Background
Lincoff, Harvey Allen was born on August 22, 1920 in Pittsburgh. Son of Isaac and Dorah (Ekker) Lincoff.
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Harvey Allen Lincoff
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Bachelor of Science, Harvard College, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, University Pittsburgh, 1949.
Career
Intern, Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1948-1949;
resident neuro-psychiatry, ophthalmology, Bellevue-New York University Medical College, 1949-1954;
fellow, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1954;
fellow, Wilmer Institute, Baltimore, 1955;
instructor, Bellevue-New York University Medical College, 1954-1956;
clinical assistant professor, Bellevue-New York University Medical College, 1956-1961;
clinical assistant professor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1961-1970;
clinical associate professor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1970-1978;
associate professor clinical ophthalmology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1978-1980;
professor, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1980-1985;
professor ophthalmology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, since 1985. Assistant attending Bellevue Hospital, 1954-1956, associate attending, 1956-1961. Attending surgeon ophthalmology New York Hospital, since 1980, Beth Israel, since 1969, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat, since 1980.
Consultant staff Memorial Sloan-Kettering, since 1987. Liaison officer United States Air Force, since 1977.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Navy, 1942-1945. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology (first prize science research 1965, Honors receipient 1969, senior honor award 1984), Society HEED fellows (prize 1967). Member American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association (Knapp award section ophthalmolgoy 1965), American Physicians Fellowship, American Society Contemporary Ophthalmology (Charles Schepens award 1981), Argentine Ophthalmological Society, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Club Jules Gonin (Herman Wacker prize 1982), Louisiana-Mississippi Ophthalmological and Otolaryngological Society (honorary fellow), The Macula Foundation, Inc.
(science advisory council), The Macula Society, Manhattan Ophthalmological Society, Mexican Ophthalmology Society (honorary), New York Society Clinical Ophthalmology, New York State Medical Society (1st prize for science research 1965), New York County Medical Society, Ophthalmic Laser and Surgical Society, Pan-American Association Ophthalmology (1st prize regional meeting 1994), Paul Cibis Club (honorary), The Retina Society, Royal Society Medicine, Sociedad Peruana de Oftalmologia (honorary).
Interests
Connections
Married Daphne Sydney Doran. Children: Anne, Andrew, Norah.
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American
Awards
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Recipient medal Polish Retinological Society, 1984, award North Swabische Ophthalmology Society, West Germany, 1984, Paul Cibis Meml award lecture, 1987, Christian Zweng Memorial award lecture, 1988, Charles L. Schepens award lecture, 1988, award of merit Retina Research Foundation, 1988, Delberg Nachazel Memorial award lecture, 1988, first Pecs Retinal Lecture medal, Hungary, 1991, Lecture medal Egyptian Ophthalmol. Society, 1991, Honor lecture Grecian Retina Society, 1991, Man of Year Achievement awardfor restoration of sight Helen Keller Superior vena cava syndrome for Blind, 1993, European Macula Group medal Aula of the Athens U., 1994.Recipient medal Polish Retinological Society, 1984, award North Swabische Ophthalmology Society, West Germany, 1984, Paul Cibis Meml award lecture, 1987, Christian Zweng Memorial award lecture, 1988, Charles L. Schepens award lecture, 1988, award of merit Retina Research Foundation, 1988, Delberg Nachazel Memorial award lecture, 1988, first Pecs Retinal Lecture medal, Hungary, 1991, Lecture medal Egyptian Ophthalmol. Society, 1991, Honor lecture Grecian Retina Society, 1991, Man of Year Achievement awardfor restoration of sight Helen Keller Superior vena cava syndrome for Blind, 1993, European Macula Group medal Aula of the Athens U., 1994.