Selig Percy Amoils

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Selig Percy Amoils
University of Witwatersrand
Known forinvented the Retinal cryoprobe and the rotary epithelial scrubber
Medical career
Profession
Ophthalmologist

Selig Percy Amoils,

Joule-Thomson effect of gas expansion.[2][3][4] His system is still widely used in the fields of ophthalmology and gynaecology.[5]

Amoils was also awarded a patent for his "rotary epithelial scrubber", an improvement on the brush first developed by Ioannis Pallikaris that removes corneal epithelial cells in preparation for photorefractive keratectomy.[6][7] Another development of his in 1970, was the diamond vitrectomy cutter, various instruments enabling micro-control of blade depth in radial keratotomy, as well as the oval comparator, or astigmometer, to control astigmatism after cataract surgery.

Career

Born, raised, and educated in

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as a Clinical Fellow and research scientist specializing in retinal diseases and surgery and glaucoma
.

He advanced

Queen's Award for Technological Innovation.[8] His cryoprobe has since been on display in the Kensington Museum in London.[8]

In 1994, Amoils removed a cataract from South African President Nelson Mandela's left eye.[10] In 2006, President Thabo Mbeki awarded him the silver Order of Mapungubwe for "excellence in the field of ophthalmology and for inspiring his colleagues in the field of science".[1]

Publications

  • Cryosurgery in ophthalmology (Textbook) Pitman Medical (1975)
    ISBN 0-272-00468-5

References

  1. ^ a b c "Presentation of National Orders - 27 September 2006: Selig Percy Amoils (1933 – )." Archived 28 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed October 20, 2006.
  2. ^ Amoils SP. "The Joule Thomson cryoprobe". Arch Ophthalmol. 1967 Aug;78(2):201-7.
    PMID 4952598
    .
  3. ^ Munton G. "A short history of cataract surgery." Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine CE Optometry. 2001 Vol.4 No.2: 45-88.
  4. ^ VitreoTech Online Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. PMID 11317629
    .
  6. ^ Ophthalmic treatment apparatus and its use - Patent 5649943
  7. PMID 7528616
    .
  8. ^ a b c Nalisha Kalideen. "The man who made Madiba weep." Independent Online. September 28, 2006. Accessed October 27, 2006.
  9. ^ Wits Health Graduates' Association Alumni. Archived 2006-01-27 at the Wayback Machine Accessed October 27, 2006.
  10. ^ "Mandela Has Surgery To Remove Cataract." New York Times. July 14, 1994. Accessed October 20, 2006.
  • Sandton Chronicle report by Gillian Redmond 6 October 2006
  • American Jewish Year Book, 1983, p. 271; online at [1]

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