United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981910/1995F. Phinizy Calhoun Jr. served as chair of the Emory School of Medicine Ophthalmology Department from 1946 until 1978. During his tenure he helped open an eye bank, the fifth in the United States, to serve patients in the Southeast who needed cornea transplants. He is credited with bringing modern ophthalmology to Georgia.Photograph of F. Phinizy Calhoun Jr. Calhoun served as chair of the Emory School of Medicine Ophthalmology Department in Atlanta, Georgia from 1946 until 1978. During his tenure he helped open an eye bank, the fifth in the United States, to serve patients in the Southeast who needed cornea transplants. He is credited with bringing modern ophthalmology to Georgia.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/emory-eye-centerForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/emory-eye-centerForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaEmory University. School of MedicineEmory University. School of Medicine--FacultyCollege teachers--Georgia--AtlantaPhysicians--Georgia--AtlantaOphthalmologists--Georgia--AtlantaScholars--Georgia--AtlantaF. Phinizy Calhoun Jr.StillImage