SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Iatros Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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LICHONIAN, ,IOHN N. EVANS Professor of Ophthalmology OCTOR JOHN N. EVANS, appointed Professor of Ophthalmology for the beginning of the fall term of 1935, graduated from Long Island College Hospital in 1916 and began his medical career as a general interne in the Bushwick Hospital in the sarne year. The opportunity which started him on his eye career occurred when the ear-nose-and-throat men, who were Canadians, left for the war. Doctor Evans was assigned to a special interneship in eye work-a rare thing at that time. After a brief fling at general medicine and contract surgery for the government, he began a study of the phenomena of Ophthalmology. His time of practice has been a continuous drive toward practical advance- ments in his chosen field. His work soon stamped him as an outstanding specialist. The progressive phase of the affable doctor's work has been concerned chiefly with clinical research. In all, he has contributed approximately sixty original articles to the literature. The laboratory has engaged his time Well. The innumerable addresses before ophthalmologic and allied societies attest to his prominent position. ,His chief hobby has been, and is scototomy and the work done by him in this phase has attracted international attention, especially in England. Doctor Evans began his long list of publications shortly after graduation from Long Island. His interest in scototomy manifested itself as early as 1925 when his first paper on the subject appeared. Field studies based on clinical observation and experience soon formed the bulk of his work. Accurate and thoroughly complete records enabled him to construct informative graphs. The finesse of his practitioner's art attracted patients from far and wide with all varieties of ocular lesions, and thus provided fruitful material for his brilliant deduc- Twenty-Six

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remarned for graduate trarnrng at hrs Alma Mater where he taught for a trme In 1912 he was called to Brooklyn where untrl 1915 he was assrstant professor of clrnrcal medrcrne and drrector of clrnrcal laboratorres at the Long Island College Hosprtal servrng under Dr John A McCorkle Followrng thrs he became assocrate professor of medrcrne and rn 1917 became actrng professor In 1919 he was appornted to the professorshrp When rn 1930 the rnstrturron was rechartered as the Long Island College of Medrcrne he was appornted professor of medrcrne and executrve head of the department As a student we remember hrm as our chref who kept us on edge Tuesday afternoons wrth hrs rnterestrng demonstratrons Hrs draggrng out of long charts hrs tabulatrons on the black board hrs demonstratrons of pathologrcal specrmens and X rays all were part of hrs show If method of makrng us clear thrnkrng general physrcrans Hrs stethoscope kept swrngrng on hrs arm he kept pattrng down hrs dark black parted hart and talkrng and movrng up and down wound up machrne that kept gorng but always knew where and always brought the pornt home Although never too busy to see a student not lecture before a class Dr Warren always managed to squeeze so much between hrs work at the college and hrs prrvate work that one wonders how he remembered all the thrn s he had to do and how he drd them so well Hrs actrvrtres and assocratrons were many Dr Warren became ptesrdent of the Krngs County Medrcal Socretv rn 1930 and added much to rts prestrge In 1932 he became medrcal drrector of the Brooklyn Home for Consumptrves In 1931 he became charrman of the publrc health commrttee of the Chamber of Commcrce and rn 1934 became a member of the chamber s board of drrectors and a drrector of the Brooklyn Councrl for Socral Plannrng Durrng these years he concerved the rdea of the Brooklyn Health Councrl and became rts Presrdent rn 1934 He was a fellow of the Amerrcan College of Physrcrans servrng from 1931 33 on the Board of Governors and later became a Regent of rts board Besrdes berng chref at the Long Island College Hosprtal he was consultrng physrcran to the Harbor Coney Island South Srde and Methodrst Eprscopal Hosprtals and physrcran rn chref at the St Johns Hosprtal Brook lyn N Y F or many years he was examrner rn dragnosrs on the New York State Boa d of Medrcal Examrners and has been presrdent of the Board srnce 1933 He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Polytechnrc Instrtute srnce 1924 anal of the Packer Collegrate Instrtute rnce 1927 Professor Warren was a member of the Amerrcan Medrcal Assocratron the New York Academy