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March 2013 Incoming continued from page 13 the Senior Honor and Secretariat Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. In 2005, he was named the National Cataract and Refractive Surgeon of the Year by Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today. Dr. Donnenfeld serves on the Board of Directors for two leading medical societies, and is a member of the Cornea Clinical Committee of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery and Ocular Surgery News. He is a past president of the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group. Dr. Donnenfeld has also served as a board member of the Nassau Academy of Medicine, the American College of Surgeons, Long Island Chapter and the Nassau Surgical Society, and is a past president of the Nassau Surgical Society. EW Contact information Sebrell: csebrell@ascrs.org Prominent French ophthalmologist dies by Erin L. Boyle EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer J oseph Colin, M.D., 64, a renowned French ophthalmic expert and surgeon, has died following a short illness. "He was a charismatic, visionary, and passionate professor, an attentive doctor, a great teacher, but most of all, he was deeply human with his patients and friends," said Cedric Schweitzer, M.D., his colleague at University Hospital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France. "He was receptive to patient concerns. He always found the right words to Joseph Colin, M.D. explain the disease and sometimes with a touch of humor." Dr. Colin became an ophthalmologist in 1977. He was appointed professor at the University Hospital of Brest, Britain in 1982, and in 1984, chief of the Department of Ophthalmology there. In 2000, Dr. Colin became chief of the Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Pellegrin. Dr. Colin specialized in corneal, refractive, and cataract surgery. He was widely published, with his most recent publication with colleagues appearing in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in January. He conducted extensive research, especially in corneal crosslinking and keratoconus. His hospital served as a research site for the National Reference Center for Keratoconus in France due to its "previously recognized expertise in this field," according to the center's website. Dr. Colin received numerous prestigious awards and served as president of the French Society of Ophthalmology (SFO) from 2005-2008, president of the French Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (SAFIR) from 2009-2011, and president of the Scientific Committee of the French National Association of Blindness from 2009 until this year. "As one of the leading anterior segment surgeons from France, Dr. Colin made many great contributions to our field, both through his clinical research and through the ophthalmologists that he mentored and trained," said David F. Chang, M.D., Los Altos, Calif. "Ophthalmology has lost this great and influential international leader all too prematurely." EW