Newsletter Volume 8 Issue 11 - March 2, 2022 |
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Lunch Colloquium - Monday, March 7, 2022 |
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“The Eye as a Window to the Brain: From Candlelight
to Artificial Intelligence”
Nancy J. Newman
LeoDelle Jolley Chair of Ophthalmology
Valérie Biousse
Reunette Harris Chair of Ophthalmology
Zoom Lunch Colloquium
PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE - 12:45 am - 2:15 pm
For more than a hundred and fifty years in earlier times, physicians knew that the appearance of the ocular fundus (the back of the eye) is a window into the neurologic and systemic health of human beings, as poets and writers also knew that the eye is the window to the soul. Through innovative technology and most recently via artificial intelligence tools, Dr. Newman and Dr. Biousse have championed and re-introduced the examination of the ocular fundus into mainstream medical practice.
About Nancy Newman:
Dr. Newman was appointed LeoDelle Jolley Chair of Ophthalmology by Emory University School of Medicine in February 2002. She also holds the positions of professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, and instructor in Neurological Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. She also is director, Section of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center. Dr. Newman has more than 500 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters, and books, including the primary textbook in neuro-ophthalmology, Walsh and Hoyt’s Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 5th and 6th editions. She is co-author, with Valérie Biousse, of the textbook Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated (Thieme), the 1st edition published in 2009, the 2nd edition in 2016, and the 3rd edition in 2020. She has served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Seminars in Neurology, and the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Dr. Newman has lectured widely throughout the world and is known for her innovative teaching style. She sees both adults and children with neuro-ophthalmologic problems, such as optic nerve disorders, visual field defects, and disorders of ocular motility. Her main research interests include disorders of the optic nerve and mitochondrial diseases.
Dr. Newman is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, and the American Neurological Association. She was named Teacher of the Year by the Emory Medical School First Year Class in 1992, and by the Eye Center residents in 1994. She was awarded the American Neurological Association’s (ANA) Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in 2003 and the Emory University School of Medicine’s Dean’s Teaching Award in 2004. She was elected President of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society on July 1, 2014. She was a recipient of the Research to Prevent Blindness Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award. Among her many named lectureships are the prestigious William F. Hoyt Lecture for the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2013) and the H. Houston Merritt Lecture for the American Academy of Neurology (2017).
She is consistently named in Atlanta magazine as a “Top Doctor" and in the “Top Doctors” in the neurology and neuro-ophthalmology categories in U.S. News & World Report, where she ranks in the top 1% of doctors so listed.
Dr. Newman served on the Board of Trustees of Princeton University for 14 years and is currently a trustee emerita. She also served as President of the Princeton Alumni Association and Chair of the Alumni Council.
Her areas of clinical interest include
• Neurology (board certified since 1989)
• Neuro-Ophthalmology
About Valérie Biousse:
Dr. Biousse, the Reunette Harris Chair of Ophthalmology, is a professor in neuro-ophthalmology at Emory Eye Center and in the department of neurology, Emory University School of Medicine.
She is a fellow of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and of the French Society of Neurology and an elected member of the American Neurological Association and multiple other national and international societies, including the American Academies of Ophthalmology and Neurology and the French Society of Ophthalmology. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. She currently also serves on the board of directors as President of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. She has more than 500 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters, and books, including the primary textbook Neuro-Ophthalmology and Walsh and Hoyt’s Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition, 2005, and the practical textbook Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated (Thieme 2009, 2016 and 2019), a valuable resource for practitioners who have patients with disorders of vision and the brain. Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated received the British Medical Association best book of the year award in 2016 (category Neurology) and the “PROSE award” from the American Association of Publishers in 2017.
Dr. Biousse regularly lectures throughout the world. Her current research focuses on four primary areas: (1) idiopathic intracranial hypertension, (2) the use of non-mydriatic fundus photography for the diagnosis of neuro-ophthalmic disease in various clinical settings, (3) diagnostic errors and referral patterns in neuro-ophthalmology, and (4) ocular manifestations of cerebrovascular diseases.
