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George Coats
Scottish ophthalmologist, born 1876, Paisley; died October 1915.
Associated eponyms:
Coats' disease
A disease characterised by exudative retinitis and telangiectasias of the retina, conjunctiva, face, nail beds, and breasts.
Coats' ring
A white ring of lipoid material in Bowman's membrane of the cornea, below the epithelium.
Coats' syndrome
An adult form of Coat’s disease.
Small's syndrome
A syndrome characterized by visual impairment and retinal changes ranging from tortuous vessels to exudative retinitis, neural deafness, muscle weakness, and mental retardation.
Biography:
George Coats began his medical studies at Glasgow University in 1892, graduated in 1897 and received his doctorate there in 1901. He was a resident at the Royal Western and Eye Infirmaries in Glasgow, and continued his studies in ophthalmology in Vienna, visiting Munich, Freiburg and Zurich.
Coats commenced work at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital in 1902, became a FRCS in 1903 and in 1905 he was appointed curator and pathologist at Moorfields hospital. In 1906 he became assistant ophthalmic surgeon at the Great Northern Central Hospital, in 1909 at Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and, in 1911, also at the St. Mary’s Hospital. He held numerous appointments at London Teaching hospitals, but at his death was assistant surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and assistant ophthalmic surgeon St. Mary’s Hospital.
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