David Paton (ophthalmologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Paton (ophthalmologist)

American physician, founder of Project Orbis

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1930

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession: ophthalmologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About David Paton (ophthalmologist)

  • David Paton (born August 16, 1930) is a retired ophthalmologist best known as founder in 1970 of Project Orbis (now named Orbis International, Inc.) and thereafter as its first Medical Director helping to develop (1970–1982) and then deploy its teaching aircraft for ophthalmologists worldwide, especially in the developing nations.
  • Paton resigned from Orbis in 1987 and focused on other aspects of academic ophthalmology, but in 2011 he returned in a voluntary capacity to assist in fund raising for a new annual appointment, the David Paton Orbis Fellowship in Global Ophthalmology.

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