Charles L. Schepens
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Charles L Schepens, long considered one ofAbstract
the giants of 20th Century ophthalmology
and the unquestioned leader in retinal
detachment surgery. Schepens was born in
Moeskroen, Belgium in 1912, his fatherwas a
physician. Charles Schepens first obtained a
certificate in mathematics at the University of
Ghent. He would have used this to enter the
engineering school, his preference, but
bowing to peer pressure and family tradition,
he entered the medicalschool. He earned his
medical degree in 1936 and received surgery
training atthe City Hospitalof Ghent.
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