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September 29, 1999
JOHN BULLOCK RECEIVES BRAGE GOLDING DISTINGUISHED
PROFESSOR OF RESEARCH AWARD AT WRIGHT STATE
John D. Bullock, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and professor of physiology and biophysics at Wright State University's School of Medicine, is this year's recipient of Wright State University's Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research Award. The author of over 180 scientific publications, Bullock's clinical research uses mathematics and physics principles to explain how the improper administration of anesthesia can explode the eye. "Dr. Bullock is nationally recognized for his work as a forensic ophthalmologist in trauma to the eye and its surrounding tissue, the orbit," said Daniel T. Organisciak, Ph.D., chair of the School of Medicine's faculty development committee.
With fellow Wright State faculty members Ronald Warwar and Manley Perkel, Bullock developed a simpler and safer operative procedure for removing cataracts.
"As a general rule, the less manipulation inside an eye, the better," Bullock says. "Our method involves much less manipulation."
It was also with Dr. Warwar that Bullock determined certain eyedrops commonly prescribed to treat glaucoma were causing blindness.
Following his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, Bullock went on to earn his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He completed a residency in ophthalmology at Yale University, followed by fellowships at the University of California-San Francisco, Stanford University, and the Mayo Clinic. In 1975, he opened his private ophthalmology practice in Dayton and joined the faculty of the School of Medicine. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Children's Medical Center in Dayton, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Lions' Eye Bank of West Central Ohio.
As historian and educator, Bullock constantly strives to uncover information about the eye. After retracing the historical footsteps of St. Paul's trip from Jerusalem to Damascus, Bullock concluded, with 19 criteria to support his findings, that St. Paul was struck by lightning. Bullock's next published paper will be on the world-famous ophthalmologist Henry Stallard, who competed on the same 1924 Paris Olympics track team with Harold Abrahams, and was portrayed in the movie Chariots of Fire.
