Florian Verrey
{{Short description|Swiss ophthalmologist}}
Florian Verrey (7 October 1911, in Lausanne – 14 September 1976) was a Swiss ophthalmologist.
He studied medicine at the University of Lausanne, and from 1939 served as an assistant under Marc Amsler at the university eye clinic.[http://www.archiv.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff-92dc-1ae4-0000-00003cd3c30f/Jahresbericht_UZH_1976_1977.pdf Jahresbericht 1976/77] Universität Zürich In 1944 he followed Amsler to the University of Zürich, where in 1951 he became head of its polyclinic. In 1960 he received a professorship in Zürich.[http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/3347.html Florian Verrey] at Who Named It
He was the author of 74 medical papers, many of which concerned the eye's aqueous humor. He was also interested in uveitis; in 1964 he listed 130 different diseases in which uveitis may happen. The eponymous "Amsler-Verrey sign" bears his name; being defined as bleeding caused by applanation tonometry and cataract surgery in patients with Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis.[http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/4151.html Amsler-Verrey sign] at Who Named It
Selected writings
- {{lang|la|Heterochromie de Fuchs et fragilite vasculaire}}, (with Marc Amsler, 1946) – Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis and vascular fragility.
- {{lang|fr|Clinique de l'humeur aqueuse pathologique}}, 1954 – Clinic on aqueous humor pathology.
- {{lang|fr|L'humeur aqueuse et ses fonctions}}, (with Marc Amsler and Alfred Huber, 1955) – Aqueous humor and its functions.[https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Florian+Verrey%22 Google Search] published works
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Category:University of Lausanne alumni