTOS ] |
"The Importance of Rates in Glaucoma" | |
9/12/2009 | Paul Palmberg, MD Professor Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Miami, FL [ PHOTOS ] |
"Micro-Zorro: Procedures at the Slit Lamp in Glaucoma Management"
"What the Clinical Trials Tell Us About Choosing Target Pressures" |
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9/13/2008 | Robert N. Weinreb, MD Director, Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Chief, Glaucoma Division Shiley Center, La Jolla, CA [ PHOTOS ] |
"What’s Next for Glaucoma" | |
9/5/2007 | Richard Parrish, MD Professor, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL [ PHOTOS ] |
"New Findings of the CIGTS: 5 Year Follow Up of structure and Function" "New Hardware for Glaucoma Filtering Surgery: Does Any of It Really Work?" |
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9/6/2006 | Anne Coleman, MD The Frances and Ray Stark Chairman and Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Epidemiology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Department of Ophthalmology, Los Angeles, CA [ PHOTO ] |
"Predicting Glaucomatous Progression with Imaging" | |
9/14/2005 | Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Cataract and Intraocular Lens Glaucoma [ PHOTOS ] |
"Management of Refractory Glaucoma"
"STRATUS OCT in Glaucoma Diagnosis" |
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9/8/2004 | Theodore Krupin, MD Co-Founder, University Eye Specialists and The Chicago Center for Vision Research Clinical Professor, Northwestern University [ PHOTOS ] |
"Low Pressure Glaucoma: The Shape of Things to Come"
"Combined Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery: Should the Combined Process be Abandoned?" |
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3/10/2004 | L. Jay Katz, MD Assistant Director, Glaucoma Service Attending Surgeon, Wills Eye Hospital Professor of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College [ PHOTOS ] |
"Glaucoma Surgery: Advances in the Past Century"
"Laser Trabeculoplasty: New Treatment Paradigm" |