Interventional neuro-ophthalmology: not an oxymoron.

William Fletcher Hoyt, MD, received his medical education at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), followed by a year’s study at the Wilmer Institute at The Johns Hopkins University, under the mentorship of Frank B. Walsh, MD. Dr. Hoyt returned to UCSF in 1958 to found the neuro-ophthalmology service. During a 36-year academic career—all of it at UCSF—he authored 266 journal articles, co-authored (with Frank B. Walsh, MD) the third edition of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, and trained 71 neuro-ophthalmology fellows. In 1983, he received the title of Honorary Doctor of Medicine from the Karolinska Institute. At present, he serves as Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at UCSF. In recognition of his contributions, in 2001 the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, in conjunction with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, initiated the Hoyt Lecture to be delivered each year at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.