Kirk H. Packo, MD, professor and chairman emeritus of the department of ophthalmology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, died Sept. 1, according to an announcement from Illinois Retina Associates.
Packo was a vitreoretinal surgeon, educator, researcher and inventor whose research interests included complex retinal surgery and instrument development. He was the co-founder of Rush’s fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery, as well as a senior partner with Illinois Retina Associates, which he joined in 1985.
Packo attended medical school at Saint Louis University, graduated from the