Perry Rosenthal

Perry Rosenthal (born September 2, 1933), is a Canadian-born American eye surgeon and professor of ophthalmology, known for his work in the development of the first gas-permeable scleral contact lens.[1] H

Education

Following his graduation from McGill University Medical School in May 1958, Rosenthal completed his internship at Montreal General Hospital in 1959.[2] From 1959 until April 1960, he completed a basic science course in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. He was a resident in ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary from 1960 to 1963, then joined the infirmary staff.[3] From 1963 to 1998, he was in private practice, and a staff surgeon at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was then named to the infirmary’s courtesy staff, and, since 2013, has been an emeritus member.[4] Rosenthal has been a part-time Assistant Clinical Professor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School since 1984.[5]

Academic work

As a resident at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Rosenthal founded the hospital's contact lens clinic.[6] He subsequently became a co-founder of Polymer Technology Inc., which developed Boston Lens products, including a rigid gas-permeable plastic that allowed the corneas to breathe normally through the contact lenses. The firm was subsequently acquired by Bausch & Lomb, of which Rosenthal became a director. In 1986, he developed a practical, gas-permeable scleral contact lens to treat and restore vision of eyes with many corneal diseases, which ave been widely adopted in clinical practice,[7][8] He has also published on oculofacial pain,[9][10] and dry-eye disease.[11] [12]

In 1992, he created the non-profit Boston Foundation for Sight to provide these devices to those in need, regardless of their ability to pay.[13][14] He remained president until 2012.[15][16] In 2013, he founded the non-profit Boston EyePain Foundation, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.[17]

Honors and awards

• 1987 Trailblazer’s Award, Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA)[18] • 1994 Joseph Dallos Award (CLMA), "outstanding contribution to the development and advancement of the contact lens industry in memory of the Hungarian-born British ophthalmologist Josef Dallos, a pioneer in the development of the first contact lenses.[19] • 2002 Tech Laureate, by the Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California, for technology benefiting humanity.[20] • 2007 Founders Award: American Academy of Optometry[21] • 2012 Dr. Donald R. Korb Award for Excellence, annual meeting of the American Optometric Association[22]

Publications

His most cited publications are:

References

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