Lanning B. Kline, MD, Presents
Outstanding Lecture as Twelfth Williford
Distinguished Visiting Professor
September 24, 2009 -- Today,
the Hamilton Eye Institute welcomed our twelfth
William N. Williford, MD, Distinguished Visiting
Professor, Lanning B. Kline, MD, Professor
and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the
University of Alabama School of Medicine.
The event began with a warm welcome
by Dr. Barrett G. Haik, director of the
Hamilton Eye Institute. Next, Dr. Peter A.
Netland extolled the major accomplishments of
both
Dr. Kline's and Dr. Williford's esteemed careers in ophthalmic medicine
and then welcomed Dr. Kline to the stage. In Dr. Kline's
excellent lecture, "Practice Pearls in
Ophthalmology," he discussed the top ten things
physicians should know in the diagnosis and
treatment of neuro-ophthalmologic conditions.
Following Dr. Kline's lecture, Dr.
William N. Williford and Mrs. Gloria
Williford presented him with a commemorative
plaque. This custom-designed award, etched with a
beautiful artistic rendering of the Hamilton Eye
Institute, is the first of its kind. We were
delighted to give it to Dr. Kline in appreciation
for his outstanding service as the twelfth Williford
Distinguished Visiting Professor.
William N. Williford,
MD, a native of Tennessee, was born and
raised in Knoxville. Dr. Williford received his undergraduate degree cum
laude from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He served in the U.S.
Army from 1962-65 and was discharged at the rank of captain. Prior to
enrolling in medical school, he was an administrative officer in the
Division of Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center and a management intern at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Williford
received his medical degree from the UT Health Science Center,
where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed an internship
at Baptist Memorial Hospital and an ophthalmology residency at UT Health
Science Center.
A highly experienced and regarded anterior segment
and cataract surgeon, Dr. Williford is a fellow of both the American
Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons.
He is a member of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the
Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology. A long-standing member of the
UT College of Medicine Alumni Association and Alumni Council, Dr. Williford
was president from 1996 to 1998.
Lanning
B. Kline, MD, is a native of
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He received his Bachelor
of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in
1969 and graduated from Duke University School of
Medicine in 1973. He served an internship in the
Duke University Department of Medicine (1974) and a
residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the
Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal
(1977). He completed fellowships in
neuro-ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological
Institute and at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute,
Miami, Florida.
Dr. Kline has been a faculty member
of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology since 1979.
He has been a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
and Associate Professor of Neurology and
Neurosurgery at UAB since 1990. In 1998, Dr. Kline
was appointed the Chairman of UAB's Department of
Ophthalmology. Dr. Kline is certified by the
American Board of Ophthalmology, is a member of the
North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society, and a
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Major Brazilian Network News Program
Interviews UT Hamilton Eye Institute Physicians
September 11, 2009 -- Today, a reporter from the
Fantastico news program (Brazil’s equivalent to
60 Minutes) spoke with Drs. Barrett G. Haik and James C. Fleming
about a young man with haemolacria (bloody tears) who recently gained international media attention. The Hamilton Eye
Institute welcomed the film crew from Globo TV, Brazil’s largest television network and the fourth largest commercial network in the world. The
Fantastico news program has about 40 million viewers in Brazil alone. Globo also has an international satellite channel broadcasting the show to 48 countries worldwide.
[view
the video on globo.com]
UT Hamilton Eye
Institute Director Dr. Barrett G. Haik Discusses
Bloody Tears Case on CNN
A teen who cries unexplained tears
of blood has recently captured media attention. On Thursday, September 3, the teen, his
mother, and UT Hamilton Eye Institute Director Barrett
G. Haik, MD, FACS appeared on CNN to discuss this rare
condition called haemolacria.
[view
the video on CNN.com]
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Upcoming Event:
December 5, 2009
Thirteenth Annual Clinical Update for
the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist
Hamilton Eye Institute Freeman Auditorium, 3rd
Floor 930 Madison Avenue Memphis, Tennessee
[view program]
Department of Ophthalmology, UT College
of Medicine
Lanning
B. Kline, MD, is a native of
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He received his Bachelor
of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in
1969 and graduated from Duke University School of
Medicine in 1973. He served an internship in the
Duke University Department of Medicine (1974) and a
residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the
Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal
(1977). He completed fellowships in
neuro-ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological
Institute and at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute,
Miami, Florida.
