LEADER 03620nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910458161803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-6299-852-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000009865 035 $a(EBL)496271 035 $a(OCoLC)642661082 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000456834 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12185236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000456834 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409703 035 $a(PQKB)10902511 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496271 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496271 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10505626 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000009865 100 $a20111129d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe American Glaucoma Society$b[electronic resource] $eits founding and first 25 years /$feditors, M. Bruce Shields, George L. Spaeth 210 $aAmsterdam, The Netherlands $cKugler Publications$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-6299-224-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPROLOGUE; 1 BEFORE THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY; 2 THE GLAUCOMA LANDSCAPE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY; 3 THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING(1985-1987); 4 GROWTH WITH A FIRM ETHICAL FOUNDATION (1988-1990); 5 AN EMPHASIS ON SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE (1991-1992); 6 SUPPORTING YOUNG SCIENTISTS(1993-1994); 7 EXPANDING OUR SCOPE AND SUPPORT (1995-1996); 8 A NEW ERA IN A TIME OF TURMOIL(1997-1998); 9 STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM (1999-2000); 10 STRENGTHENING OUR ETHICAL RELATIONS WITH INDUSTRY AND ADVANCING RESEARCH (2001-2002) 327 $a11 A CONGENIAL AND INCLUSIVE AGS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE (2003-2004)12 HONORING A RICH HERITAGE AND ADVANCING AN AGENDA OF PROMISE (2005-2006); 13 A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE(2007-2008); 14 A CHRONICLE OF THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY'S SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (1987-2010); 15 RESEARCH AND FELLOWSHIPS; 16 HEALTH CARE POLICY AND ADVOCACY: EDUCATE, LEGISLATE AND COMMUNICATE; 17 The American Glaucoma Society andIts Relationship with the American Academy of Ophthalmology 327 $a18 DIVERSITY IN THE AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY: HOW WELL HAS THE SOCIETY EMBRACED ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MIRRORED THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY?19 A Canadian Presence in the American Glaucoma Society; 20 The American Glaucoma Society and International Glaucoma; ; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; APPENDIX III; APPENDIX IV; APPENDIX V; APPENDIX VI; INDEX OF AUTHORS 330 $aNothing begins from nothing. For everything new under the sun, there is a history (or at least a theory) of what preceded it and made it possible. With regard to each human accomplishment, it is nearly always possible to trace it back to earlier accomplishments that provided the foundation on which the subsequent advance was achieved. This thought is often expressed in the old quotation, "If I seem to see farther than those who came before me, it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants." And so it was with the founding of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS). The remarkable history 606 $aGlaucoma$xSocieties, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGlaucoma$xSocieties, etc. 676 $a615.7827 701 $aShields$b M. Bruce$0958784 701 $aSpaeth$b George L.$f1932-$0874438 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458161803321 996 $aThe American Glaucoma Society$92172449 997 $aUNINA