The Bohigian Lectureship for the History of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Dr. George & Chris Bohigian are pleased to present a lectureship on the history of ophthalmology and visual sciences.

  • 2011 Daniel Albert, MD
  • 2012 Ronald Fishman, MD
  • 2013 James Ravin, MD
  • 2014 Michael Marmor, MD
  • 2015 Lilla Vekerdy, PhD
  • 2017 Morton E. Smith, MD
  • 2018 Wendy Gasch, MD, PhD
  • 2019 John Gittinger, MD

The Arthur W. Stickle Lectureship in Pediatric Ophthalmology

Established by Arthur and Emily Stickle in 1995 in recognition of Dr. Stickle’s medical training in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and his special professional contribution to the field of pediatric ophthalmology.

  • 1996 Craig McKeown
  • 1997 Edward Wilson
  • 1998 Arthur Rosenbaum
  • 1999 Joseph Demer
  • 2000 David Guyton
  • 2001 Ronald Boothe
  • 2002 Burton Kushner
  • 2003 Alex Levin
  • 2004 Richard Hertle
  • 2005 Sean Donahue
  • 2006 Constance West
  • 2007 Johnathan Horton
  • 2008 David Plager
  • 2009 Edward Buckley
  • 2010 Susan Berry
  • 2011 David Hunter
  • 2012 Steven Archer
  • 2013 Col. Thomas Tredici
  • 2014 Monte A. Del Monte
  • 2015 Oscar A. Cruz
  • 2016 Connie West & David Hunter
  • 2017 David Epley
  • 2018 Cynthia Toth
  • 2020 Michael F. Chiang
  • 2022 Susan Culican
  • 2023 Brenda Gallie

The David C. Beebe Lectureship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Established to bring to Washington University internationally recognized speakers whose careers have focused on translational vision research, as well as the mentoring and education of future scientists.

  • 2014 Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD
  • 2017 James Funderburgh, PhD
  • 2018 Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, PhD
  • 2019 Richard Lang, PhD
  • 2022 Seth Blackshaw, PhD
  • 2023 Kirill Martemyanov, PhD
  • 2024 Vladimir Kefalov, PhD

The Jack and Barry Kayes Lectureship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Established in 2001 by Dr. Jack and Mrs. Barry Kayes as a lectureship in the Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences.

  • 2001 I. Howard Fine
  • 2002 Douglas Koch
  • 2003 Samuel Masket
  • 2004 Mark Mannis
  • 2005 Warren Hill
  • 2006 Iqbal Ahmed
  • 2007 David Chang
  • 2008 Peter McDonnell
  • 2009 Sonia Yoo
  • 2010 Kenneth R. Kenyon
  • 2011 Esen K. Akpek
  • 2012 Reza Dana
  • 2013 Elmer Tu
  • 2015 Jay Pepose
  • 2017 Albert Jun
  • 2018 Garry Condon
  • 2021 Mark A. Terry
  • 2024 Gerami Seitzman

The Jay and Rebekah Enoch Lectureship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

The Professor and Dean Jay M. Enoch and Rebekah Enoch Endowed Lecture on Vision Science in Ophthalmology shall be directed at Vision Science, Visual Optics, Vision Testing, Optics and Refraction (all aspects), Perimetry, Developmental and Aging Vision, and related topics, basic and applied (clinical).

  • 2007 David R. Williams, PhD
  • 2008 Johannes F. de Boer, PhD
  • 2009 Gerald Westheimer, PhD
  • 2010 Chris A. Johnson, PhD
  • 2011 Austin Roorda, PhD
  • 2012 Lihong V. Wang, PhD
  • 2013 Ian L. Bailey, OD, MS
  • 2014 Joseph F. Rizzo, III, MD
  • 2016 M. Tariq Bhatti, MD
  • 2018 Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD
  • 2019 Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD
  • 2020 Joseph Carroll, PhD
  • 2021 Larry Benowitz PhD
  • 2022 Carol Mason, PhD
  • 2023 Elliott Sohn, MD, FASRS
  • 2024 Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH

The Michael A. Kass Lectureship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Established in 2007 in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

  • 2007 Paul L. Kaufman, MD
  • 2008 Simon W. M. John, PhD
  • 2009 Robert N. Weinreb, MD
  • 2010 Harry A. Quigley, MD
  • 2011 Joseph Caprioli, MD
  • 2012 Joel S. Schuman
  • 2013 Wallace L.M. Alward, MD
  • 2014 Jeffrey Liebmann, MD
  • 2015 Richard K. Parrish II, MD
  • 2016 Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD
  • 2017 James Brandt, MD
  • 2018 Donald Zack, MD
  • 2019 Pradeep Ramulu, MD, PhD
  • 2020 Joshua Stein, MD, MS
  • 2022 Felipe Medeiros, MD, PhD
  • 2023 Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH
  • 2024 Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD