title: Bernard Schwartz, MD, PhD, Founding Chair of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Founding Editor of Survey of Ophthalmology.
abstract: Bernard Schwartz, MD, PhD (1927-2007) was first and foremost a scholar. He was a teacher, serving as Professor of ophthalmology for many years at Tufts University; an administrator, chairing the department of ophthalmology for over 20 years; a clinician, practicing primarily in the field of glaucoma; a scientist with a broad interest in ophthalmic research; an historian, especially of medical history; and an editor, primarily of Survey of Ophthalmology. Throughout all of his activities, the central theme was always scholarship.
authors.affiliation: Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St. #450, Boston, MA 02111-1526, USA. THedges@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hedges
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000266:history*; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history