The Glaucoma Service Foundation reaches out to Middle Schoolers to teach about eyes and eye care

In honor of World Glaucoma Awareness Week the Glaucoma Service Foundation has made a Glaucoma Awaress You Tube video with Dr. Spaeth as moderator with a panel comprised of Dr. Sonya Shah and Dr. Scott Fudemberg.

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Awareness, Dr. George Spaeth, Dr. Scott Fudemberg, Dr. Sonya Shah, Education

Dr. Spaeth on ABC Philadelphia News

Dr. Spaeth on ABC Philadelphia yesterday evening during a glaucoma screening event:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Fhealth&id=9006667

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Dr. George Spaeth, Education

36th Annual E B Spaeth Oration January 24, 2013 Gallery

EB Spaeth Oration – January 24, 2013

The E.B. Spaeth Oration lecture and dinner was held on January 24. 2013 at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. Dr. Joan O’Brien, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was the featured speaker this year. Her topic “Genetics of Uveal Melanoma” was a masterpiece, graphically showing how cells grow and how never treatments may prevent or cure cancer.

This was the ...

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Dr. George Spaeth, EB Spaeth Oration

What’s New in Glaucoma

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Dr. George Spaeth, Dr. Jay Katz, Education, New Treatments

Dr. Spaeth’s Career Honored by Jefferson Medical College

Dr. George Spaeth was awarded Jefferson Medical College’s Career Educator Award at a ceremony at the Union League of Philadelphia on May 2, 2012. This award is granted to faculty members of Jefferson who have made outstanding contributions to education in academic medicine within their institution and to education in their field over their career. Dr. Spaeth certainly fits the bill, having worked tirelessly in his field since graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1959, and also having been a ...

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GSF News, Searchlight on Glaucoma

Dr. George Spaeth, Dr. Julia Haller, Searchlight on Glaucoma

Change is closely related to learning new knowledge

By: Dr. George Spaeth

Change is closely related to learning new knowledge and then acting differently on the basis of knowing something not known before. “Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.” (Shakespeare) Change also occurs as a result of randomness – or seeming randomness. Consider the following possibility: On my way to work another commuter rushing to “make the light” crashes into the driver’s side of my car, crushing me, killing me, and altering not just my life ...

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GSF Education, GSF News, Searchlight on Glaucoma

Dr. George Spaeth, Searchlight on Glaucoma