Mansour F. Armaly

Mansour F. Armaly (February 25, 1927 – August 19, 2005) was a Palestinian-American physician who researched the treatment of glaucoma.

Early life and education Armaly was born in Shefa Amr, Palestine on February 25, 1927, the eldest of eight children. Armaly grew up in Haifa, where he completed his elementary and high school education.

He received his B.A. (1947) and M.D. (1951) from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. In 1948, his family sought refuge with him in Lebanon after the founding of the state of Israel.

Honours and legacy In 1973, Armaly was decorated as a Knight of the National Order of the Cedar, Lebanon's highest state honour. The inaugural Armaly lecture in Beirut was given by Wallace L.M. Alward in 2012.

Selection of scholarly publications The cup-disc ratio. The findings of tonometry and tonography in the normal eye, Arch Ophthalmol. 1969 Aug;82(2):191-6, Armaly MF, Sayegh RE

The Effect of Pilocarpine Ocusert With Different Release Rates on Ocular Pressure, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1973;12:491–496, Mansour F. Armaly and K. R. RAO The Des Momes population Study of Glaucoma, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1962;1:618–628, Mansour F. Armaly

References and external links

further Obituaries: "Glaucoma Researcher Mansour F. Armaly, 78, Dies," Washington Post, August 25, 2005. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Obituary