NAME
George W. Blankenship Jr.
DATE OF BIRTH
November 21, 1940
DATE OF DEATH
July 26, 2020
AGE AT DEATH
79
OCCUPATION
Ophthalmologist, Public Health Service Staffer, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Pennsylvania State University
CITY OF RESIDENCE AT DEATH
Hilton Head
STATE/TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE AT DEATH
SC
LOCATION OF GRAVE
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George W. Blankenship, MD, past president of the Academy, died on Jul. 26, 2020 at the age of 79 due to complications of COVID-19. An Academy member since 1973, Dr. Blankenship was a Life Fellow who served on several Academy committees throughout his prestigious career. In addition to being appointed Academy president in 2001, he served on the EyeCare America’s Diabetes EyeCare Program Committee, Diabetic Retinopathy Outcomes Task Force...(Click the information source link below to read more.)
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