|
William H. Coles, M.D., M.S., FACS, is an American ophthalmic trauma surgeon, and a writer of literary fiction. ==Biography== Coles was born in Rochester, New York on March 2, 1937, and earned a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1958. He earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at Louisiana State University. During his medical career, Coles specialized in ocular trauma and held academic appointments at Louisiana State University and at Medical University of South Carolina, He then became Professor of Ophthalmology at Emory University (1980–86), and as Professor and Chairman at State University of New York (SUNY) (1986–1997).〔 During his 27-year surgical career, Coles was a researcher, a regent for the American College of Surgeons, and president of the Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology.〔("AUPO Past Presidents." )〕 He is the author of several ophthalmology textbooks. In Charleston, Dr. Coles coordinated the visual arts segment of the Spoleto Festival USA from 1977–1980; was Chairman of the Board for the Carolina Art Association from 1978–1980; served as President and Chairman of the Board for the Gibbes Art Museum for those same years; and earned the Mayor's Honor Award for historic preservation in 1980. In addition to being a published poet during his time in Atlanta, Coles taught a series of classes on Georgian antique furniture as part of the Evening at Emory lifelong learning program. From 1987-1995, he reviewed poetry for the American Medical Association.〔("Reading with Two Bills." ) City Art at the Library〕 In Buffalo, he wrote scripts and presented on-air for the WBFO radio program on jazz history.〔("Alumni." ) WBFO website〕 In 1995, Coles was the featured poet for the Atlanta Arts Festival, and won the Banff (Canada) Professional and Amateur Award for best musical performance. He has lectured internationally on surgery, Georgian antiques, jazz and literary fiction. Coles began writing fiction after retiring from surgery in 1997. He also created the "Story in Literary Fiction" website as an educational resource for writers of fiction, which has more than 5 million page views.〔("Story in Literary Fiction." ) website accessed Dec. 10, 2014〕 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「William H. Coles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|