Pediatric ophthalmology

Pediatric ophthalmologists also have expertise in managing the various ocular diseases that affect children.

Frank D. Costenbader was an American physician frequently credited as the world's first pediatric ophthalmologist.

[2] Costenbader and Marshall M. Parks (his mentee who would later be known to many as "the father of pediatric ophthalmology") began the first ophthalmology fellowship trained program of any subspecialty at the Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., now known as the Children's National Medical Center.

Over time, over 30 programs were developed for the training of pediatric ophthalmologists throughout the United States.

Other notable pediatric ophthalmologists have included: Jack Crawford, John T. Flynn, David S. Friendly, Eugene R. Folk, David Guyton, Robison D. Harley, Eugene Helveston, Arthur Jampolsky, Barrie Jay, Phillip Knapp, Burton J. Kushner, Henry Metz, Marilyn T. Miller, John Pratt-Johnson, Arthur Rosenbaum, William E. Scott, Gunter K. von Noorden, and Mette Warburg.