Background
Spaeth, George Link was born on March 3, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Benjamin and Lena Marie (Link) Spaeth.
educator ophthalmologist writer
Spaeth, George Link was born on March 3, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Benjamin and Lena Marie (Link) Spaeth.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Yale University, 1954. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1959. Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1960.
Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1961.
Resident surgeon Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, 1961-1963, attending surgeon, since 1970, director glaucoma service, 1968—2007, director emeritus, since 2007. Clinical fellow National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1963-1965. Instructor University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1965-1968.
Private practice, 1965-1968. Professor ophthalmology Temple University Medical School, 1968-1975, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, since 1975, Louis Esposito glaucoma research professor, since 2000. Lecturer in fields
Ophthalmologist Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1975.
Attending surgeon, Graduate Hospital. Consultant, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Wills Eye Hospital, Hospital Jefferson Medical College.
President Chestnut Hill Community Association, Philadelphia, 1970-1972. Founder, Chief Executive Officer International Society Spaeth Fellows, since 1975. Trustee, founder, president E.B. Spaeth and Glaucoma Services Foundation, since 1978, Professionals for Nuclear Army Control, 1985-1988.
Trustee, treasurer Thomas Skelton Harrison Foundation, Inc., since 1984. Interviewer Yale Alumni Schools Committee, Philadelphia, since 1965. Yale Class council, since 1968, Yale Association Alumni Representatives, 1996-2002.
Trustee Recording for the Blind and Dyslexia, 1996-2002, International Arts-Medicine Association, emeritus board member Pennsylvania Ballet, since 2002, Bach Festival of Philadelphia, 2002-2005, Squirrel Island Chapel, Maine. Curriculum committee Jefferson Medical College, 1987-1990. Institutional review board Jefferson Medical College, 1990-1995.
President Philadelphia Glaucoma Institute, since 1997. Lieutenant Commander United States Public Health Service, 1963-1968. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology (chairman ethics committee San Francisco 1987-1995, council 1980-1993, vice chairman residency review committee Chicago 1982-1988, Senior honor award 1988, life time achievement award 1999), American Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (Silver fellow), Royal College Ophthalmologists United Kingdom, Danish Ophthalmol.
Society, Indiana Society of Ophthalmology. Member Esteopeon Ophthalmological Society, American Glaucoma Society (president 1983-1985), College Physicians Philadelphia (secretary 1976-1984), Philadelphia County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Academy Ophthalmology (president council), German Ophthalmol. Congress, Physicians for Social Responsibility (president emeritus Philadelphia chapter), American College of Surgeons (board governors emeritus, chairman emeritus advisory council for ophthalmology), Philadelphia Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Ann Ward, May 17, 1958. Children: Kristin Lea Crowley, George Link Junior, Eric Edmund.