Gonin Medal

The Gonin Medal is an international award given to one ophthalmologist every four years by the International Council of Ophthalmology. The award is named in honor of Swiss ophthalmologist Jules Gonin.[1] It has been said to represent "the highest achievement in ophthalmology."[2]

Recipients

Source: Retina Research Foundation[3]

gollark: I guess beliefs like "objects are not yellow" are among the harder-to-edit kinds since they're directly contradicted by the evidence in font of me.
gollark: Yes, and?
gollark: I can't really just go "hmm, today I will believe that all objects are yellow"; I can think about stuff like "what if all objects ever were yellow", but that isn't the same.
gollark: If we say that "you" are the conscious abstract-reasoning/planning brain part, then that does *not* really get to pick beliefs, exactly.
gollark: If we say that "you" is "your entire brain" then that kind of does.

See also

References
  1. Day, Lance; McNeil, Ian, eds. (2002). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. Routledge. p. 514. ISBN 9781134650200. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. Wolfensberger, Thomas (2003). "Jules Gonin. Pioneer of retinal detachment surgery". Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 51 (4): 303–308. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  3. "Gonin Medalist". Retina Research Foundation. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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