Helen Jane Blackman

Background

Blackman, Helen Jane was born on December 17, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Robert C. and Helen M. Blackman.

Education

Associate of Arts with honors, Columbia College, 1964; Bachelor of Arts in Medical Sciences, Indiana U., 1965; Doctor of Medicine, Indiana U., 1969.

Career

Intern, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Francisco, 1969-1970; resident, University of Wisconsin School Medicine Department Ophthalmology, Madison, 1970-1973; ophthalmologist, private practice, Washington, since 1978. Clinical director Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, 1980, researcher, 1979-1983. Director Uveitis Svc.

Washington Hospital Center, 1978-1985, consultant, since 1988. Department chairman ophthalmology Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, since 1992. Consultant National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1985.

Achievements

• Helen Jane Blackman has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member medical recordings committee Georgetown University Hospital, 1982-1983. Member credentials committee Sibley Hospital, 1982-1984. Member pharmacy formulary committee Washington Hospital Center, 1984-1986.

Member American Academy Ophthalmology (member basic science committee since 1992), American Uveitis Society, American Medical Women's Association, District of Columbia Medical Society (membership committee 1979-1981), Association Proctor Fellows, Contact Lens Association Ophthalmologists.

Connections

Married John H. Lossing, July 17, 1976. Children: Robert, Rebecca.

Father:

Robert C.

Mother:

Helen M. Blackman

Spouse:

John H. Lossing

child:

Rebecca Blackman

child:

Robert Blackman