Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints

specializing in head and spinal injuries

the founder of Russian neurosurgery

in 1862 introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity

training programs to train local technicians to perform eye surgery

was an English neurosurgeon

Karl Theodor personally carried out more than 5,000 cataract operations

treatment of clubfoot, spinal curvature, knock-knees, bandy legs, and squint

is an Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist

was a Turkish-Swiss medical scientist and neurosurgeon

was a German ophthalmologist

Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints

was a Swiss surgeon born in Sion

is considered a pioneer of rhinoplasty

Böhler is most notable as one of the creators of modern accident surgery.

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is an American neurosurgeon

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she trained in ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

specialising in orthopaedic medicine, he eventually became a consultant

He first invented endoprostheses from ivory in 1890 at Berlin, when he performed the first documented total wrist Arthroplasty.

instrumental in the development of internal fixation techniques to treat bone fractures

the inventor of the osteotome, a medical tool for cutting bones

is a British surgeon and osteopath and former rower

was a British neurologist and pioneering neurosurgeon

an Estonian surgeon and researcher and the world's first professor of neurosurgery

made his special mark as an ophthalmologist

He also had a special interest in dermatology.

he is credited with performing the first craniectomy for a depressed skull fracture in Japan in 1892

Albert is remembered for pioneer research in the field of orthopedic surgery

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in 1588 became court oculist to Duke Augustus I of Saxony

Stromeyer was a pioneer in orthopedics and orthopedic surgery.

was an ophthalmologist who is best known as a patron and art collector

co-founded a 6-year integrated plastic surgery residency program

In the 1830s, Jakob Heine opened an orthopaedic institution in Cannstatt near Stuttgart and served as director there until 1865.

In 1856 he became a full professor and director of the surgical-ophthalmologic clinic.

On March 16, 1907, Schloffer performed the first transsphenoidal surgery for removal of a pituitary adenoma at the University of Innsbruck.

Known for his work in ophthalmology, he was instrumental in making Dresden a center of ophthalmic learning during his lifetime.

was a German surgeon, orthopedist and physiotherapist born in Richmond

American ophthalmologist

German otolaryngologist

largely remembered for his work in bone and joint surgery

in which he specialized in ophthalmology and surgery

three years later established his own institute for surgery and ophthalmology

Johannes Fredericus Samuel Esser (13 October 1877 in Leiden, 9 August 1946 in Chicago) was a Dutch plastic surgeon who pioneered innovative methods of reconstructive surgery on soldiers wounded in the First World War.

the first textbook of plastic surgery, "Handbuch der plastischen Chirurgie"

was a Swiss surgeon and a pioneer in the field of orthopedics

was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist

he is regarded as the pioneer of plastic surgery

was a German ophthalmologist born in Luckau

is a retired craniofacial surgeon who practiced in San Francisco, CA, United States

In 1867 he became an eye doctor in Kassel

orthopaedic surgeon and inventor

Otto Schirmer (13 December 1864, in Greifswald, 6 May 1918) was a German ophthalmologist from Greifswald.

Carl Hueter (27 November 1838-12 May 1882) was a German surgeon born in Marburg.

Gunther O. Hofmann (born 22 May 1957 in Landshut, Bavaria) is a German surgeon, biophysicist, and professor.

He is largely known for developing methods of examination for the throat and pharynx

Himly was a pioneer in the field of ophthalmology, and is credited for introducing the scientific application of mydriatics into European medicine.

Chelius specialized in the field of ophthalmic surgery.

was a German ophthalmologist.

for his research work and his contribution to the advancement of neurosurgery

Julius Wolff was the first professor of orthopedics

who pioneered the intramedullary nailing of long bone fractures

later became a professor of ophthalmology in Prague (1849

was an American neurosurgeon remembered for describing Spurling's test

was an Austrian ophthalmologist who performed the first successful human full-thickness corneal transplant on 7 December 1905.

is an American neurological surgeon at

after his breakthroughs in oral and maxillofacial surgery

his pioneer work in neurosurgery

best known for his use of the da Vinci surgical robot for laparoscopic prostatectomy in the treatment of prostate cancer

was an ophthalmologist based at the University of Zurich

was an Indian ophthalmologist who was the founder and chairman emeritus of Sankara Nethralaya

Krause was a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery

Govindappa Venkataswamy (1 October 1918-7 July 2006), popularly known as Dr V., was an Indian ophthalmologist

He was one of the first in the United States to remove a cataract from the eye

an internationally recognized authority within the field of plastic surgery

is an American retired neurosurgeon

was a Pakistani American neurosurgeon and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir

He was also a pioneer of skin grafting and rhinoplasty

known for his anti-aging surgeries, and use of botox, collagen and vitamin injections specifically on the face and neck

came to be dubbed Canada's first neurosurgeon

Jobe pioneered both elbow ligament replacement and major reconstructive shoulder surgery for baseball players.

he is known for his work on neurosurgery and for the precursor of the modern valve treatment for hydrocephalus

is an ophthalmologist from Nepal

Bernard Devauchelle is a French oral and maxillofacial surgeon, best known for successfully completing the first face transplant in November 2005 at Amiens University Hospital.

He is also known in microsurgery as a first man who designed surgical microscope which was used in otolaryngology.

Frederic Edward Mohs (March 1, 1910, July 2, 2002) was an American physician and general surgeon who developed the Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) technique in 1938 to remove skin cancer lesions while still a medical student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Georg Kelling (7 July 1866-14 February 1945) was a German internist and surgeon who was a laparoscopy pioneer and, in 1901, performed the first laparoscopic surgery on a dog.

Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869, October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman.

He pioneered the hip replacement operation, which is now one of the most common operations both in the UK and elsewhere in the world, and created the "Wrightington centre for hip surgery".

He is sometimes called the "father of modern retinal surgery."

He is considered one of the pioneers of refractive surgery.

He expanded brain surgery's methods and techniques, including mapping the functions of various regions of the brain such as the cortical homunculus.