The Gonin Medal is an international award given to one ophthalmologist every four years by the

International Council of Ophthalmology The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) is an international organisation that represents professional associations of ophthalmologists. It is headquartered in Brussels. The Board of Trustees is the executive body and operational arm of ...

. The award is named in honor of Swiss ophthalmologist

Jules Gonin Jules Gonin (10 August 1870 – May 1935) was a professor of ophthalmology in Lausanne who pioneered the procedure of ignipuncture, the first successful surgery for the treatment of retinal detachments. Early life Jules grew in a family with cul ...

. It has been said to represent "the highest achievement in ophthalmology."

Recipients

Source: ''Retina Research Foundation'' *2018: Jean-Jacques De Laey *2014: Alice McPherson *2010:

Alan C. Bird Alan Charles Bird (born 4 July 1938, in Bromley, Kent, UK) is an English ophthalmologist, famous for his work on degenerative and hereditary diseases of the retina. Bird was educated from 1949 to 1956 at Bromley Grammar School and from 1956 to 19 ...

*2006:

Alfred Sommer Alfred (Al) Sommer (born October 2, 1942) is a prominent American ophthalmologist and epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research on vitamin A in the 1970s and 1980s revealed that dosing even mildly vitamin ...

*2002: Gottfried Naumann *1998:

Robert Machemer Robert Machemer (16 March 1933 in Münster – 23 December 2009 in Durham, North Carolina) was a German-American ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon, and inventor. He is sometimes called the "father of modern retinal surgery." Helmut Machemer, R ...

*1994: Harold L. Ridley *1990: Barrie R. Jones *1986:

Akira Nakajima was a Japanese ophthalmologist. At Tokyo University, Nakajima became a Doctor of Medicine in 1945 and a Doctor in Medical Science in 1953. From 1945 to 1949, he worked in the department of ophthalmology of University Hospital, University of To ...

*1982: Alfred Edward Maumenee *1978: Norman Henry Ashton *1974: David G. Cogan *1970:

Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath Gerhard Rudolph Edmund Meyer-Schwickerath (10 July 1920 – 20 January 1992) was German ophthalmologist university lecturer and researcher. He is known as the father of light coagulation which was the predecessor to many eye surgeries. Early li ...

*1966: Jules François *1962:

Hans Goldmann Hans Goldmann (20 November 1899 in Komotau, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire – 19 November 1991 in Bern) was an Austrian-Swiss ophthalmologist and inventor. Biography Goldmann completed his Gymnasium education in Komotau (now known as ...

*1958: Alan Woods *1954:

Stewart Duke-Elder Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder (22 April 1898 – 27 March 1978), a Scottish ophthalmologist who was a dominant force in his field for more than a quarter of a century. Life Duke-Elder was born in the manse in Tealing near Dundee. His f ...

*1950: Hermenegildo Arruga *1945: Paul Bailliart *1941: Alfred Vogt

References

{{reflist Ophthalmology Medicine awards Awards established in 1937 1937 establishments in Switzerland

Recipients

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