Henry Metz
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Henry S. Metz, MD, MBA, is an American pediatric ophthalmologist who is the current CEO of the Smith-Kettlewell Institute in San Francisco. Professor Metz served as Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester Eye Institute from 1978 to 1993. During the late 1990s Metz maintained private practice in Rochester and at The Eye Specialists Center in Illinois, and served as Visiting Professor at the UIC Eye Center until his appointment at Smith-Kettlewell in 2003.
Much of his early research concerned eye movements and strabismus, including saccadic velocity measurements and use of botulinum toxin.
He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (JPOS). Metz was President of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus from 1990-91 and was honored as its Frank D. Costenbader lecturer in 1993.
[edit] Education
After completed his undergraduate degree from Columbia College, Metz received his medical degree from SUNY and MBA from the University of Rochester. He did a medical internship at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, followed by an ophthalmology residency at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and strabismus fellowship at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. His fellowship preceptor was the renowned strabismologist Arthur Jampolsky.