Dr. Md Altaf Hossain (1957-2009)

Author's response to reviews Title: An Assessment of the Quality of Care for Children in Eighteen Randomly Selected District and Sub-district Hospitals in Bangladesh Authors:

Dewan Md. Emdadul Hoque ([email protected]) Muntasirur Rahman ([email protected]) Sk. Masum Billah ([email protected]) Michael Savic ([email protected]) AQM Rezaul Karim ([email protected]) Enayet Karim Chowdhury ([email protected]) Altaf Hossain ([email protected]) SAJ Md. Musa ([email protected]) Harish Kumar ([email protected]) Sudhansh Malhotra ([email protected]....

Remembering Steven M. Podos, MD, 1937-2009.

During an ARVO meeting in the late 1960s, I attended a party in David Maurice’s room at the Sheraton Sandcastle. Other than David talking with his characteristic dry humor, I don’t remember who else was in the room, except this younglooking, smiling fellow dressed in a completely white suit and bow tie; even his shoes were white. Being invited to David’s private party was a big deal at that tim...

Obituary: Dr. Robert B. Barlow 1939–2009

A star in the vision community was lost with the untimely death of our good friend and colleague, Robert Barlow. Bob succumbed on December 24th, at age 70, after a short bout with acute leukemia. Our sincere condolences are extended to his wife Pat, their three children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, as well as to his brother James and sister Margaret. Bob’s rise to preeminen...

Dr Henry Rollin MD, FRCPsych, FRCPsych (Hon), FRCP

Henry Rollin, who died recently at the age of 102, was a medical polymath from a vanished age when psychiatrists had the time and opportunity to develop their skills by way of a wider variety of experience than is possible today. From 1948 until 1975, he was the Deputy Superintendent of Horton Hospital, Epsom, one of the largest mental hospitals in the country. Although he had himself been invo...

Herbert Spiegel, MD 1914-2009: art, science and poetry.