Photograph of Frank B. Walsh, Lima, Peru, September 3, 1965

Photograph of Frank B. Walsh, Lima, Peru, September 3, 1965. Frank B. Walsh, MD (1895-1978) was a Canadian-American neuro-ophthalmologist. He authored the first two editions of "Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology," and the third edition alongside William Hoyt, MD. Dr. Walsh is considered to be the father of neuro-ophthalmology. The first meeting of the Frank B. Walsh Neuro-ophthalmology Society was held in 1969, and in 1992 the Walsh Society became a subgroup of the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society.