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Frederick D. Gillespie
American ophthalmologist, born 1927.
Associated eponyms:
Gillespie's syndrome II
A rare familial syndrome present from birth and affecting both sexes, characterised by eye abnormalities, congenital nonprogressive partial cerebellar ataxia with hypotonia.
Meyer-Schwickerath and Weyers syndrome
A syndrome marked mainly by ocular abnormalities, craniofacial dysmorphism, dental defects, hand and foot malformations, various skeletal defects, and mildly delayed mental development.
Biography:
Frederick D. Gillespie does private practice of ophthalmology in Parkersburg (2001). He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1956 and interned at the University of Iowa, 1956 – 1957. His academic interest is in plastic surgery.
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