She is named into the “Top Doctors” category within the U.S. News & World Report rankings in the category neuro-ophthalmology. As such, she is rated in the top 1% of doctors ranked in the United States. She is also listed in Atlanta magazine’s “Top Doctors.”
Her areas of clinical interest include:
• Adult Neuro-Ophthalmology
• Optic nerve disorders
• Visual field defects
• Disorders of ocular motility
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Lunch Colloquium - Monday, March 21, 2022 |
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“BookFest 2022 - Recommendations for Reading”
Voracious Readers Not-So-Anonymous: Emeritus College Volunteers
Zoom Lunch Colloquium
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Read any good books lately? Of course you have. And might you be willing to recommend one (or more) of those good books to those of us wondering what to read next? We are looking for volunteers to describe books they have enjoyed that they think others might enjoy, as well. If you’ve got one to discuss, we’ll be happy to allot you five minutes of our BookFest time. If you’ve got two or three, we can schedule you for ten minutes. And of course you can choose a book or books of any kind at all. If you would like to volunteer, please do so in an email to Gretchen Schulz (at gschulz@emory.edu). If you can name the book or books you’ll be recommending, please do so. But if you’d like to volunteer without specifying titles, that’ll be fine. All we really need to know is if you’re requesting five or ten minutes of time. And we’ll schedule accordingly. First come, first scheduled, until we run out of time.
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Following his welcome to the February meeting of the University Faculty Council, Chair Octavaian “Tavi” Ioachimescu introduced University President Gregory L. Fenves who gave an update on the search for an Executive Vice-President for Health Affairs. President Fenves announced that as chair of the search committee, he would conduct twelve listening sessions around the Emory community, beginning with the Faculty Council at that very meeting. Members were invited to respond to topics such as which Health Affairs issues need most urgently to be addressed in the next three years. President Fenves encouraged faculty to email him directly (fenves@emory.edu) with comments or names of possible candidates.
University Provost Ravi Bellamkonda next reported on an action-packed administrative year that concluded successful searches for three new deans, a new Vice President for Libraries and Museums, and the launch of the Emory 2036 campaign. The campaign will focus on faculty and student endowment, featuring the hiring of up to 75 new faculty with expertise in such areas as Artificial Intelligence combined with scholarship in Liberal Arts and Humanities, Business, or Social Justice. The campaign is off to a good start, having already received transformational gifts of $100 million to the Rollins School of Public Health and $5 million to the Law School for the establishment of the Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice.
Aryeh Stein gave the Chair’s Report for the Faculty Hearing Committee. Under a provision in the Gray Book, this committee functions as an advisory body in situations where a faculty member is subject to termination. The committee’s request for a change in composition, an expansion from five to eight members to reduce the possibility of problems related to conflicts of interest, was unanimously approved by a vote of the Faculty Council.
Finally, Giacomo Negro, Chair of the FC Faculty Counselors Committee, solicited nominations, including self-nominations, for Faculty Counselors to fill the three positions of those rotating off this year. One Faculty Counselor serves on each committee of the Board of Trustees.
The University Senate meeting began with the Provost’s Semi-Annual Address, in which Provost Bellamkonda expanded his report on the Emory 2036 campaign, adding among other elements the launch of both AI Humanity and Student Flourishing, informed by the One Emory Framework, as defining themes.
Christa Acampora, Deputy Provost for Academic Affairs, explained the process for analyzing proposals for new university policies. Such proposals are studied as to need, purpose, potential impact, and method of successful communication.
University Senate President Octavian “Tavi” Ioachimescu outlined the procedure for the 2022 University Senate Elections to take place during the March meeting. The offices to be filled are President-Elect and Secretary. Since a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting would complicate the election, members agreed to delay the transition to that format and hold the March meeting again on Zoom.
Committee Chair Kathryn Wood presented the slate proposed by the Honorary Degree Committee. Unanimously approved by the Senate, the slate will be sent on to President Fenves for the final decisions.
Shana Ware, Chair of the Prevention of Sexual Violence Committee, described the committee’s new organizational framework whose goal is to establish consistency of procedures across the units of the university.