of Medrcrne Amerrcan Heart Assocrfrtron Brooklyn Pathologrcal Assocratron Asso ratron for the Study of Internal Secretrons Natronal Tuberculosrs Assocratron Amerrcan Socrety of Tropr al Medrcrne and the Amerrcan Socrety for the Advancement of Scrence Hrs fraternrtres were Alpha Omega Alpha and Srgma X1 He wrote frequently marnly on pleurrsy tuberculosrs and pneumonra rn many of the leadrng medrcal Journals although of late because of so much added work hrs wrrtrngs have become rnfrequent He was assocrate edrtor of the Trce s System of Medrcrne and helpel make the many rmptovements that thrs system offers Especrfrlly rnterested rn tuberculosrs and pneu monra a good part of hrs trme was spent rn therr study and he made many specral studres rn these fields marnly rn recent years at the Brooklyn Home for Consumptrves And what do you thrnk Doctor' we can feel the answer swellrng up rn our throat You and I know doctor that we wrll all feel hrs gorng and Long Island wrll find rt very drfhcult to fill hrs place He was a leader an excellent admrnrstrator and a genrus as teacher Hrs was a great name rn medrcrne Hc lrved a full lrfe S S G Twenty Fzze 3 . 9 7 7 , . . . 1 . , , . a Q 7 7 - . . ,, . ,, . . - . , ' 1 . . r. . . . . U. . .. . - 7 9 4 7 a - 7 - , C ' 3 3 ' C r , . U . 53 7 ' , - . V Q C . 'J . ,, , C ' c . a .. U , . 7 7 7 3 . .' . ' . . . . , . - n - - .. I 7 - . . . . r , . . , t - . . . . ,, , - c 3 . , - c ' S . , r 9 5 1 f Cc ' , c , C , ' . ., , - 1 9 s : ' . . . . , . . . . , . . C ' 1 7 A . . y . 2 C a 1 f ' fr - , -1, - - C 7 1 , 4 a a , . c , , 9. . A , -- . . . 31' . .1

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OF 1937 tions. Numerous clinics, chief among which is the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, also supplied an abundant source from which to draw. The American Journal of Ophthalmology has printed many of his treatises, as has the Archives of Ophthalmology and other leadingg medical and ophthalmological journals. Running scototomy a close second in Doctor Evans' interests is the new system of ophthal- molgic education which he has brought to Long Island. This plan has attracted the attention of leading men interested in the advancement of the field, and accordingly Doctor Evans has prepared for publication the method of his administration. This system of student and gradu- ate instruction is original, and its conception probably marks a brilliant future for eye patients of Brooklyn and vicinity, for it means that graduates from this institution who decide to spe- cialize in this line will have a foundation equivalent to the most thorough training under rigid and competent instruction. It consists essentially in a division of labor, with the instructors advancing in knowledge as well as the students. All students are taught by Doctor Evans, and are divided into groups of six for conference and quiz purposes. In charge of these groups are staff members, fellows, residents and internes. Each of the latter positions is obtained by fulfilling standard requirements, applicants are chosen according to ability after an informal interview with Doctor Evans. who is the Ophthalmologist-in-chief of the Hospital. The two fellowships are granted to young men who intend to practice in Brooklyn, with the purpose of rounding them out sufficiently to pass the exams of the American Board of Ophthalmology. All these instructors are under the eye of the chief,' for their advancement in special courses, as: pathology of the eye, optics, physiology, neurology, medicine, and particularly, research. The success of the student course can best be attested by the extravagant praise of the Seniors, the future will witness its cerain fruition. The Medical Directory shows the following for Dr. Evans: NATIONAL- American Medical Association. American College of Surgeons. American Academy of Ophthalmology 8: Otolaryngology. American Ophthalmological Society. Member - American Board of Ophthalmology. Association for Research in Ophthalmology. Trustee - Association for Research in Ophthalmology. STATE- r Medical Society of the State of New York. LOCAL- New York Ophthalmological Society. Neon Medical Club. Brooklyn Ophthalmological Society. Medical Society of the County of Kings. STAFF APPOINTMENTS- Professor of Ophthalmology, Long Island College of Medicine. Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Long Island College Hospital. Surgeon, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Associate Surgeon, Brooklyn Hospital. Director of Research, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Associate Director of Research, The Lighthouse, New York City. ROBERT T. CURLEY. Twenty-Setfeaz