Background
Kara, Gerald B. was born in June 1920 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Kara, Gerald B. was born in June 1920 in Istanbul, Turkey.
AB, New York University, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical University, 1944. Postgraduate studies, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, 1949.
Intern, Jersey City Medical Center, 1944-1945;
clinical assistant ophthalmologist, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, 1947-1949;
assistant ophthalmological surgeon, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, 1949-1957;
surgeon-director in ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, 1957-1979;
executive surgeon, department chairman ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, 1973-1979;
board of trustees, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, since 1970. Assistant ophthalmological pathologist New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1949-1954, chairman research committee 1962-1974, medical board 1970-1974, 77-79. Consultant ophtalmologist, St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1956-1970, St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson, New York, 1976-1982.
Attending ophthalmologist, Misericordia Hospital, New York City, 1956-1966. Associate professor in charge Eye Laboratory Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1954-1956. Associate professor ophthalmology director of Eye Laboratory, Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 1955-1957.
Lecturer in ophthalmological pathology, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, 1949-1954. Clinical professor opthal. State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1976-1982.
Visiting professor ophthalmological U. Philippines, 1966, Autonomous U., School of Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1974, University of the East, Caracas, Venezuela, 1975. Lecturer on Corneal and Cataract Surgery at Procter and Gamble Institute, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1956-1976, director postgraduate Institute, 1957-1989. Consultant in ophthalmology United States Air Force, 1961.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, New York Academy of Sciences, New York Academy Medicine. Member American Medical Association (Physician's Recognition award 1969, 74, 78, 82, 86), American Academy Ophthalmological and Otolaryngology (Barraquer award 1965, Distinguished Service award 1968), Panam. Association Ophthalmological, Panam.
Medical Association (chairman ophthalmological section 1972-1973), French Ophthal Society, Ophthal Society United Kingdom.