Herbert Edward Kaufman

Background

Kaufman, Herbert Edward was born on September 28, 1931 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Claire (Krinsky) Kaufman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1952; M.D. magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1956.

Career

Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1956-1957; resident, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1959-1962; associate professor, chief division ophthalmology, College Medicine, U. Florida, 1962-1964; professor, department chairman, College Medicine, U. Florida, 1964-1977; professor pharmacology, College Medicine, U. Florida, 1970-1977; acting dean, College Medicine, U. Florida (College Medicine), 1972; professor, head department ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, since 1978; Boyd professor, ophthalmology, pharmacology, and exceptional therapeutics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, since 1985; medical director, Eye, Ear Nose and Throat Hospital Louisiana, 1978-1984. Chairman training committee National Eye Institute, 1970-1971, member of national eye advisory council, 1978-1982, 1993-1996. Pocklington lecturer Royal College Surgeons, 1979.

Jackson Memorial lecturer, 1979, Maxwell K. Bochner Memorial lecturer, 1978, Proctor lecturer, 1981, Thorpe Memorial lecturer, 1982, Jack S. Guyton lecturer, 1982, Dunphy Memorial lecturer, 1983, Waldert Memorial lecturer, 1983, First Wohl Memorial lecturer, 1983, Glover-Lisman lecturer, 1983, G. Victor Simpson lecturer, 1984, Peter Kronfield Memorial lecturer, 1984, Irvine lecturer, 1986, Earl Padfield Memorial lecturer, 1987, Montgomery lecturer, 1987, 1st Claes Dohlman lecturer, 1991. Advisory board Dry Eye Institute, since 1985. General committee revision United States Pharmocopeial Convention, 1985.

Achievements

• Herbert Edward Kaufman has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Public Health Service, 1957-1959. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Australian Computer Society, American College Clinical Pharmacology. Mem American Association Immunologists, American Association Ophthalmology, American Federation Clinical Research, American Medical Association, American Society Microbiology, American Society Clin Investigation, Association Research Vision and Ophthalmology (president 1975), Association University Professors Ophthalmology (trustee, president 1980), Pan American Association Ophthalmology (member of council), American Society Contemporary Ophthalmology (president), American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Eye Bank Association American (director), New York Academy Sciences, Eye Bank Association American (board directors since 1985), Committee Study National Needs for biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel, Contact Lens Association Ophthalmologists (president 1979), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Royal Society Medicine, Canada Implant Association (honorary), Ophthalmological Society Finland (honorary) Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Maija H. Uotila. Children: Stephen, Joshua, Claire.

Father:

Benjamin Kaufman

Mother:

Claire (Krinsky) Kaufman

Spouse:

Maija H. Uotila

child:

Claire Kaufman

child:

Joshua Kaufman

child:

Stephen Kaufman