Giacomo Negro, Chair of the Governance Committee, noted that his committee’s charge is to review, interpret, and consider amendments to the bylaws of the University Senate and the University Faculty Council and to ensure consistency across the units.
Finally, Co-Chairs Stacey Gall and Lisa Underwood reported on the work of the Transportation and Parking Committee.
For more detailed information on either meeting, minutes will be posted at:
(Emory ID and password necessary to access)
Note: Emeriti especially interested in keeping in touch with what’s going on at Emory should consider volunteering for a Faculty Council or University Senate committee when the call goes out in the next few weeks. With our institutional memory, we’re a valuable resource—as John Bugge would say, a “Council of Elders”—and it’s fun!
-- Holly York, EUEC Representative to the Faculty Council and University Senate
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Rosemary Magee
Senior Faculty Fellow,
Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Congratulations are in order! Rosemary recently learned she will be given the Distinguished Emerita Award from the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at her alma mater, Florida State University. Rosemary received a BA in Sociology there (with a minor in English) in 1973 and an MA in Religion in 1975. This broad education served her well as she soon pursued an interdisciplinary PhD in Literature and Religion at Emory in the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts. All of these experiences helped prepare her for the many opportunities she had across disciplines in several different roles, in each serving Emory wonderfully well, as we all know. The letter of award notes her contributions to higher education, especially at Emory. Rosemary states, "I’m very touched by this recognition and am happy to share it with others in the Emeritus College who have served as sources of support and inspiration to me."
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W. Virgil Brown
Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Dr. Brown recently shared something that has been keeping him busy during the pandemic:
"During last year I was asked by the International Atherosclerosis Society to put together some video recordings reviewing major reasons for continuing risk of dying from vascular disease.
Vascular disease death remains the number one cause of death in the world (18 million per year). In fact, the 50-year decline in heart attack and stroke death ended during the last decade. It is now increasing by 1% per year.
I interviewed the experts in the several areas I felt were pertinent and asked each of these what we might do to improve our preventive efforts. This resulted in 14 (30-minute) recordings discussing each topic. These are free to the public. You can reach these with your search engine (i.e. GOOGLE) by entering Essentials of Residual Risk - IAS."
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Herbert W. Benario
Professor Emeritus of Classics
Long-time and much beloved Emeritus College member Dr. Herbert W. Benario, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Emory Decatur Hospital. He was 92 years old.
After earning a BA and Masters at Columbia University, he completed his PhD in Classics, Latin and Greek, at age 21 (!) at The Johns Hopkins University, where he met his wife, the late Janice M. Benario, and spent decades teaching at Emory University.
A lifelong distance runner starting in the 1940s, long before it was considered a normal form of exercise, he won a medal at the Boston marathon in the 1950s. Then, in the winter of 1969/70, he was one of four men who created the Peachtree Road Race (the world's largest 10K race), and administered it for the Atlanta Track Club on July 4, 1970. Both sons, Fred and John Benario, were the two little kids holding the finish tape for the winner to run through. Only 110 runners participated that first year, and it has since grown to 70,000 each year.
As of this writing an obituary was not available.
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Walking the Campus with Dianne |
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The repurposed water feature from our last walk can be found at the beautiful Houston Mill House, very near our offices in the Luce Center, on Houston Mill Road. The round stone of the fountain is the original millstone from the old Houston Mill that was prominent in the area many years ago.
The fountain was built through the generosity of the Emory University Women's Club in May of 2000 and provides a wonderful entry focal point to Houston Mill House.
Cynthia Cohen, one of our emeritus members, recently shared information from the DeKalb History website regarding the history of Houston Mill House and the surrounding area, which can be viewed by clicking here. The article is fascinating and includes lots of information and old photos. Be sure to take a look for an enjoyable trek through history.
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A very recent walk on campus revealed a rather odd discovery. . . I found three baby hippos! Of course, they were statues, but still . . . hippos?! At Emory?
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Where will you find these on the Emory campus? |
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Emory University Emeritus College
The Luce Center
825 Houston Mill Road NE #206
Atlanta, GA 30329
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