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American ophthalmologist (born 1937)
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Jerry A. Shields
Born (1937-06-09) June 9, 1937 (age 87)
Rural Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMurray State University (B.S., 1960)
University of Michigan Medical School, (M.D., 1964)
OccupationOphthalmologist
Known forOcular oncology
SpouseCarol Shields
Children7

Jerry A. Shields (born June 9, 1937) is an ophthalmologist practicing at the Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializing in ocular oncology. He is also a professor at Thomas Jefferson University.

Education

Fellowship

Residency

Medical school

Undergraduate

Career

After graduating from the University of Michigan Medical School, he completed a residency in ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital and completed post-residency fellowships in ophthalmic pathology and retinal surgery. He is part of a full-time practice devoted to tumors and pseudotumors of the eyelids, conjunctiva, intraocular structures, and orbits.

Shields main contributions have been in the treatment of malignant melanoma which affects the eyes of adults, and retinoblastoma which affects the eyes of children. With regard to melanoma, Shields and his associates have improved and popularized techniques of local irradiation, local surgical resection, laser photocoagulation, and thermotherapy. With regard to retinoblastoma, they have been active in improving techniques of local irradiation, laser photocoagulation, thermotherapy and chemotherapy. He has also made research contributions in the diagnosis and treatment of other benign and malignant tumors, such as tumors of the ciliary body epithelium, pigment epithelium, and leiomyomas.

As of 2013, he had authored or co-authored more than 1,200 articles and textbook chapters and had authored or co-authored 13 major textbooks related to ocular tumors. He has lectured widely, having given 69 named lectures.

Publications

References

  1. *McCullough, Marie, "Wills doctor's 'lucky' path has been patients' luck, too", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 20, 2013
  2. ^ "Dr. Carol Lally Shields", University of Notre Dame, Monogram Club
  3. "The Shield Yearbook". Murray State University Yearbooks. Murray State University: 35. 1960. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  4. "Profile: Jerry A. Shields", Castle Connolly Awards

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