Jerry A. Shields, MD, a world-renowned leader in ocular oncology, died June 22, according to a press release from Wills Eye Hospital.
Born in Kentucky in 1937, Shields was emeritus director of the ocular oncology service at Wills Eye Hospital and professor of ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
He attended Murray State University for his undergraduate degree and earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School.
Shields served as a Marine battalion surgeon during the Vietnam War and also spent time in the U.S. Navy. (Read more...)