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David Glendenning Cogan (14 February 1908, in
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– 9 September 1993, in
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) was an American ophthalmologist.


Biography

Cogan studied at Dartmouth College as an undergraduate from 1925 to 1928, and at Dartmouth Medical School from 1928 to 1930. He received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1929. He enrolled at Harvard Medical School in 1930 and received his medical degree there in 1932. He spent a year at the University of Chicago Clinics as an intern, then served a two-year residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston. He spent 1937 in medical study in Switzerland, Germany and Holland on Harvard's Moseley Travelling Fellowship. Cogan was from 1940 to 1943 the acting director of, and from 1943 to 1973 the director of, Harvard Medical School's Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology. From 1962 to 1968 he was the chair of Harvard Medical School's ophthalmology department. From 1974 to 1985 he was the chief of neuro-ophthalmology at the
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's National Eye Institute. His 1948 text ''Neurology of the Ocular Muscles'' and his 1966 text ''Neurology of the Visual System'' were major contributions to neuro-ophthalmology. Cogan was part of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission that reported on radiation-induced cataracts suffered by survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Upon his death he was survived by his wife, Frances Capps Cogan (a medical doctor who did research on ophthalmology), two daughters, and four granddaughters.


Awards and honors

*1944 — Warren Prize *1954 — Proctor Award *1968 — Mackenzie Medal *1969 — Research to Prevent Blindness Award *1974 — Gonin Medal *1988 — Cogan Award established by the Association for Research in Vision and OphthalmologyCogan Award, ARVO Achievement Awards
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See also

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Cogan syndrome Cogan syndrome (also Cogan's syndrome) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent inflammation of the front of the eye (the cornea) and often fever, fatigue, and weight loss, episodes of vertigo (dizziness), tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and he ...
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Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome Iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndromes are a spectrum of diseases characterized by slowly progressive abnormalities of the corneal endothelium and features including corneal edema, iris distortion, and secondary angle-closure glaucoma.Weisent ...
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Oculomotor apraxia Oculomotor apraxia (OMA) is the absence or defect of controlled, voluntary, and purposeful eye movement.Tada, M, Yokoseki, A, Sato, T, Makifuchi, T, Onodera, O. Early-onset ataxia with ocular motor apraxia and hypoalbuminemia/ataxia with oculomot ...


References


External links

* http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/Cogan/career.php
David G. Cogan Ophthalmic Pathology Collection, nei.nih.gov
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cogan, David Glendenning 1908 births 1993 deaths American ophthalmologists 20th-century American physicians People from Fall River, Massachusetts Dartmouth College alumni Harvard Medical School staff University of Chicago staff Harvard Medical School alumni