IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN PHILIPPINE OPTOMETRY

Dr. Jose Rizal

•    trained in ophthalmology in Europe (Dr. Louis de Wecker 1885, (Dr. Otto Becker, Dr. Schweiger, Dr. Zulzer, Dr. Galezowsky, Ernst Fuchs)

•   Wrote eyeglass prescriptions

• Performed cataract operations (1887)

Paul P. de la Giriniere

• French naval surgeon

• performed cataract extractions in the Philippines as early as 1882 (earlier than Rizal)

Drs. Biola and M.C Torneli

• Spanish physicians practicing as oculists in Manila during the late Spanish regime

R.M. Clark

• established the first optometric clinic (1902) and lens grinding facility

H.C. Strong

Cipriano Lara

Federico Sarabia

Carlos Ortiz

Manuel Sabater

Early pioneers after clark

Dr. Federico B. Sarabia

• First Filipino optometrist and the first Filipino optometrist to study abroad (Northern Illinois college of optometry, 1905)

Founders of the Philippine Association of Optometrists (1917)

·       Dr. G.T Hermann

·       Dr. Justo Gonzales

·       Dr. E.V Bartholomai

·       Dr. Carlos Ortiz

First Junta Examinadora (Board of examiners, 1917)

·       G.T Hermann

·       H.O. haynor

·       William G. Moore

·       E. Bartholomai

·       Justo Gonzales

Help regulate the practice of optometry

Dr. Gregorio G. Estrada

• Dean of optometry, Centro Escolar University

• mentioned in Prof. Henry Hofstter’s book

Dr. Gamaliel M. Gonzales

• – Dean, MCU college of optometry

• first Filipino optometrist to lecture abroad (Germany, 1960s)

Dr. Claro M. Cinco

• – leader of Philippine and Asian – pacific optometry

• chaired the 1^st Asian pacific optometric congress (1978)

• first president of IFAPAO

• awarded international optometrist of the year (1987)

Dr. Antonio F. Joson Jr.

• Philippine leader

• later elected president and permanent secretary general of APCO (Asian – Pacific Council of Optometry)

Dr. Eduardo N Ganebe

• chaired the 1^st Asian Pacific Optometric congress in manila (1978)

Prof. Henry W. Hofstetter (U.S)

• referenced Philippine optometry in his book

Dr. Damien P. Smith (Australia)

• Co – founder of IFAPAO with Filipino leaders ; later WCO president