Miles A. Galin

Background

Galin, Miles A. was born on January 6, 1932 in New York City. Son of Albert and Freda (Simkowitz) Galin.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics cum laude, New York University, 1951; Doctor of Medicine New York University, 1955.

Career

Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1955-1956; assistant resident surgery, New York Hospital, New York City, 1956-1958; resident surgeon, New York Hospital, 1958-1959; surgeon to out-patients, New York Hospital, 1959-1961; assistant attending surgeon, New York Hospital, 1961-1964; associate attending surgeon, New York Hospital, 1964-1966; practice medicine, specializing in ophthalmology, New York City, since 1959. Consultant ophthalmology Memorial Hospital, 1960-1966. Attending ophthalmologist Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital, 1966-1979, Metropolitan Hospital, Bird S. Coler Hospital,1966-1979, Catholic Medical Center Brooklyn and Queens, since 1976, Cabrini Medical Center, New York, since 1982, Westchester County Medical Center, 1975-1979, Blythedale Children's Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1968-1973, Medical Arts Center Hospital, New York City, since 1978, Meadowlands Hospital, since 1984.

Assistant in surgery ophthalmology Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1956-1958, instructor surgery, 1958-1961. Clinical assistant professor, 1961-1963, assistant professor, 1963-1966. Professor New York Medical College, 1966-1979, department chairman ophthalmology, 1966-1973, director research, also director planning department ophthalmology, 1973-1979.

Adjunct Professor polymer science U. Lowell (Massachusetts), since 1982. Exchange scientist to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, United States-Soviet Health Exchange, 1969, 71, 74. Consultant Federal Aviation Administration, Mount Vernon Hospital, National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

Technical consultant Regional Medical Program. Member medical advising committee Quality Vision Care. Technical advising committee ophthalmology Bureau for Handicapped Children.

Member special mediation panel Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department. Member of advisory Board of Governors International Glaucoma Congress. Board directors BetterVision Institute.

Principal investigator and co-investigator National Society for Prevention Blindness, Cornell Univercity, 1959-1966, New York Medical College, 1966-1967, National Council to Combat Blindness, Cornell Univercity, 1955-1966, New York Medical College, 1966-1967, United States Public Health Service, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1959-1966, New York Medical College, 1966-1977, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, 1966-1977. Career scientist Health Research Council, New York City, 1963-1966. Doctor Henry Balconi Memorial lecturer Rochester, New York, 1967.

Culler Memorial lecturer Columbus, Ohio, 1967. Edward A. Weisser Memorial lecturer Pittsburgh, 1976. Binkhorst Memorial lecturer, 1978, Rayner Foundation lecturer United Kingdom Intraocular Implant Society, 1979.

Achievements

• Miles A. Galin has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Upsala College, 1990-1995. Fellow International College Surgeons (vice regent since 1984). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (Senior Honor award 1984), American Medical Association, American Chemical Society, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (award of merit 1967), American Institute Ultrasound in Medicine, American Society Microbiology, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Academy Sciences, New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology, Royal Society Health, Royal Society Medicine, Surgical Society New York Medical College, Association Career Scientists New York City, Association University Professors Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalomology, American Society Cataract and Retractive Surgery (chairman intra-ocular lens fellowship committee, chairman science advisory board, vice president, president), International Glaucoma Congress (honorary charter), International Society Metabolic Diseases, Metabolic Ophthalmology Society, International Strabismological Association, French, Israel ophthalmological societies, Instituto Barraquer, New York State Society Medical Research, Ophthalmol.

Society United Kingdom, Oxford Congress, Pan American Association Ophthalmology (honorary), Argentine, Peruvian associations ophthalmology, Colorado Ophthalmol. Society, Georgia Society Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Oklahoma City Clinical Society, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmology Society, Pennsylvania Academy Opthalmology and Otolaryngology, American Intraocular Implant Society (president 1979), Pan-American Implant Association (board directors since 1985), Plastics and Rubber Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha. Honorary member numerous other professional societies.

Connections

Married Glenda Goldenberg, June 27, 1953. Children— Amy, Elizabeth, Scott, Jonathan.

Father:

Albert Galin

Mother:

Freda (Simkowitz) Galin

Spouse:

Glenda Goldenberg