ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
June 2022
EyeWorld honors the lives of ophthalmologists who have died recently with recognition in this space. To recognize an ophthalmologist here, send the name, post-nominal letters, location, birth date, and death date to liz@eyeworld.org.
Francis Applegate Jr., MD
January 30, 1930–February 27, 2022
Hays, Kansas
Louis Betz, MD
Died April 7, 2022
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Jon Burpee, MD
November 14, 1941–February 15, 2022
Edmonds, Washington
Abraham Cheij, MD
Died April 11, 2022
Nashville, Tennessee
Robert Fier, MD
November 14, 1951–March 4, 2022
Stuart, Florida
Daniel Finklestein, MD
Died February 25, 2022
Baltimore, Maryland
Ronald Fishman, MD
Died March 2, 2022
Potomac, Maryland
Leonard Floam, MD
Died March 18, 2022
Westport, New York
James Genin, MD
May 27, 1946–April 30, 2022
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Jan Hilliker, MD
January 9, 1948–March 17, 2022
Danville, Pennsylvania
Paul Jergens, MD
Died March 29, 2022
Venice, Florida
Robert Kobs, MD
April 3, 1926–March 2022
Jackson, Michigan
Alfred Kronthal, MD
December 15, 1935–May 16, 2022
Baltimore, Maryland
Ernest Larson Jr., MD
May 3, 1928–February 18, 2022
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Peter Marks, MD
September 12, 1961–April 12, 2022
Guilford, Connecticut
John Martin, MD
Died March 22, 2022
Williamstown, Massachusetts
John Moretti, MD
July 13, 1941–February 23, 2022
Washington, D.C.
William Nye, MD
Died April 5, 2022
Lincoln, Nebraska
James Salz, MD
October 8, 1939–March 19, 2022
Santa Monica, California
Jeffrey Schwartz, MD
July 11, 1957–March 11, 2022
Largo, Florida
Stanley Shorb, MD
October 25, 1940–May 7, 2022
Phoenix, Arizona
Hayne Sheffield Jr., MD
September 20, 1941–April 29, 2022
Austin, Texas
Thomas Walsh Jr., MD
September 18, 1931–April 24, 2022
Darien, Connecticut
Russell Watt, MD
June 22, 1928–March 25, 2022
Marshalltown, Iowa
Benjamin Wherley, MD
November 2, 1939–March 7, 2022
Dover, Ohio
Carl Wille, MD
Died February 19, 2022
Franklin, Tennessee
James Wootton, MD
January 19, 1929–February 25, 2022
Castle Pines, Arizona
