Charles Schepens, Father of Modern Retinal Surgery and WWII Hero, Featured in EyeWorld

June 25, 2015
Charles Schepens, Father of Modern Retinal Surgery and WWII Hero, Featured in EyeWorld

The remarkable story of Charles L. Schepens, MD, is featured in the June 2015 issue of EyeWorld: The Newsmagazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. Dr. Schepens is widely known as the Father of Modern Retinal Surgery and the founder of what is now the Schepens Eye Research Institute. However, his lesser-known role as a World War II resistance fighter and spy is truly "the stuff of Hollywood films."

Read the full story on the EyeWorld website.

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