Richard Philip Wilson

Background

Wilson, Richard Philip was born on May 22, 1947 in Frankfurt, Germany. Son of Philip Murray and Neva Pearl (Cornelius) Wilson. came to the United States, 1948.

Education

AB, The Johns Hopkins University, 1969; Doctor of Medicine, U. Missouri, 1979.

Career

Clerkship, Community Psychiatry Queens Cliff Mental Health Center, North Ryde, Australia, 1973; clerkship, Psychiatric Hospital, Sidney, Australia, 1973; internal medical clerkship, United States Ship Hope, Maceio, Brazil, 1973; surgery internship, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlotteville, 1973-1974; psychiatry residency, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1974-1975; ophthalmology residence then fellowhip, The Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, 1975-1978, 78-79; from assistant surgeon to attending surgeon, Wills Eye Hospital Glaucoma Svc., since 1979; director, Glaucoma Svc. Research Laboratory, Wills Eye Hospital, since 1979; associate surgeon, director, Lankenau Hospital Glaucoma Svc., Philadelphia, since 1984, 1979-1986. Opthalmologist TumuTumu Hospital, Presbyterian Church East Africa, Keratina, Kenya, 1979.

Visiting professor Kenyatta U. Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 1979. From assistant professor to associate professor Thomas Jefferson U. School Medical, Philadelphia, since 1979. Director resident education Lankenau Hospital, 1980-1987.

Consultant Saudi Arabian Government for King Khaled Eye Special Hospital, Ryiad, 1982, American Academy Opthalmology, 1985-1986. Course director 14th annual Wills Eye Hospital Glaucoma Conference,1990. President Wills Eye Hospital Society, 1994-1996.

Secretary-treasurer Wills Eye Hospital Physicians' Organisation, 1995-1996. Board member Wills Eye Care PHO, 1995. Chairman of the Board The Wills Eye Care Physician-Hospital Organisation, 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Richard Philip Wilson has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Yearbook of Ophthalmology 1999

    (This edition will include articles on retinal hemorrhages...)

  • Yearbook of Ophthalmology 1998

    (This yearbook features relevant articles of the year from...)

  • 1998 Yearbook of Ophthalmology by Richard R. Wilson (1998-09-01)
  • The Yearbook of Ophthalmology 2002
  • The Yearbook of Ophthalmology 2001

Membership

Director Outreach Program to Kenya, Volunteer Ophthalmology Staff, Wills Eye Hospital, since 1978. Board directors Association Superior vena cava syndrome for the Blind, Philadelphia, 1982-1984. Volunteer Emmanuel Eye Center, Accra, Ghana, 1996.

Member American Medical Association (appointed Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology Assessment Reference Panel 1990), American Academy of Opthalmology, American Glaucoma Society (Chairman.Profl. Terminology and Codes, 1989-1990, representative to American Academy of Opthalmology Christian Peacemaker Teams Task Force, since 1989), American College of Surgeons, Pennsylvania Medical Association, Montgomery County Medical Association, Opthalmology Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia College Physicians, Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology.

Interests

• Avocations: water sports, farming.

Connections

Married Karen Lynn Kraus, May 9, 1981. L child, Philip Rylan.

Father:

Philip Murray Wilson

Mother:

Neva Pearl (Cornelius) Wilson

Spouse:

Karen Lynn Kraus