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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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George Edward Frothingham |
1867 - 1889 | Professor of Ophthalmology and Aural Surgery, Materia Medica, Ophthalmic and Aural Surgery, and Clinical Opthalmology |
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Flemming Carrow |
1889 - 1904 |
Professor of Ophthalmic and Aural Surgery Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology Chair of Ophthalmic and Aural Surgery and Clinical Ophthalology |
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Walter Robert Parker |
1904 - 1932 | Professor of Ophthalmology |
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George Slocum |
1904 - 1933 |
Professor of Ophthalmology Chair Department of Ophthalmology |
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Francis Bruce Fralick |
1932 - 1968 |
Professor of Ophthalmology Chair of Department of Ophthalmology |
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Don Marshall |
1933 - 1937 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Harold F. Falls |
1938 - 1975 | Professor of Ophthalmology |
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John Woodworth Henderson |
1945 - 1980 |
Professor of Ophthalmology Chair Department of Ophthalmology |
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Harold Richard Blackwell |
1947 - 1958 | Associate Professor of Psychology & Physiological Optics |
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Mathew Alpern |
1955 - 1991 |
Professor of Physiological Optics Professor of Psychology |
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Jurgen Reimer Wolter |
1956 - 1990 |
Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Pathology |
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Daniel G. Green |
1966 - 2002 |
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Richard F. Gutow |
1968 - 1981 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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B. Kent Bennett |
1969 - 1974 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Roger F. Meyer |
1971 - 2002 | Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Paul R. Lichter |
1971 - 2018 | Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
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Gerard W. H. M. van Alphen |
1973 - 1976 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalology |
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Richard A. Lewis |
1974 - 1978 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Csaba L. Martonyi |
1975 - 2000 | Associate Professor of Medical and Biological Illustration |
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Bartley R. Frueh |
1979 - 2008 | Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Alan Sugar |
1979 - 2023 | Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Andrew Keith Vine |
1980 | Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Terry Bergstrom |
1980 - 2004 | Professor of Opthamology and Visual Sciences |
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Charles C. Barr |
1981 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Sanford C Bledsoe Jr |
1981 - 2006 |
Research Associate Professor, Kresge Hearing Research Institute Research Associate Professor Emeritus |
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Jeffrey L. Lipkowitz |
1983 - 1985 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Ted H. Wojno |
1984 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Hunson Kaz Soong |
1984 - 2022 | Professor of Ophthalmoogy & Visual Sciences |
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Monte A. Del Monte |
1985 - 2022 |
Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Professor of Pediatrics |
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Marilyn C. Kincaid |
1986 - 1987 | Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology |
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Craig M. Morgan |
1986 - 1987 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Jonathan D. Trobe |
1986 - 2023 |
Research Professor, Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Professor of Neurosurgery & Section Head, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
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Dennis P. Han |
1987 - 1988 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Gregory L. Skuta |
1987 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Scott R. Sneed |
1989 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Julia E. Richards |
1989 - 2017 | Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
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Bret A. Hughes |
1989 - 2022 |
Professor of Ophthalmoogy & Visual Sciences Professor of Molecular & integrative Physiology |
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Eve J. Higginbotham |
1990 - 1994 | Associate Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Mark W. Johnson |
1990 - 2001 | Lecturer in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Gale A. Oren |
1990 - 2022 |
Associate Librarian, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Mariannette J. Miller Meeks |
1991 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Barbara A. Blodi |
1992 - 1997 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Arlan T. Johnson |
1992 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Philip J. Gage |
1992 - 2022 |
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Associate Professor of Cell & Development Biology |
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Jeffrey E. Terrell |
1993 - 2021 | Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery |
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Michael Roth |
1994 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology |
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Sayoko E. Moroi |
1994 - 2019 | Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
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Ron M. Kurtz |
1995 - 2005 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Robert M. Schertzer |
1996 - 1999 | Clinical Assistant Professor II of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Tibor Jurhasz |
1996 - 2004 |
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Research Associate Professor, Ophthalmology |
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Dusanka Deretic |
1996 - 2001 |
Assistant Research Scientist, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology |
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Susan S. Thoms |
1996 - 2015 | Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual sciences |
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Qais A. Farjo |
1999 - 2005 | Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Jennifer L. Simpson |
1999 - 2000 | Clinical Assistant Professor II of Ophthalmology |
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Radha Ayyagari |
2002 - 2005 | Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Adam Shawky Hassan |
2002 - 2007 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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John R. Heckenlively |
2004 - 2018 | Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Thellea K. Leveque |
2005 - 2007 | Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Christina A. Bruno |
2006 - 2007 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Terry J. Smith |
2009 - 2020 |
Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Ophthalmology & Visua Sciences |
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Hemant S. Pawar |
2011 - 2015 | Assistant Research Scientist, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Jonathan B. Greene |
2012 - 2016 | Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
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Shivani Gupta |
2014 - 2015 | Assistant Profesor |