Background
Kalina, Robert Edward was born on November 13, 1936 in New Prague, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edward Robert and Grace Susan (Hess) Kalina.
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Robert Edward Kalina
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Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1957; Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1960.
Career
Intern, U. Oregon Medical School Hospital, Portland, 1960-1961;
resident in ophthalmology, U. Oregon Medical School Hospital, 1961-1962, 63-66;
assistant in retina surgery, Children's Hospital, San Francisco, 1966-1967;
National Institute Neurological Diseases and Blindness Special fellow, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, 1967;
instructor ophthalmology, U. Washington, 1967-1969;
assistant professor, U. Washington, 1969-1971;
acting department chairman ophthalmology, U. Washington, 1970-1971;
associate professor, U. Washington, 1971-1972;
department chairman ophthalmology, U. Washington, 1971-1996;
professor, U. Washington, since 1972. Member staffs University Hospital, Harborview Hospital, Children's Hospital, Seattle;consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Seattle, Pacific Medical Center, Seattle, Madigan Hospital, Tacoma. Associate head division ophthalmology department surgery Children's Hospital, Seattle, 1975-1986.
President U. Washington Physicians, 1990-1993.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain, Medical Corps United States Air Force, 1962-1963. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Ophthalmology (Senior Honor award 1989). Member American Medical Association, Association University professors Ophthalmology (president 1983-1984, executive vice president 1989-1994), Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmol.
Society (councilor 1972-1974), King County Medical Society, Washington State Academy Ophthalmology, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Janet Jessie Larsen, July 18, 1959. Children: Paul Edward, Lynne Janet.
