Henry Metz Explained

Henry S. Metz is an American pediatric ophthalmologist. He was the CEO of the Smith-Kettlewell Institute in San Francisco from 2003 to 2008. Much of his early research concerned eye movements and strabismus, including saccadic velocity measurements and use of botulinum toxin.

Education and career

After completed his undergraduate degree from Columbia College, Columbia University, Metz received his medical degree from SUNY and MBA from the University of Rochester. He did a medical internship at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, followed by an ophthalmology residency at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and strabismus fellowship at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. His fellowship preceptor was the renowned strabismologist Arthur Jampolsky. During the late 1990s Metz maintained private practice in Rochester and at The Eye Specialists Center in Illinois, and served as visiting professor at The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary until his appointment at Smith-Kettlewell in 2003.

Honors and offices held

• 1978–1993, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester Eye Institute
• Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (JPOS), 1982–1988
  • 1990–1991, President of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 1993, Frank D. Costenbader lecturer, AAPOS
• Medical advisory board, Better Vision for Children Foundation

Published works (partial list)

• Metz HS, Rose S, Burkat C . Late-onset progressive strabismus associated with a hydrogel scleral buckle . J AAPOS . 8 . 1 . 72–3 . 2004 . 14970805 . 10.1016/j.jaapos.2003.09.014.
• Metz HS . Light and the circadian clock . J AAPOS . 7 . 4 . 229–30 . 2003 . 12917606 . 10.1016/S1091-8531(03)00119-8. free .
• Metz HS . 20th annual Frank Costenbader Lecture: Muscle transposition surgery . J Ped Oph Strabismus . 30 . 6 . 346–53 . 2004 . 10.3928/0191-3913-19931101-03 . 8120738.
• Metz HS, Dickey CF . Treatment of unilateral acute sixth-nerve palsy with botulinum toxin . Am J Ophthalmol . 112 . 4 . 381–4 . 1991 . 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)76243-9 . 1928238. free .
• Metz HS . Ocular tension and vitreous loss in cataract extraction . Am J Ophthalmol . 64 . 2 . 309–12 . 2004 . 10.1016/0002-9394(67)92530-5 . 6036288.
• Metz HS . The use of vertical offsets with horizontal strabismus surgery . Ophthalmology . 95 . 8 . 1094–7 . 1988 . 3231447 . 10.1016/s0161-6420(88)33055-1.
• Metz HS . Saccadic velocity measurements in internuclear ophthalmoplegia . Am J Ophthalmol . 81 . 3 . 296–9 . 1976 . 10.1016/0002-9394(76)90243-9 . 1258953.
• Metz HS, Livingston A, Zigman S, Lerman S . Studies on the metabolism of the regenerating rabbit lens . Arch Ophthalmol . 74 . 244–247 . 1965 . 2 . 14318503 . 10.1001/archopht.1965.00970040246023.

See also

• American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070425085702/http://www.ski.org/index.html – The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute official website
• Smith-Kettlewell Institute – Wikipedia page for The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute