Jay D. Iams, MD, AJOG Editor

Remembrances of Things past Barrie Jay, Editor

On November 29, 1949, Harold Ridley implanted the first intraocular lens (IOL). This marked the beginning of a major change in the practice of ophthalmology and, for Ridley, the beginning of an era of inspiration, reward and challenge, unfortunately marred by the disdain and discourteous actions of many colleagues within the academic establishment in Europe and the United States. By the late 19...

Insight Into the Editor: Christian Weber, MD.

Validating the IAMS Framework

The wide spread of services on the internet has aggravated the issue of maintaining multiple identities such as the virtual identities that are based on specific login credentials like username, passwords and PINs. On the other hand, multiple physical identities also prove to be difficult to maintain since different sources require the presence of different smart cards, mobile devices or other ...

Charles Morton Gottlich, MD: a conversation with the editor.

C huck Gottlich (Figure 1) was born in Dallas, Texas, on October 6, 1944. After graduating from Tulane University in 1966, he attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and graduated with the class of 1970. Th e University of California at San Francisco is where he fi nished his medical internship and fi rst year of residency. After being in the US Air Force for a period of 2 ...

Robert Arthur Kyle, MD: a conversation with the editor.