George M. Bohigian, M.D. Curriculum Vitae Date of Birth: January 21, 1940 Place of Birth: Marital Status: Married Offices: 2821 N. Ballas Road, St. Louis, MO 63131 1235 Water Tower Place, Arnold, MO 63010 Home: 44 Godwin Lane, St. Louis, MO 63124 Education: Positions: Washington University 1957-1961 A.B. 1961 Teaching certificate Secondary schools State of Missouri, Sciences St. Louis University 1961-1965 M.D. 1965 School of Medicine Milwaukee County 1965-1966 Rotating Internship General Hospital Milwaukee Wisconsin Washington University 1966-1969 Resident in Ophthalmology Barnes Hospital Francis I. Proctor Foundation 1969-1970 National Institute of For Research in Ophthalmology Health/Research Fellowship San Francisco, California Military Service 1970-1972 LCDR MC USNR Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune Assistant Chief of North Carolina Ophthalmology Washington University 1972-Present Professor of Clinical School of Medicine Ophthalmology I.F. Fausek Research 1975-Present Co-Director Ophthalmology Foundation Outpatient Surgery Center 1992-2001 Chairman, Department of Ballas Road, St. Louis, MO Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliations: Barnes/Jewish Group, St. Luke s, St. John s Mercy, Missouri Baptist, St. Anthony s and HealthSouth Outpatient Surgery Center of St. Louis
Membership in Scientific Societies: Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology Board Certified 5-12-71 Fellow American College of Surgeons Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. Pan American Association of Ophthalmology Society of Military Ophthalmologists American Medical Association Missouri State Medical Association St. Louis Ophthalmology Society St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society Cogan Ophthalmic History Society St. Louis Medical Society Activities: Offices: Councilor 1974-1976 Vice-President 1977 President Elect 1978 President 1979 Committees: Member, Speaker s Bureau 1973, 1975 Chairman, Speaker s Bureau 1974 Member, Long Range Planning 1973,1977,1978 & County Liaison Member, Constitution & Bylaws 1974-1978 Member, House 1974, 1975 Member, Medical Careers 1975 Member, Radio & Television 1975 Member, Insurance Review 1975-1977 Editor & Chairman, Bulletin St. Louis Medicine 1976 Member, Bulletin St. Louis Medicine 1977 Member, Ethics 1976-1978 Chairman, Classified Listings 1976 Chairman, Tel-Med 1977-1978 Member, Grievance exofficio 1978 Member, Budget 1978 Chairman, Election 1978 Chairman, Scientific Programs & CME 1978 Member, Endowments exofficio 1978 Chairman, Grievance 1980 Chairman, Ways & Means 1980 Chairman, Nominating Committee 1981 Chairman, Sesquicentennial Committee 1984 Chairman, Health Education & Public Relations 1989-2000 Quality Assurance Committee Barnes 1995-1997 Eye Care Network Missouri State Association Activities: Alternate Delegate 1973 Delegate 1974-1990 Chairman of AMA Delegation 1987-1989 Vice-President 1981 American Medical Association Activities:
Alternate Delegate 1979-1980 Delegate 1980-1994 Member of Council on Scientific Affairs 1983-1989 Chairman 1987-1989 Member, Committee on Professional Liability 1985 Member, Diagnostic & Therapeutic 1985 Technology Assessment (DATTA) Subcommittee Chairman, Panel on Lasers in Medicine 1984-1985 St. Louis Ophthalmological Society Activities: Vice President 1980 President 1981 Missouri Ophthalmological Society Board of Directors 1976-1979 Hospital Association of Metropolitan St. Louis: HIV/HBV Task Force Committee 1992-1993 Barnes Hospital Bioethics Education Subcommittee 1993-Present American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award 1994 Top Doctors in St. Louis, St. Louis Magazine 1996-Present Best Doctors in America 2003-2006 Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology 1996-2001 Certificate of Appreciation for Distinguished Service to 1996-2001 Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee For Ophthalmology Armenian Eye Care Project 1995 ORBIS International Philippines 1999 Armenian Eye Care Project 2005 ORBIS International Uganda 2006 Missouri Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons 2000 Golden Medallion Award Cogan Ophthalmic History Society 1996-2006 Cogan Ophthalmic History Society Board of Directors 2006 American Board of Ophthalmology, Associate Examiner 1990-1991 2001, 2003, 2006 Editorial Board, Comprehensive Ophthalmology 1999-Present Outpatient Surgery Center of St. Louis: Licenses: Board of Directors 1992-Present Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology 1992-2001 Chairman, Education Committee 1991-1993 Chairman, Task Force on Cost Effectiveness 1992-1995
