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The Thorpe Circle, established in 2014, was created to offset the costs associated with the Annual meeting. Your contribution strengthens the fund and provides the opportunity for POS to bring the best and brightest in our field to Pittsburgh. This named lecture is the highlight of the Annual Meeting which began in 1980 when Harvey E. Thorpe was named “Man of the Year” by the Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society. Since then, such luminaries as Herb Kaufman, Lorenz Zimmerman, Frederick Jakobiec, David Guyton, Warren Hill, and Lisa Brothers Arbisser, have been recognized. Despite naming the lectureship after Dr. Thorpe, the POS did not have an endowment fund established. Thank you to those who have made a contribution. If you are not a member of the Thorpe Circle, please consider contributing as your support enables the POS to continue the tradition of excellence of recognizing distinguished guest faculty to serve as the Thorpe Lecturers. Sincerely, Michael Azar, MD l Thorpe Circle Administrator | Pamela Rath, MD, President |
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HARVEY E. THORPE LECTURERS | 1981 to Present The Harvey E. Thorpe Lecture was established in 1980, when the Society named Dr. Thorpe “Man of the Year.” All lecturers are M.D. 1981 A. Edward Maumenee 2000 Neil R. Miller 2019 Wallace L.M. Alward 1982 Herbert E. Kaufman 2001 Charles S. Foster 2020 No Meeting 1983 Robert Machemer 2002 John L. Wobig 2021 Robert H. Osher, MD 1984 Daniele Aron-Rosa 2003 Bartley Mondino 2022 Uday Devgan, MD 1985 Norman S. Jaffe 2004 Douglas Koch 2023 Leon W. Herndon, Jr., MD 1986 Lorenz E. Zimmerman 2005 Howard Fine 2024 David F. Martin, MD 1987 Claes H. Dohlman 2006 George Waring III 1988 Rocko Fasanella 2007 Brooks McKuen 1989 Arnall Patz 2008 David Chang 1990 Paul R. Lichter 2009 Peter McDonnell 1991 Simmons Lessell 2010 David Epstein 1992 Alan B. Scott 2011 Carmen Puliafito 1993 Richard J. Simmons 2012 Richard Lindstrom 1994 William Tasman 2013 David Guyton 1995 Ronald E. Smith 2014 Rosa Braga-Mele 1996 Peter R. Laibson 2015 Donald L. Budenz 1997 Norman J. Schatz 2016 Michael Snyder 1998 Dan B. Jones 2017 Warren E. Hill 1999 Frederick A. Jakobiec 2018 Lisa Brothers Arbisser |
Society Mission
To act as the voice of ophthalmologic medicine in the Pittsburgh area, to serve as a patient advocate in promoting preventive eye care, quality medical and surgical care and rehabilitative services for individuals with ophthalmologic diseases and to advance the knowledge, science and practice of ophthalmology, to assist in the improvement of the quality of ophthalmologic medicine and training therein, and to promote integrity in the practice of ophthalmic medicine.
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Email: npopovich@acms.org | Phone 412-321-5030 x110
Need more information? Contact Nadine Popovich, POS Administrator