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Charles Conor O'Malley, BSc, MB., DOMS, KM., Irish eye surgeon, writer, and Chief of the Name, 1889–1982. Conor O'Malley was born in Joyce County in Connemara, in County Galway, Ireland. He was a member of the Kilmilkin O'Malley family. He graduated in Medicine from University College Galway, UCG in 1917. His first appointment being Surgeon Lt. on HMS Furious, and later with the Royal Air Force during World War 1. He undertook postgraduate training in Ophthalmology in Moorfields Hospital, London. In the 1920s he began his civilian medical practice in Gort, County Galway. In 1927 he visited to India where he studied the then novel method of intra-capsular cataract extraction cataracts under Dr Mathra Das Pawha. at Moga Clinic in the Punjab. Dr O'Malley provided a report of 220 intra-capsular cataract operations he undertook when in Moga. This clinical audit was published in the ''British Journal of Ophthalmology'' in March 1931. In 1931 he was appointed Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology in UCG in Galway. His elder brother, Michael O'Malley was Professor of Surgery there from 1924 to 1956. His wife Sal (Sarah Genevieve) O'Malley was Consultant Anaesthetist in this hospital. He undertook clinical practice at the former Central Hospital, Galway (later termed the Regional Hospital Galway) and now known as University College Hospital Galway. The Sal and Conor O'Malley Prize is awarded annually to the undergraduate who attains the highest marks in Ophthalmology at the summer MB Degree Examination at UCG. Conor O'Malley's professional publications in Ophthalmology were written while he was at UCG. He undertook private practice from his consulting rooms at No 6, The Crescent, Galway and St Bride's Nursing, Sea Road, Galway. Prof O' Malley founded the first unit of the Order of Malta Ambulance Corps in Ireland in 1937 and later became a Knight of Malta. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, better known as the Sovereign Order of Malta, was created in the Middle Ages. Conor and Sal O'Malley had 3 daughters (Grace O' Hara, Joan Ringrose and Ann Kelly). His two sons, Patrick O'Malley and Conor C O'Malley (1930-2012) graduated in Medicine from UCG. Both became leading Ophthalmologists in the USA and contributed technical developments in retinal (O'Malley Xenon Photocoagulator) and vitreous surgery (Ocutome Vitrector). A grandson Simon P Kelly (1956-) also graduated in Medicine from UCG and is an Ophthalmic Surgeon and Retinal Specialist at the Royal Bolton Hospital, England. A nephew, Ronal E O'Malley also graduated in Medicine from UCG and is an Ophthalmic Surgeon and Retinal Specialist in Houston, Texas, USA. In his retirement, Conor O'Malley became absorbed in the history of the Ó Máille clan, and such of its figures as Gráinne Ní Mháille (c. 1530 – c. 1603). He was elected Chief of the O'Malley's, and became a Guardian Chief, a lifetime honour. His daughter Ann later served as Guardian Chief of the Clan. He was a keen golfer and fresh water angler and published a much loved book: 'With a Fishing Rod in Ireland' in 1976. ==See also== * Shelia Mulloy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Conor O'Malley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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