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Burton J. Kushner, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1277-1280.

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I can vividly recall a weekend in the early 1970s when I attended my first national ophthalmology meeting. I was in my residency at the University of Wisconsin and had the opportunity to go to the annual spring meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmologic Society. I remember hearing the speakers during the retinal section of the conference describing the new and exciting innovation in their subspecialty, the pars plana vitrectomy. The anterior segment authorities spoke excitedly about the intraocular lens, a radical new solution to the optical problems associated with aphakia. The first soft contact lens had been recently approved for general use, and there were glowing reports about its successful application in previously contact lens–intolerant patients. By that stage of my training, I had already decided on a career as a pediatric ophthalmologist. So it was with great anticipation that I awaited the section of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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