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Special Awards
Guest of Honor
H Dunbar Hoskins Jr MD
H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr., MD is Executive Vice President Emeritus of the American Academy
of Ophthalmology, a position he assumed January 1, 1993, after a distinguished career
in private practice. He retired from that position in April 2009. As CEO of the Academy,
he founded the ONE Network, initiated the Global Alliance Division and substantially
increased the assets of the Foundation of the Academy. The American Academy of Ophthalmology
is a leader in Subspecialty Societies in the area of outcomes analysis, patient
advocacy, understanding health care delivery dilemmas, and educational and technological
innovations
Special Awards
Dr. Hoskins is an internationally recognized glaucoma specialist, having authored or coauthored
more than 70 publications and presented more than 300 invited lectures.
He received an Academy Honor Award in 1979 and a Senior Honor Award in 1989 and
Distinguished Service Award in 1999. He is also a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Society, the Sigma Zeta Honor Society, and was listed in the March 1991 issue of
Good Housekeeping as one of “The 400 Best Doctors in America” and is listed annually in
the “Best Doctors in America.”
He has held numerous other positions in ophthalmology, medicine and business. Among
the highlights: Chairman of St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in San Francisco,
Chairman of Mercy Services Corporation, founder and Chairman of Medem Corporation,
Founding Director of the American Glaucoma Society, founder and Director of the Foundation
for Glaucoma Research and Secretary-Treasurer of the Pan American Association of
Ophthalmology and Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the International Council of
Ophthalmology.
He is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California School Of Medicine,
San Francisco.
Born in Virginia, Dr. Hoskins, the son of an ophthalmologist, received his medical degree
at the Medical College of Virginia where he did his internship and residency. He was certified
by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1970 and did his Glaucoma Fellowship
at the University of California School San Francisco Medical Center. While serving in the
United States Navy, he served as Chief of Ophthalmology at the Naval Hospital in Rhode
Island in 1968.
The father of three, he lives with his wife, Ann, in Belvedere, located in Northern California.
Academy staff are available at the Academy Resource Center (Booth 508) to answer any questions you may have.
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