Background
Buskirk, Edmund Michael Van was born on July 13, 1941 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Edmund Linford and Dorothy Elizabeth (Deming) Van Buskirk.
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Buskirk, Edmund Michael Van was born on July 13, 1941 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Edmund Linford and Dorothy Elizabeth (Deming) Van Buskirk.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1963; Master of Arts in Anthropology, Harvard University, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, Boston University, 1968.
Intern, Santa Barbara (California) Cottage-General Hospital, 1968-1969;
resident in ophthalmology, Boston University Medical Center, 1969-1972;
fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 1972-1974;
assistant professor ophthalmology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, 1974-1979;
associate professor ophthalmology, Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, 1979-1984;
professor ophthalmology, Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, 1984-1994;
vice chairman ophthalmology, Oregon Health Sciences U., Portland, 1984-1994. Department chairman ophthalmology Devers Eye Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, since 1990, Richard G. Chenoweth professor, since 1990. Member visual science study section National Institutes of Health, 1986-1989.
Member glaucoma advisory board National Society to Prevent Blindness, since 1987. Glaucoma research review board American Health Assistance Foundation. Chief department ophthalmology Legacy Health Sys., since 1992.
Lecturer in field.
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Captain United States Army Reserve. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Ophthalmology (committee ethics 1987, director special focus course on glaucoma surgery, 1986, 88, chairman regional update program1988-1992, Honor award 1986), College Physicians Philadelphia. Member American Medical Association, American Glaucoma Society (secretary 1992-1994, vice president 1994-1996, president since 1996), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (member program planning committee 1986, 88,chairman glaucoma section 1987-1988), Chandler Grant Society, International Glaucoma Society, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Alumni Association, Oregon Academy Ophthalmology, American Ophthalmol.
Married Bette Jo Lueck, June 19, 1965. Children: Audrey Elizabeth, Sarah Lynn, Amy Louise.
