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Dedicated to science and the arts: James V. Aquavella, MD<\/h1>\n

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\"Dr.

Dr. James Aquavella<\/p><\/div>\n

For more than 60 years, James V. Aquavella<\/a>, MD\u2014a corneal surgeon and the Catherine E. Aquavella Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Flaum Eye Institute\u2014has been a leader in clinical practice, surgery, education, and research. He is known worldwide for his work with artificial corneal implants for infants and children, which has restored sight to patients as young as a few weeks old.<\/p>\n

Over the course of his distinguished career, Dr. Aquavella has conducted seminal research; taught and mentored countless medical students and corneal surgeons; given lectures around the world; authored textbooks and published more than 350 papers; and helped and healed many patients and their families. He is also a champion of the humanities, an avid art collector, and a former member of the Board of Managers at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG).<\/p>\n

With a strong wish to share his passion for art with the Rochester community, Dr. Aquavella recently donated 12 paintings from 17th and 18th century Europe and America to the MAG. He and his late wife, Kay\u2014a nurse, educator, and hospital administrator\u2014have gifted a total of 15 works of art to the museum from their private collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back over history, the greatest scientists from people like Galileo to DaVinci to Isaac Newton\u2014were all devoted to the advancement of their fields as well as to art, music, and the humanities overall,\u201d says Dr. Aquavella. \u201cSuch a commitment contributes to a more complete image of an individual, as the humanities provide a lens through which to see and appreciate the world and a foundation to better understand the human experience along with the richness and beauty of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

An accomplished career<\/h4>\n

Dr. Aquavella was the first fellowship-trained corneal surgeon in the U.S. when he established his practice in Rochester in the mid-1960s as a specialist in cornea and external eye disease. Having been recruited by the then chair of the ophthalmology department, John Gipner, MD, Dr. Aquavella joined the University in 1962. He has been affiliated with its Flaum Eye Institute for many years and continues to treat patients there.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Aquavella has dedicated his life to his patients and to improving their health and quality of life,\u201d says Dr. Mark Taubman, Dean and CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center. \u201cHe\u2019s an exemplary clinician, teacher, scholar, and human being who is committed to making this institution and our community a better place. We both share these convictions, along with our deep appreciation for the arts and opera.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Aquavella received his AB from Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree from the University of Naples in Italy. \u201cBeing in Italy during the post-war 1950s was such a formative time for me,\u201d he says. \u201cIt provided opportunities to experience Italian culture and also see major works of art, such as Michelangelo\u2019s Sistine Chapel and Piet\u00e0.<\/p>\n

Upon his return to the U.S., Dr. Aquavella became a member of the health team at the Kings County Medical Center, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, and the Schepens Institute in Boston. Later in his career, he became\u00a0 founder and president of the Cornea Society, president of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmology, director of the Eye Bank Association of America, and consultant to the Food and Drug Administration and Tissue Banks International.<\/p>\n

A strong partnership<\/h4>\n
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Dr. James Aquavella with his wife, Kay<\/p><\/div>\n

James and Kay Aquavella were married for 40 years until her death in 2012. They traveled the world together, often while he participated in conferences and gave lectures. They also nurtured their shared interest in the arts and frequented places such as the Frick Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cKay was a kind, dedicated woman,\u201d says Dr. Aquavella. \u201cShe always felt strongly about my commitment to teaching and research and was in favor of supporting the University, both at the Medical Center and at the Memorial Art Gallery, which she very much enjoyed. She was also the driving force in our collaboration to create the first ambulatory surgical center in New York State. The ambulatory procedure is now used for 70 percent of all surgery performed in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

A legacy of giving<\/h4>\n

Dr. Aquavella’s first gift to the MAG was Claude Michel\u2019s \u201cBacchante and Female Satyr,\u201d a terracotta sculpture from the late 18th century, followed by Frans Snyder\u2019s \u201cThe Fox and the Heron,\u201d (ca. 1630-1640) and Francesco Solimena\u2019s \u201cThe Triumph of Judith\u201d (1704-1708). Each gift to the MAG holds special meaning to Dr. Aquavella. For instance, he is struck by the raw emotion and pain illustrated in Jean Honor\u00e9 Fragonard\u2019s \u201cPortrait of a Penitent Man,\u201d the sheer beauty of Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun\u2019s \u201cPortrait of a Woman as a Bacchante,\u201d and the colorful expression captured in the \u201cTree in a Landscape,\u201d which is painted in the style of Odilon Redon, a French symbolist painter.<\/p>\n

In addition to his gifts to the MAG, in 2013, Dr. Aquavella established two endowed professorships<\/a> at the University\u2019s School of Medicine and Dentistry: the Catherine E. Aquavella Distinguished Professorship in Ophthalmology, in honor of his wife, and the James V. Aquavella, M.D., Professorship in Ophthalmology. These gifts ensure that excellence in ophthalmological research, teaching, and scholarship at the University will continue in perpetuity.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Dr. Aquavella’s gifts to the MAG<\/h4>\n

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\u2014Kristine Kappel Thompson<\/a>, March 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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