{"id":2972,"date":"2020-03-05T22:55:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T04:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irrf.org\/?page_id=2972"},"modified":"2020-11-14T11:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T17:01:23","slug":"alston-callahan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irrf.org\/alston-callahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Alston Callahan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2972\" class=\"elementor elementor-2972\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2864c2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2864c2f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74ed70e\" data-id=\"74ed70e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab3486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ab3486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remembering Alston Callahan, MD, FACS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88dc649 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88dc649\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11f433c\" data-id=\"11f433c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c57ee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c57ee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div id=\"id4\" class=\"style_SkipStroke_4 shape-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-content style_External_748_58 vertical-align-middle-middlebox\">\n<div class=\"style_4 vertical-align-middle-innerbox\">\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_3369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3369\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3369 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AlstonCallahan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"178\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alston Callahan, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nAlston Callahan, MD was an established pioneer of ophthalmic plastic surgery, having been thrust into the forefront of reconstructive surgery of the eyes during World War II. As chief of the ophthalmology service at Northington General Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, one of the five United States General Hospitals that were designated as eye centers, he expanded the existing medical practices in this area, and in 1960 established a preceptorship in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery.\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_3287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3287\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3287\" src=\"https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/N.PoleAC-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/N.PoleAC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/N.PoleAC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/N.PoleAC-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Callahan \u2018on the ice\u2019 at the South Pole, age 84.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\">After discharge from the military, Dr. Callahan became the first chairman of the department of ophthalmology of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical School and remained a key factor in the delivery of eye health for Alabamians by founding and developing the Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham in 1963. It was the first facility in the State of Alabama that was totally equipped and dedicated to the care and treatment of the eye. Concerned that all patients should receive the best eye care available, regardless of their ability to pay, Callahan initiated a partnership with the Alabama Lions Clubs to provide this care to the indigent of the State. As a fundraiser, Callahan was unsurpassed, being personally credited for raising over $40 million to provide eye care to Alabama and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_3288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3288\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3288\" src=\"https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AC-Chairmen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AC-Chairmen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AC-Chairmen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AC-Chairmen-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UAB Department of Ophthalmology Chairs: Lanning Kline (1998 to present); Roswell Pfister (\u201974-\u201981); Alston Callahan (\u201964-\u201971); Harold Skalka (\u201981-\u201998); and Ralph Levene (\u201971-\u201974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\">Shortly after UAB purchased the Eye Foundation Hospital in 1997, the University trustees voted to honor Dr. Callahan by naming the facility The Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in recognitioon of the tremendous energy he poured into his dream of establishing a world-class eye center. It was at this time in his life (age 86) that Callahan, along with Charles D. Kelman, MD, co-founded the International Retinal Research Foundation, a Birmingham-based public foundation committed to the funding of targeted research efforts into the diseases of the eye, with emphasis on discovering the causes, preventions, and cures of macular degeneration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\">A man of diverse talents and interests, Callahan was a world traveler who took great pleasure in visiting foreign and out-of-the way places in search of new cultures and learning how they expressed themselves through art. In his later years, he began commemorating birthdays with a special event or trip. At 80, he swam the Yazoo Canal, and at 81 walked across Manhattan Island. In the same year that he completed a grueling trip to Timbuktu, he decided to travel on a Russian icebreaker to the North Pole to celebrate his 83rd birthday; the next year, it was the South Pole. (At right, Callahan &#8216;on the ice&#8217; at the South Pole, age 84.)<\/p>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_3286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3286\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3286\" src=\"https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ACandKelman-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ACandKelman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ACandKelman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ACandKelman-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Charles Kelman, inventor of phacoemulsification, and Alston Callahan were close friends for more than 30 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\">Dr. Callahan&#8217;s many accomplishments go hand-in-hand with his devotion to his family, loyalty to his friends, and love of life. 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