Missouri Illinois Area of Interest: Publications: External diseases of the eye with special interest in ocular microbiology and virology Teaching: Ethics Complications and Prevention of Endophthalmitis in Cataract Surgery History of Ophthalmology 1. Bohigian G, Fox J, Cotlier E. Immunofluorescent Localization of Rubella Virus in the Lens and Heart of Congenital Rubella Infected Rats. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 65: 196-201, February 1968. 2. Cotlier E, Bohigian G. Further Studies of Pregnant Rats Inoculated with Rubella Virus and Their Offspring, International Symposium on Rubella Vaccines, London, 1968. Sym.Series Immunobiology. Standard, Vol.II, p. 205-206. 3. Cotlier E, Fox J, Bohigian G, Beaty C, Dupree A. Pathologic Effects of Rubella Virus on Embryos and Newborn Rats. Nature 217:38-40, January 1968. 4. Hartstein J, Bohigian G. Chapter 17 Dyslexia, Current Concepts in Ophthalmology. Vol II, R. Burde and B. Becker, Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1969 5. Bohigian G, Dawson C, Coleman V. Retrobulbar Administration of Steroids in Herpes Simplex Uveitis. Archives of Ophthalmology, 85:320-326, March 1971. 6. Bohigian G, Escapini H. Corneal Ulcer Due to Pseudomanas Aeruginosa A comparison of the Disease in California and El Salvador. Archives of Ophthalmology, 85:4-5-409, April 1971. 7. Bohigian G, Okumoto M, Valenton M. Experimental Pseudomonas Keratitis, Treatment With and Evaluation of Carbenicillin and Gentamicin in Combination. Archives of Ophthalmology, 86:432-437. 8. Bohigian G, Valenton M, Olumoto M, Caraway B. Collagenase Inhibitors as an Adjunct to Antibiotic Therapy in Experimental Pseudomonas Keratitis. Archives of Ophthalmology, 9:52-56, January 1974. 9. Bohigian G. Current Therapy of Endophthalmitis: A Case Report with Intraocular Lens Implant. Japan Folia Ophthalmology, Fourth International Medical Contact Lens Symposium 21:114-118, 1979. 10. Bohigian G, Foster CS. Treatment of Pseudomonas Keratitis in the Rabbit with Antibiotic- Steroid Combinations. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 16(6):553-6, June 1977. 11. Bohigian G. Management of Infections Associated with Soft Contact Lens. Ophthalmology 86:1138 1141, June 1979. 12. Bohigian G. A Clinical Evaluation of Chalazion. Annals of Ophthalmology, 1397-1398, September 1979. 13. Bohigian G. Chapter 2, Postoperative Infection and Complications in Ophthalmic Surgery by Stephen R. Waltman and Theodore Krupin. J.B.Lippincott Co., Phil., PA 1979. 14. Bohigian G. Current Management of Endophthalmitis. Contact and Intraocular Lens Medical Journal, April 1980. 15. Bohigian G. Handbook of External Diseases of the Eye. Alcon Labs, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, May 1980. 16. Bohigian G. Handbook of External Diseases of the Eye. Second Edition. (Updated) DAC Medical Publishing Association, St. Louis, MO 1982. 17. Bohigian G, Olk RJ. Endophthalmitis: A six Year Review at Barnes Hospital. Acta Ophthalmologica, International Congress of Ophthalmology. Vol. 1, 573-576, 1982. 18. Hanish S, Perlmutter J, Boucher C, Bohigian G, Grand MG. Exogenous Aspergillus Endophthalmitis. Annals of Ophthalmology, Vol. 16, 417-419, May 1984. 19. Bohigian G, Olk RJ. Endophthalmitis: Factors Associated with Visual Prognosis. American Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 101, #3, 332-341, March 1986. 20. Bohigian G. Lasers in Medicine and Surgery: The Other Issues. Editorial, Journal of the American Medical Association, 909-910, August 15, 1986, Vol. 256, No. 7.
