Robert Dean Letson, MD

Sabrina Dean Phillips, MD: a conversation with the editor.

Retina Surgery Retina Pearls Section Editors: Dean Eliott, Md; and Ingrid U. Scott, Md, Mph

MARCH 2012 I RETINA TODAY I 29 D islocated intraocular lenses (IOLs) are known possible sequelae of complicated or uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery, particularly in patients with a history of trauma or pseudoexfoliation syndrome. Numerous techniques for lens refixation exist, most of which involve the need for a combined vitrectomy with scleralor iris-fixation of lenses. Large studies ...

Robert I. Simon, MD: Of psychiatry, law, and books.

Dr. Robert I. Simon, this year’s President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), is an exceptional psychiatrist, teacher, and colleague. His contributions have earned him the most prestigious awards in the field of forensic psychiatry. In perhaps the ultimate acknowledgment of his erudition, the Supreme Court cited one of his books, Clinical Psychiatry and the Law (1987), in...

Robert Gary Mennel, MD: a conversation with the editor.

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2006;19:374–385 B ob Mennel (Figure 1) was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on July 27, 1944, and grew up there. After attending parochial schools he went to St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia, graduating in 1966, and then to the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, graduating in 1970. His internship and residency in internal medicine were at the University of Roch...

In Memoriam: Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD (1925-2012).

O n his way to neurology grand rounds, Robert (Bob) Joynt, MD, PhD, died suddenly on April 13, 2012, at the age of 86 years in Rochester, New York. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; their 6 children Robert, Patricia, Mary, Anne, Thomas, and Kathleen and their spouses; and 9 grandchildren. Joynt was chief editor of the Archives of Neurology (1982-1997); a trifecta president of the American A...