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Helmut Machemer, Robert's father, was an ophthalmologist who died in the Ukraine in 1942, leaving a widow and three small sons. In 1953, when Robert Machemer completed his [[Abitur]], he worked for six months in a steel mill to partially finance his medical school education. He studied medicine at the University of Münster and the [[University of Freiburg]], where his received his [[Doctorate#Germany|Promotierung]] in 1959. From 1962 to 1966 he was an assistant in the University Eye Clinic of Göttingen. In 1966 he received a two-year NATO fellowship and moved, with his wife and three-year-old daughter, to Miami to work at the [[Bascom Palmer Eye Institute]]. He remained at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute until 1978, when became the chair of Duke University Medical School's Department of Ophthalmology, serving in that capacity until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1991.<ref>[http://www.cremnc.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=156460 In Memory of Robert Machemer — Cremation Society of the Carolinas]</ref> |
Helmut Machemer, Robert's father, was an ophthalmologist who died in the Ukraine in 1942, leaving a widow and three small sons. In 1953, when Robert Machemer completed his [[Abitur]], he worked for six months in a steel mill to partially finance his medical school education. He studied medicine at the University of Münster and the [[University of Freiburg]], where his received his [[Doctorate#Germany|Promotierung]] in 1959. From 1962 to 1966 he was an assistant in the University Eye Clinic of Göttingen. In 1966 he received a two-year NATO fellowship and moved, with his wife and three-year-old daughter, to Miami to work at the [[Bascom Palmer Eye Institute]]. He remained at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute until 1978, when became the chair of Duke University Medical School's Department of Ophthalmology, serving in that capacity until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1991.<ref>[http://www.cremnc.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=156460 In Memory of Robert Machemer — Cremation Society of the Carolinas]</ref> |
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Machemer established an animal model of retinal detachment and used this model to study [[proliferative vitreoretinopathy]] (PVR). |
Machemer established an animal model of retinal detachment and used this model to study [[proliferative vitreoretinopathy]] (PVR). |
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{{blockquote|Dr. Machemer is best known for his development of [[Vitrectomy#Pars plana vitrectomy|pars plans vitrectomy]], a surgical procedure which has revolutionized the treatment of posterior segment eye diseases during the last quarter of the twentieth century.<ref name=HellenKellerPrize>[http://helenkellerfoundation.org/robert-machemer/ Robert Machemer - Helen Keller Foundation] (with video)</ref>}} |
{{blockquote|Dr. Machemer is best known for his development of [[Vitrectomy#Pars plana vitrectomy|pars plans vitrectomy]], a surgical procedure which has revolutionized the treatment of posterior segment eye diseases during the last quarter of the twentieth century.<ref name=HellenKellerPrize>[http://helenkellerfoundation.org/robert-machemer/ Robert Machemer - Helen Keller Foundation] (with video)</ref>}} |
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*1997 — Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research of the Helen Keller Foundation<ref>[http://helenkellerfoundation.org/robert-machemer/ Robert Machemer - Helen Keller Foundation] (with video)<ref name=HellenKellerPrize/> |
*1997 — Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research of the Helen Keller Foundation<ref>[http://helenkellerfoundation.org/robert-machemer/ Robert Machemer - Helen Keller Foundation] (with video)<ref name=HellenKellerPrize/> |
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*1998 — [[Gonin Medal]] |
*1998 — [[Gonin Medal]] |
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*2000 — Induction into the ASCRS |
*2000 — Induction into the ASCRS Ophthalmology Hall of Fame of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery |
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*2003 — Laureate Recognition Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology |
*2003 — Laureate Recognition Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology |
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Revision as of 17:28, 19 August 2016
Robert Machemer (16 March 1933, Münster[1] – 23 December 2009, Durham, North Carolina) was a German-American ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon.
Helmut Machemer, Robert's father, was an ophthalmologist who died in the Ukraine in 1942, leaving a widow and three small sons. In 1953, when Robert Machemer completed his Abitur, he worked for six months in a steel mill to partially finance his medical school education. He studied medicine at the University of Münster and the University of Freiburg, where his received his Promotierung in 1959. From 1962 to 1966 he was an assistant in the University Eye Clinic of Göttingen. In 1966 he received a two-year NATO fellowship and moved, with his wife and three-year-old daughter, to Miami to work at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He remained at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute until 1978, when became the chair of Duke University Medical School's Department of Ophthalmology, serving in that capacity until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1991.[2]
Machemer established an animal model of retinal detachment and used this model to study proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR).
Dr. Machemer is best known for his development of pars plans vitrectomy, a surgical procedure which has revolutionized the treatment of posterior segment eye diseases during the last quarter of the twentieth century.[3]
Awards and honors
- 1981 — Albrecht von Graefe Prize of the Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (German Ophthalmological Society)
- 1993 — Ernst Jung Prize
- 1996 — Howe Medal of the American Ophthalmological Society
- 1997 — Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research of the Helen Keller Foundation<ref>Robert Machemer - Helen Keller Foundation (with video)[3]
- 1998 — Gonin Medal
- 2000 — Induction into the ASCRS Ophthalmology Hall of Fame of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- 2003 — Laureate Recognition Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Selected publications
- Machemer, R. (1975). Vitrectomy: a pars plana approach. NY: Grune & Stratton; xii+138 pages (appendix by William E. Benson)
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References
- ^ biographical information from American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ In Memory of Robert Machemer — Cremation Society of the Carolinas
- ^ a b Robert Machemer - Helen Keller Foundation (with video)
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