Background
Smith, Morton Edward was born on October 17, 1934 in Baltimore.
Smith, Morton Edward was born on October 17, 1934 in Baltimore.
Bachelor of Science, U. Maryland., 1956; Doctor of Medicine, U. Maryland., 1960.
Rotating intern, Denver General Hospital, 1960-1961;
resident, national institute of neorol. diseases and blindness fellow in opthalmology, Washington University School Medicine-Barnes Hospital, 1961-1963;
National Institutes of Health special fellow in ophthalmic pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, 1964;
chief resident, instructor ophthalmology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1965-1966;
instructor ophthalmology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1966-1967;
assistant professor ophthalmology and pathology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1967-1969;
associate professor ophthalmology and pathology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1969-1975;
professor ophthalmology and pathology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1975;
assistant dean, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1978-1991;
associate dean, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1991-1996;
professor emeritus, associate dean emeritus, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1996;
professor ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1995. Visiting scholar Eye Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1966. Professor/lecturer Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1969, U. Arkansas, 1970, 77, 80, 82,84, 86, 88, U. Florida, 1972, 81, University Texas and Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, 1973, U. Colorado, 1974, 82, U. Missouri, 1974, 79, 80, 88, Southern Illinois U., Springfield, 1974, U. Maryland., 1975, Montreal (Canada) General Hospital, 1975, University of Wisconsin, 1976, 87, 93, U. Pittsburgh, 1977, 83, 87, U. Iowa, 1977, 87, Cleve.Clinic, 1978, Colorado Ophthalmol.
Society, 1978, Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, 1979, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, 1980, United States Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, 1981, University of California, Davis, 1981, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, 1985, 89, 94, University of California, San Diego, 1985, Tufts U., Boston, 1985, Cornell Univercity, New York City, 1988, U. Washington, Seattle, 1990, Brown U., Providence, 1990, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1991, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1992. Chandler lecturer Harvard University, 1988. The Lois A. Young-Thomas Memorial lecturer U. Maryland., 1991;Braley lecturer U. Iowa, 1993.
Havener Memorial lecturer Ohio State, 1994.
With United States Army Reserve Medical Corps, 1958-1966. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology (ophthalmic pathology committee 1977-1983, chairman ophthalmic committee 1979-1983, Honor award for service 1981, Senior Honor award 1992). Member American Medical Association, American Board Ophthalmology (diplomate, board directors since 1992), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (chairman of the section pathologyann. meeting 1971), American Association Ophthalmic Pathologists (president 1977-1980), Association American Medical Colls.
(group medical education since 1985), Missouri Medical Association, Mo.Ophthalmol. Society, Verhoeff Society, Theobald Society, St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis Ophthalmol. Society, Society Medical College Dirs. for Continuing Medical Education, Alpha Omega Alpha (secretary-treasurer Washington U. chapter 1993-1995).