Dr. Michael E. Yablonski

Dr. Michael E. Yablonski
of VestalDr. Michael E. Yablonski, a physician in the Ophthalmic Associates of the Southern Tier, passed away April 25. He is survived by his son, John D. Yablonski, Vestal; and John's mother, Anne Yablonski, Vestal, Dr. Yablonski's wife of 17 years. He is also survived by three daughters, Deborah, Israel, Anne Yablonski, Washington, D.C., Judith Yablonski, Portland, Oreg.; one granddaughter, Danielle, Israel; also three stepchildren, Frederic Fenton, San Francisco, Jeremy Fenton, New York City, Sara Fenton, New York City. Dr. Yablonski graduated from Southwest High School, Minneapolis, Minn., in 1958. He received his B.S. and M.D. from the University of Minnesota, and completed his surgical internship at Albert Einstein Medical School in 1968. From 1968-71, he completed Ph.D. work in Physiology at the University of Minnesota, under supervision of Nathan Lifson, M.D., Ph.D. Specialty: Membrane Transport Physiology. From 1971-73, he served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, doing Electroretinography research with the Naval Air Development Center in Warminister, PA. From 1973 to 1976, he was a Ophthalmology Resident at the University of Minnesota, and completed his Glaucoma Fellowship at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., under the direction of Bernard Becker, M.D. from 1976 to 1977. He was Board Certified in Ophthalmology in November, 1979, and was named a Fellow by the American Academy of Ophthalmology in November, 1980. From 1977-82, He was a full-time Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, specializing in glaucoma, and from 1982-85, was a full-time Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Cornell University Medical Center, New York. From 1985-1990, he was full-time Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Cornell University Medical Center, and was the Chief of Glaucoma Service at Cornell University Medical Center from 1982-1990. From 1990 until the present, he was a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb. Dr. Yablonski was a NIH Post-doctoral Research Fellow, and the Principal Investigator of the NIHROI Research Grant "Development of a Flurophotometric Method to Evaluate Aqueous Humor Dynamics" from 1982-85 and 1988-1992. In 1989, he received the Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for valuable contributions to its Academy Programs. He was also the recipient of the Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant. He was a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and Charter member of ANGLE, a full member of the International Society for Eye Research, a charter member of Ophthalmic Laser Surgery Society, and a member of the Glaucoma Committee of the International Congress of Ophthalmology. Dr. Yablonski was also a member of the American Intra-Ocular Implant Society, American Glaucoma Society, Omaha-Mid-West Clinical Society, American Medical Association, and the ARVO Program Planning Committee, representing Physiology and Pharmacology. He was also published numerous times.
Services and burial for Dr. Yablonski will take place at 12:30, on Wednesday, April 27, in Paramus, N.J., where he will be buried next to his son, Daniel, who predeceased him in 1985. Memorial donations may be made to Research to Prevent Blindness.