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Sawatari, Yoh; Perez, Victor L.; Parel, Jean-Marie; Alfonso, Eduardo; Falcinelli, Giancarlo; Falcinelli, Johnny; Marx, Robert E. (2011). "Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons' Role in the First Successful Modified Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis Performed in the United States".
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laboratory and its eye bank, which has provided ophthalmologists with donor eye tissue for more than 30,000 patients since its 1962 founding, J. Lawton Smith, a neuro-ophthalmologist, who created the nation's first post-graduate neuro-ophthalmology course,
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The institute's clinical faculty treats more than 250,000 patients annually, provides 24-hour emergency care, and is the only community-based ophthalmic care center for indigent and low-income patients of Miami-Dade County.
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surgery in the United States, restoring vision to a woman who had been blind for nine years. The procedure involved several surgeries culminating with implanting her tooth in her eye as a base to hold a prosthetic
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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute faculty and staff treat patients from around the world at the institute's multi-location facilities, including its flagship location in Miami and at satellite facilities elsewhere in
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as a diagnostic tool, and John T. Flynn, a pediatric ophthalmologist who established the institute's Children's Clinic. The institute was officially opened on January 20, 1962.
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In 1965, Bascom Palmer physicians Noble J. David, J. Lawton Smith, Edward W. D. Norton, J. Donald M. Gass, and medical photographer Johnny Justice, Jr. pioneered the use of
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The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's founding five physicians, including Norton, Victor Curtin, the first faculty member, who was hired in 1959 and established the institute's
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Eduardo C. Alfonso, a cornea and external disease specialist, is Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's present chairman and has served in that capacity since June 2009.
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Lewis, ML; Culbertson, WW; Post, JD; Miller, D; Kokame, GT; Dix, RD (1989). "Herpes simplex virus type 1. A cause of the acute retinal necrosis syndrome".
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hospital and research center in the United States for the 17th consecutive year and 19th year overall since the institute's 1962 founding.
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John Clarkson, a vitreoretinal specialist and surgeon, succeeded Norton in 1991 and chaired the institute until 1996. Richard Parrish, a
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In 2006, Bascom Palmer physicians and scientists pioneered studies into the effective treatment of the wet form of age-related
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Steinbrook, Robert (2006). "The Price of Sight — Ranibizumab, Bevacizumab, and the Treatment of Macular Degeneration".
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In 1989, in a successful effort to restore the vitality to ocular mucous membranes, Bascom Palmer faculty introduced
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specialist, became the institute's third chairman in 1996 and served for three years. Richard Forster, a
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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute was founded seven years later, on January 20, 1962, by Edward W. D. Norton, a
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at the University of Miami School of Medicine began in 1955 and attained departmental status in 1959.
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Machemer, R; Buettner, H; Norton, EW; Parel, JM (1971). "Vitrectomy: a pars plana approach".
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diseases, which led to the accurate description and effective treatment of retinal disorders.
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Macherner, Robert (1995). "The development of pars plana vitrectomy: a personal account".
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In 1995, Bascom Palmer faculty member Robert H. Machemer conducted the first successful
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surgery and invented the miniature surgical instrumentation used in this procedure.
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and external disease specialist, served as interim chairman from 1999 until 2001.
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In 1971, Bascom Palmer research investigators established the clinical value of
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The institute provides 24-hour emergency care and is the only community-based
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transplantation therapy, which now can prevent potentially blinding
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care, research, and education center. The institute is based in the
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scarring. Also in 1989, Bascom Palmer researchers identified the
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In 2009, Bascom Palmer surgeons performed the first modified
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with aspirations of building a regional ophthalmic center in
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Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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specialist, administrator and professor who joined the
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Coordinates
25°47′27.72″N 80°12′38.25″W / 25.7910333°N 80.2106250°W / 25.7910333; -80.2106250
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Affiliated university
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Miller School of Medicine
Ophthalmology
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ophthalmic
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South Florida
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