Ophthalmic gifts for which to be thankful

December 15, 2007

Peter J. McDonnell

Peter J. McDonnell, MD, is director of the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and chief medical editor of Ophthalmology Times®.

Dr. McDonnell focuses on what gifts ophthalmologists have received in their profession.

Key Points

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
-Thornton Wilder

"I feel a very unusual sensation-if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude."
-Benjamin Disraeli