Don Carl Bienfang

Background

Bienfang, Don Carl was born on December 22, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Mark Carl and Esther Eliza (Kuhlow) Bienfang.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1965.

Career

Assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1972; chief ophthalmology, Havard Cmty. Health, Boston, 1981-1983; director neuro-ophthalmologist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1981-1984; senior surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, since 1997. Director residency rotation Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1985-1991, Boston University, 1985-1991.

25th and 30th reunion committee Harvard Medical School, 1989, 94. Malpractice tribunal Commonwealth of Massachusetts, since 1990.

Achievements

• Don Carl Bienfang has been listed as a noteworthy Neuro-ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director public relations Massachusetts Society Eye Physicians, Boston, 1979-1982. Chair search committee First Parish, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1995. Senior surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1966-1968.

Fellow North America Neuro-Opthalmology Society (nominating committee), American Academy Ophthalmology, Royal Society Medicine. Member New England Ophthalmology Society, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, blacksmithing, gardening, raising chickens.

Connections

Married Denise Britton Repetto, June 6, 1964.

Father:

Mark Carl Bienfang

Mother:

Esther Eliza (Kuhlow) Bienfang

Spouse:

Denise Britton Repetto