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EW IN OTHER NEWS 94 May 2015 country great, while at the same time being involved as a physician." However, his track has diverged somewhat from his father's—his father was a pilot first and then a physician. Craig, meanwhile, stud- ied medicine first and is now also pursuing service. Prior to undertak- ing his ophthalmology residency, Craig hopes to serve a few years as a flight surgeon. There he will receive some flight school training as well, he said. After officer training he will pa - ticipate in an internship at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, where his dad worked for many years. Steve is proud to watch all 3 of his children progress, not just in ophthalmology, but also in life. "One of the greatest honors, and I'm seeing this transformation happen right now, is instead of people saying, 'You're Steve's son or daughter,' now it's, 'Aren't you the father of Erin or Julie or Craig? I've been wanting to meet you,'" Steve said. He has no doubt that one day in the not too distant future he will take a backseat to his offspring, with others saying, 'He was a well-known ophthalmologist way back when.' But it will be Julie, Erin, and Craig who will be in the forefront of peo- ple's minds when others in ophthal- mology hear the Schallhorn name, he concluded. EW Contact information Craig Schallhorn: csschallhorn@gmail.com Erin Schallhorn: erin@tfgeducation.com Julie Schallhorn: jschallhorn@gmail.com Steve Schallhorn: scschallhorn@yahoo.com Ophthalmology where Julie was the lead author," he said. Meanwhile, Craig has just be- gun getting into the research aspect of things, and has asked his older sister Julie for input. "She has been instrumental in guiding me through the procedures and ideas for good projects," he said. Another benefit for this family immersed in ophthalmology has been when they are called away to attend various symposia around the world. "My dad and I were both at the [Asia-Pacific Academy of Op - thalmology meeting] recently, so we had dinner in China together," Erin said, adding that the shared profes- sion has turned routine conferences into nice opportunities to see family. Steve pointed out that it is great walking the floor of the confe - ence hall together, where they can see people who have now become mutual friends. Erin agreed. She had been looking forward to introducing brother Craig at the recent ASCRS• ASOA Symposium & Congress in San Diego, but he was unable to go because he was attending officer training. Military family Going into the service seemed a natural thing to do, Craig said. This is something that he has in common not only with his father, but also both of his grandfathers. "I have a strong heritage of being involved in the uniform services," he said. "I view it as a priv- ilege to be able to serve and defend all of the principles that make our a real bonus for broadening their networks. Erin said, they have come across colleagues in the field who they originally met at gatherings when they were young. In some cases the sisters now have a profes- sional relationship with those same individuals. Another advantage that Erin has found is being able to call on her father's expertise. "From an industry side of things it's very nice to have a father in the field when you're starting out," she said. "I had a good resource in my back pocket who I could call if I didn't understand something clinically." Julie also found this to be true. "It's nice being able to call my dad about patients," she said. "I can say, 'Dad, I saw this crazy thing, what do you think about that?'" The 2 have also already collab- orated on some research, Steve said. "We have a seminal paper on intra- ocular pressure changes published in Erin, meanwhile, started out in ophthalmology, working in the mar- keting department at VISX (Abbott Medical Optics, Abbott Park, Ill.). "I consider myself to be one of the few lucky individuals to find something that they absolutely love immediate- ly after graduation," she said. After returning to school for her MBA at Dartmouth, however, she experi- mented for a time outside of the field, working for Genentech (South San Francisco) on the oncology side of the business. However, she found that she missed the field of ophtha - mology too much. "I think everyone associated with ophthalmology has a perpetual optimism that attracts me because we're talking about making things better—improving patients' health and vision compared to duration of life," she said. Family perks For all 3 of the Schallhorn offspring, having family in the field has been All in the family continued from page 93 Steve with Julie and Craig at the 2015 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting. Source (all): Steve Schallhorn, MD Steve and Julie in the OR. Julie had just completed a 4+ brunescent cataract procedure at UCSF. 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