21. Bohigian G. Council Report on Lasers In Medicine and Surgery. American Medical Association Council on Scientific Affairs. Journal of the American Medical Association, 900-907, August 15, 1986, Vol. 256, No. 7. 22. Bohigian G. Handbook of External Diseases of the Eye. Third Edition. SLACK Incorporated, Thorofare, New Jersey, 1987. 23. Olk RJ, Bohigian G. Endophthalmitis: Diagnosis and Management. Ophthalmic Surgery, April 1987, Vol. 18, No. 4. 24. Bohigian G, Drake E, Stellar S. Laser Applications Today and Tomorrow. Patient Care, September 30 1987, Vol. 21, No. 15. 25. Bohigian G. The Golden Age of Medicine: 1966-1980. Missouri Medicine, February 1988, Vol. 85, No. 2. 26. Bohigian G. Beware: Medicare Audits Can Be Hazardous to Your Health. Missouri Medicine October 1991, Vol. 10:681-2. 27. Bohigian G. The Future of American Medicine: The Problems, Solutions, and Predictions. Missouri Medicine, November 1991, Vol. 88, No. 11. 28. Bohigian G. Complications of Ophthalmic Surgery, Chapter 2, Endophthalmitis, Theodore Krupin and Allen Kolker, Mosby Publishing Co., St. Louis, 1993. 29. Bohigian G, Croughan JL, Sanders K. Substance Abuse and Dependence in Physicians: An Overview of the Effects of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Missouri Medicine, May 1994, 5:233-239. 30. Bohigian G, Croughan JL, Sanders K. The Impaired Physician, Part II: Missouri State Physicians Health Program. Missouri Medicine, June 1994, 5:285-287. 31. Syed N, Bohigian G. Infections of the Eye, Second Edition. Chapter 6, Pathogenesis and Clinical Signs in Conjunctival Infection, Robert Hyndiuk and Khalid Tabbara, Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1995. 32. Bohigian G. Reinventing the House of Medicine, The Study of the Federation. Missouri Medicine, September 1995, Vol. 92, No. 9. 33. Bohigian G, Croughan JL, Sanders K, Evans M, Bondurant R, Plat C. Substance Abuse and Dependence in Physicians: The Role of the Missouri Physicians Health Program. Southern Medical Journal, November 1996, Vol. 89, No. 11. 34. Bohigian G, Wexler S. Complications of Retained Nuclear Fragments in the Anterior Chamber After Phacoemulsification with Posterior Chamber Lens Implant. American Journal of Ophthalmology, April 1997, Vol. 123, No. 5. 35. Bohigian G. The Staff and Serpent of Asclepius. Missouri Medicine, May 1997, 94:210-211. 36. Bohigian G. The History of the Evil Eye and Its Influence on Ophthalmology, Medicine, and Social Customs. Documenta Ophthalmologica, 1997, 94:91-100. 37. Bohigian G. Complications of Ophthalmic Surgery, Chapter 2, Endophthalmitis, Theodore Krupin and Alan Kolker, Mosby Publishing Company, St. Louis, 1999. 38. Bohigian G. The Incidence and Reduction of Culture-Positive Endophthalmitis After Cataract Surgery in an Ambulatory Care Center. Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers, April 1999, Vol. 30, No. 4. 39. Bohigian G. Book review on Stereoscopic Atlas of Macular Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment, D. Gass. JAMA, May 1997, Vol. 277, No. 17. 40. Bohigian G. Book review on Stereoscopic Atlas of Macular Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment CD Rom Version, D. Gass. JAMA, April 1999, Vol. 281, No. 16. 41. Bohigian G. Future of American Medicine III. Missouri Medicine, January 2000. 42. Bohigian G, Valluri S. Handbook of Ocular Infections, Inflammations, and External Diseases, Slack, Inc. 2000. 43. Bohigian G, Croughan J, Bondurant R. Substance Abuse and Dependence in Physicians: The Missouri Physicians Health Program An Update (1995-2001). Missouri Medicine, April 2002, Vol. 99, 161-165. 44. Cooper B, Holekamp N, Bohigian G. Case-Control Study of Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery Comparing Scleral Tunnel and Clear Corneal Wounds. American Journal of Ophthalmology, Aug 2003, Vol. 136:300-305. 45. Bohigian G. Can you learn ethics? Arch Ophthalmol, Feb 2003;121(2):296-7. 46. Bohigian G. Symbols Deciphered-The History of Symbols and Signs in Medicine. St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine, October 2004 47. Bohigian G. Future of American Medicine 2005-2010: Questions, Answers & Opinions. Missouri Medicine, Sep/Oct 2004, Vol. 101, No. 5, 461-463.
48. Bohigian G, Bondurant R, Croughan J. The Impaired and Disruptive Physician: The Missouri Physicians Health Program An Update (1995-2002). Journal of Addictive Diseases, Vol. 24(1), Haworth Press 2005. 49. Bohigian G. A Preoperative Mixture of Anesthetic Jelly, Dilating Drops, Antibiotics and Anti-inflammatories for Cataract Surgery. Opthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging, 2006;37:261-262. 50. Bohigian G, Kamenetzky S. Risk Management in Cataract Surgery. Focal Points American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2006 (in publication) 51. Bohigian G. A Retrospective Study of the Incidence of Culture-Positive Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery over a 14-year Period (1990-2003) and the Use of Preoperative Antibiotics. Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging, 2006 (in publication) 52. Bohigian G. Letter to the Editor. J Cataract Refract Surg, Sep 2006;32(9):1406-7.