The Palomar Mascaró family comes from a long line of MD and sight professionals. We’ll talk about some of them.
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FERNANDO PALOMAR PETIT (1932-2004), Neuro-ophthalmologist. Specialist in neuro-ophthalmology concerns, and one of the pioneers in the use of fluorescent angiography in Spain. Among his vast scientific work, we will highlight his two books on neuro-ophthalmology: “ExploraciĂłn y sintomatologĂa oftalmoneurolĂłgica” (Ophthalmo-neurology exploration and symptomatology), published along his father; and “Neuro-oftalmologĂa. ExploraciĂłn, pruebas y diagnĂłstico” (Neuro-ophthalmology. Exploration, tests and diagnosis) a book published with his children.
In 1963, he got a permanent position as M.D. in the Ophthalmology Department of Hospital ClĂnico of Barcelona. Until 1970 he was head of the Hospital ClĂnico Ophthalmology department. From 1971 to 1994 he served as Head of Ophthalmology Department in the Sagrado CorazĂłn de Barcelona Hospital.
At the beginning of his professional career, he worked along his father at his father’s private practice office in the Mallorca street, lately becoming the director of it. Years later, in 1994, he moved his private practice to Sagrado Corazón Hospital, founding the Consultorio Oftalmológico Palomar (Palomar Ophthalmology Clinic.)
Among his teaching positions, he was assistant professor in the Ophthalmology Professional School of the University of Barcelona (1962-1969) and associate professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Barcelona Medical School (1967-1969)
He collaborated intensely, teaching neuro-ophthalmology courses, with the University of Barcelona Medical School and with the Instituto Barraquer. He was Number Member and Merit Member of the Barraquer Institute.
Dr. Fernando Palomar Collado and Dr. Fernando Palomar Petit, operating.
Also, Dr. Fernando Palomar Petit developed his own surgery techniques, and techniques for pre and post-surgery strabismus training. He designed multiple surgical instruments. He also developed techniques for helping sight rehabilitation in patients suffering from homonymous hemianopsies, treating thousands of patients in his private practice.
Palomar Petit, F., Palomar MascarĂł, F.J., Palomar MascarĂł, MÂŞ V. NeurooftalmologĂa. ExploraciĂłn, pruebas y diagnĂłstico.
Barcelona: Elsevier-Masson, 2008.
He married MARIA LOURDES MASCARĂ“ BALLESTER. They had three children, who also work in the sight field: MARĂŤA VIRGINIA (1961), Ophthalmologist, MARĂŤA LOURDES (1962), Optician and FERNANDO (1968), Doctor of Optometry.
He designed the Palomar Optotype, and several instruments for visual exploration and rehabilitation. Among them, we’ll list the polyoptometer, the photocorimeter, the Photo-chromo-scotometer, the double arch perimeter, and so on.
He authored many works, collaborating with the “Hispano-American Ophthalmological Society Archives”, and he was one of the founders of “Barcelona’s Medical Review”.
He was the author of the first treatise, written in Spanish, on neuro-ophthalmology: “Ophthalmo-neurology Exploration and Symptomatology “, published along his son, Professor Dr. Fernando Palomar Petit, in 1965.
Palomar Collado, F., Palomar Petit, F. ExploraciĂłn y sintomatologĂa oftalmoneurolĂłgica.
Barcelona: Palestra,1965.
TOMAS COLLADO GĂ“MEZ (1876-1921) Ophthalmologist in the city of Barcelona. He was the uncle of FERNANDO PALOMAR COLLADO.
This family counts with ten generations of medical doctors. We will focus in the ones related and devoted to sight care.
MARIA LOURDES MASCARÓ BALLESTER (1936), Contactologist. One of the first ones to adapt PMMA contact lenses in Barcelona. Her brother, FERNANDO MASCARÓ BALLESTER (1945), Ophthalmologist, married MERCEDES ZAMORA PÉREZ (1945) also Ophthalmologist. One of their children, FERRAN MASCARO ZAMORA (1972), is an Ophthalmologist specialized in orbital surgery.
JAIME ISERN DE GENER (1789-1863) Surgeon doctor, translated the Scarpa, being this translation the first book on ophthalmology available in Spanish. His son, FRANCISCO ISERN Y DE LLOSELLAS, was the Barcelona Liceum Medical doctor. He had a daughter: ERNESTINA ISERN Y CAPDEVILA who married JOSÉ MASCARÓ Y CAPELLA (1838-1905)
ANICETO MASCARÓ Y COS (1842-1906) Ophthalmologist in Lisbon. He invented the first reading system for the blind, system that was used up to the development of the Braille system. His wife, SRA. DOMÉNECH was also Ophthalmologist. They had a son, ANICETO MASCARÓ DOMÉNECH, also Ophthalmologist.
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