Henry S. Metz is an American pediatric ophthalmologist. He was the

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of the

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from 2003 to 2008. Much of his early research concerned eye movements and

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, including saccadic velocity measurements and use of

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Education and career

After completed his undergraduate degree from

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, Metz received his

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from SUNY and

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from the

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. He did a medical internship at the

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, followed by an

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at the

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and strabismus

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at the

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. His fellowship preceptor was the renowned strabismologist Arthur Jampolsky. During the late 1990s Metz maintained private practice in Rochester and at The Eye Specialist
Center
in

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, and served as Visiting Professor at

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until his appointment at Smith-Kettlewell in 2003.

Honors and offices held

* 1978–1993, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester Eye Institute *

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of the '' Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus'' (JPOS), 1982–1988 * 1990–1991, President of the

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* 1993, Frank D. Costenbader lecturer, AAPOS * Medical advisory board, Better Vision for Children Foundation

Published works (partial list)

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070425085702/http://www.ski.org/index.html – The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute official website *

– Wikipedia page for The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute Living people American ophthalmologists American pediatricians Year of birth missing (living people) Pediatric ophthalmologists Place of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni University of Rochester alumni Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute people {{US-physician-stub

Education and career

Honors and offices held

Published works (partial list)

See also

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