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EW NEWS & OPINION 28 June 2016 by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer David Karcher, ASCRS executive director, described Dr. Barry as a man who had a "tremendous in- ternational presence, clinically and politically." "This coupled with his well- known work in ophthalmic research has made him a real giant among ophthalmologists," Mr. Karcher said. According to his biography on the St. Vincent University Hospital's website, Dr. Barry was trained at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and later completed a retina fellow- ship in the U.S. Among his notable peer-re- viewed papers was his landmark research on intracameral antibiotics and endophthalmitis. The research published in 2006 found a drastic reduction in endophthalmitis rates in patients who received intracamer- al cefuroxime after cataract surgery compared to those who didn't. 1 perform cataract surgery. ASCRS and EyeWorld will miss Peter Barry, the curmudgeon who endeared himself to everyone he touched," said Dr. Donnenfeld, EyeWorld chief medical editor. Boris Malyugin, MD, deputy director general, S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex, Moscow, credited Dr. Barry with bringing ESCRS to where it is today. "All of us can agree that ESCRS [would] not be where it is today without his vision and brilliance," Dr. Malyugin said, adding that Dr. Barry played a pivotal role in his own involvement with the society. "I personally enjoyed his unique sense of humor, his great stories, and vast life experience, [which] he shared generously. This loss was so sudden and unexpected that it is very hard to believe Peter is no [longer] with us." (ESCRS) stated in an online announcement. A founding member of ESCRS in the early 1990s, Dr. Barry served the society in various capacities includ- ing as its treasurer, director, and president in 2012 and 2013. "He was a person of great vision who made an immense contribution not only to the success of ESCRS but to the wider world of ophthalmolo- gy," ESCRS' statement said. Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Oph- thalmic Consultants of Long Island, Rockville Centre, New York, de- scribed Dr. Barry as "larger than life" and a "guiding light in navigating the close relationship between [ESCRS] and the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)." "His seminal work on in- tracameral antibiotics has had a worldwide impact on the way we "Larger than life" surgeon, researcher, and ESCRS founding member, past president dies T he international ophthal- mic community is mourn- ing the sudden loss of one of its leaders. Peter Barry, MD, head of the Depart- ment of Ophthalmology, St. Vincent University Hospital, Dublin, died on May 26, at 68 years old after a short illness, the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons International community mourns Peter Barry, MD Peter Barry, MD 1948-2016

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