Mansour F. Armaly (February 25, 1927 – August 19, 2005) was a

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physician who researched the modern medical treatment of

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Early life and education

Armaly was born in

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. He received his

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(1947) and

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(1951) from the

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. After completing his residency in

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at the American University Hospital, he left in 1955 to attend the

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, from which he received a

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in 1957. Armaly became an American citizen and joined the university's faculty, where he remained for 13 years. In 1970, he accepted a position as professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the

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Medical Center, in

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, serving in that role for 27 years, until 1996. From 1980 to 1987, Armaly served as President of the Pan-American Glaucoma Society.

Death

He died of

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at the hospital where he had long worked, at the age of 78. He was survived by his wife of 55 years, Aida Armaly, and his two children,

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, an artist in Berlin, and Raya Armaly Harrison, an ophthalmologist in

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Legacy

Armaly was a member of the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology faculty from 1958 to 1970. The Lecture Recipients have been nominated since 2004: 2004 Robert N. Weinreb, MD; 2005 David L. Epstein, MD; 2006 Richard L. Abbott, MD; 2007 M. Bruce Shields, MD; 2008 Michael A. Kass, MD Mansour F. Armaly Lectureship, University of Iowa

Selection of scholar publications

The cup-disc ratio. The findings of tonometry and tonography in the normal eye, Arch Ophthalmol. 1969 Aug;82(2):191-6, Armaly MF, Sayegh REGENETIC FACTORS RELATED TO GLAUCOMA, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 151 Issue 1, Pages 861 – 874, Mansour F. ArmalyThe Effect of Pilocarpine Ocusert With Different Release Rates on Ocular Pressure, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1973;12:491–496, Mansour F. Armaly and K. R. RAOThe Des Momes population Study of Glaucoma, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1962;1:618–628, Mansour F. Armaly

References and external links

further Obituaries:

* ttp://www.adc.org/index.php?id=2570 American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Obituary {{DEFAULTSORT:Armaly, Mansour F. American ophthalmologists Palestinian medical researchers Palestinian emigrants to the United States American people of Palestinian descent People from Shefa-'Amr University of Iowa alumni American University of Beirut alumni University of Iowa faculty George Washington University faculty 1927 births 2005 deaths Deaths from cancer in Washington, D.C.