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Saul Merin ( he, שאול מרין; August 25, 1933 – August 28, 2012) was an Israeli
Saul Merin ( he, שאול מרין; August 25, 1933 – August 28, 2012) was an Israeli ophthalmologist
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...
specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal and genetic eye diseases.
Biography
Saul Merin was born in Poland. He escaped deportation by train toAuschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...
on August 3, 1943, and was hidden by Aniela (Zawadzka) Szwajce in Będzin, a town in southwest Poland, until arrival of the Soviet army in January 1945. He immigrated to Israel in 1949.
In 1953-1960, he studied medicine at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After serving in the Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
from 1961–1963, he trained in ophthalmology at Hadassah Medical Center under Professor I.C. Michaelson in 1963–1969. For two years, 1965-1967, he worked in Malawi and made several professional trips to Africa.
Medical and academic career
Merin was a professor of ophthalmology atHadassah Hospital
Hadassah Medical Center ( he, הָמֶרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי הֲדַסָּה) is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem – one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus –, ...
. He also worked at the St John Eye Hospital Group
The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group is a charitable foundation which operates an ophthalmic hospital in Jerusalem – one of six hospitals in the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network – and satellite eye care clinics and hospitals in the Wes ...
's East Jerusalem hospital together with Arab ophthalmologists. He was a visiting professor at The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
The Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary (IEEI) is a center of ophthalmology and otolaryngology research and clinical practice.
Located in the Illinois Medical District, the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary is the major referral center in the Chicago met ...
for 25 years.
He did additional training at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in pediatric ophthalmology
Pediatric ophthalmology is a sub-speciality of ophthalmology concerned with eye diseases, visual development, and vision care in children.
Training
In the United States, pediatric ophthalmologists are physicians who have completed medical school, ...
, and at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA for further study of the retina.
He was Professor of Ophthalmology at Hebrew University from 1979 until his death. He was Chairman of the Israel Ophthalmological Society from 1976–1982, Chairman of the Israel Society for Vision and Eye Research from 1985–1995, Chairman of the Israel Board of Ophthalmology from 1989–1995, and Chairman of the Unit of Ophthalmology at Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus from 1979–1998.
Published works
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* Health in IsraelReferences
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