Frank M Polack
Frank M Polack was an American ophthalmologist, specializing in surgery and treatment of diseases of the eye. Graduated from National University of San Marcos Medical School in Lima, Peru. Residence in Ophthalmology at Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla and New York University Post-Graduate Medical School.
NIH Fellowship in Cornea at the Eye Institute of Columbia University, N.Y. Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida Medical School at Gainesville, FL
He designed the Polack forceps for corneal transplants with two teeth on either side to make it easier to place the first stitch in a donor button for corneal transplants. He taught many residents at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital's Harkness Eye institute before moving on to Florida.
