I have so much admiration for Dennis Makes and his contributions to the field
and profession of ophthalmic photography. I remember attending a conference in
Chicago in 1988 and being so impressed with the intelligence, innovative spirit
and courage of Dennis and Steve Verdooner as they demonstrated their DFC-1024
system.
Dennis was a trail blazer who had the vision to see how digital imaging could
transform the process and greatly benefit our patients. I had lost track of
him but knew in recent years Dennis was involved with a program to provide used
ophthalmic equipment to Viet Nam and other third world countries. My heartfelt
good wishes go out to Dennis and his family.
Michael Bono
In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come
from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.- Carl Sagan
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optimal Digest Mon, 01 Oct 2018 Volume: 09 Issue: 167
In This Issue:
[optimal] From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
[optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
[optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
[optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
[optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
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From: "Barsness, Denice" <BarsneD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [optimal] From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 18:11:00 +0000
It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness I report that my dear friend
Dennis Makes will soon leave us for other realms unknown. He is resting
comfortably at home with Hospice Care for multiforme Glioblastoma. He has
elected to forgo aggressive intervention , a decision of which his wife and
family support.
Dennis served on the OPS BOD in the mid 80's and was general chair of the
first Park City Utah midyear meetings.
His friends remember those meetings fondly as we were a much smaller group at
that time, without internet or cell phones, and thus, meetings were a way of
connecting with new and old friends and to share information available no
other convenient way.
I worked with Dennis and others in those early days with the Ophthalmic
Photography Workshops ( OPW ) which was a precursor to the development of OIS
( Ophthalmic Imaging Systems)
Those of us a bit grayer in the hair will remember the early days of
ophthalmic imaging and the rise of digitization of our craft. Building on
the shoulders of giants before them, Dennis Makes and Steve Verdooner brought
one of the first digital fundus cameras , the OIS DS1024 to market in 1989
and received a patent for this technology in 1990.
I first met Dennis in 1979 when he was an imager at the University of Tucson
and a rep for the AO Docustar! ( a Hand held fundus device utilizing
POLAROID! Film....)
I was a green, 22 year older imager with a broken fundus camera. I barely
knew what a roll of film was! An internal mirror was misaligned and thus all
of my images had extreme astigmatism. Dennis quickly diagnosed the problem,
fixed my old silver body Topcon TRC2!!!!! And my imaging problems were
resolved. That same year I found a wadded up piece of paper in the darkroom
advertising this thing called the "Ophthalmic Photographer's Society", with
Csaba Martonyi's phone number on it. Like a human on an alien planet, I
learned there were others like us "out there" and lifelong mentoring, support
and friendship was born.
I have had the honor and the pleasure to call this man my friend for over 3
decades, as have some of you.
His wife Diana asks NOT to be contact directly during these difficult times.
Those that wish to get a message to her please work through me.
Much sadness, need my tribe at these times....
Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, CDOS, FOPS
CPMC Dept of Ophthalmology/ The Eye Institute
Ophthalmic Diagnostic Services
711 Van Ness Avenue Suite 250
San Francisco CA 94109
415-600-5781
FAX 415-558-7011
------------------------------
From: Richard Hackel <richardhackel@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:57:41 -0400
Sorry to hear of Dennisâ declining health, but thank you for keeping us in
touch. I remember when I was at Wake Forest, Marshall and I got to be an
early adopter of digital imaging technology and we worked with Dennis when we
bought an early OIS system. His enthusiasm and dedication to the ethos of
quality imaging and caring for people is something I remember of him from
those days.
Please send my kindest regards to he and his wife.
Richard
On Oct 1, 2018, at 2:11 PM, Barsness, Denice <BarsneD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness I report that my dear friend
Dennis Makes will soon leave us for other realms unknown. He is resting
comfortably at home with Hospice Care for multiforme Glioblastoma. He has
elected to forgo aggressive intervention , a decision of which his wife and
family support.
Dennis served on the OPS BOD in the mid 80âs and was general chair of the
first Park City Utah midyear meetings.
His friends remember those meetings fondly as we were a much smaller group
at that time, without internet or cell phones, and thus, meetings were a
way of connecting with new and old friends and to share information
available no other convenient way.
I worked with Dennis and others in those early days with the Ophthalmic
Photography Workshops ( OPW ) which was a precursor to the development of
OIS ( Ophthalmic Imaging Systems)
Those of us a bit grayer in the hair will remember the early days of
ophthalmic imaging and the rise of digitization of our craft. Building on
the shoulders of giants before them, Dennis Makes and Steve Verdooner
brought one of the first digital fundus cameras , the OIS DS1024 to market
in 1989 and received a patent for this technology in 1990.
I first met Dennis in 1979 when he was an imager at the University of
Tucson and a rep for the AO Docustar! ( a Hand held fundus device
utilizing POLAROID! Filmâ¦.)
I was a green, 22 year older imager with a broken fundus camera. I barely
knew what a roll of film was! An internal mirror was misaligned and thus
all of my images had extreme astigmatism. Dennis quickly diagnosed the
problem, fixed my old silver body Topcon TRC2!!!!! And my imaging problems
were resolved. That same year I found a wadded up piece of paper in the
darkroom advertising this thing called the âOphthalmic Photographerâs
Societyâ, with Csaba Martonyiâs phone number on it. Like a human on
an alien planet, I learned there were others like us âout thereâ and
lifelong mentoring, support and friendship was born.
I have had the honor and the pleasure to call this man my friend for over 3
decades, as have some of you.
His wife Diana asks NOT to be contact directly during these difficult
times. Those that wish to get a message to her please work through me.
Much sadness, need my tribe at these timesâ¦.
Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, CDOS, FOPS
CPMC Dept of Ophthalmology/ The Eye Institute
Ophthalmic Diagnostic Services
711 Van Ness Avenue Suite 250
San Francisco CA 94109
415-600-5781
FAX 415-558-7011
------------------------------
From: Michael Kelly <michael.p.kelly@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 19:24:52 +0000
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From: Anton Drew <anton.drew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 09:16:40 +0930
Thank you for passing this sad news on Denice, he WAS the groundbreaker for
our profession, and also remember his enthusiasm and drive to push this so
called new medium âdigitalâ upon us. He was a history maker to which all
of us owe an indebted gratitude bring us kicking and screaming out of the
film age.
Anton
On 2 Oct 2018, at 3:41 am, Barsness, Denice <BarsneD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness I report that my dear friend
Dennis Makes will soon leave us for other realms unknown. He is resting
comfortably at home with Hospice Care for multiforme Glioblastoma. He has
elected to forgo aggressive intervention , a decision of which his wife and
family support.
Dennis served on the OPS BOD in the mid 80âs and was general chair of the
first Park City Utah midyear meetings.
His friends remember those meetings fondly as we were a much smaller group
at that time, without internet or cell phones, and thus, meetings were a
way of connecting with new and old friends and to share information
available no other convenient way.
I worked with Dennis and others in those early days with the Ophthalmic
Photography Workshops ( OPW ) which was a precursor to the development of
OIS ( Ophthalmic Imaging Systems)
Those of us a bit grayer in the hair will remember the early days of
ophthalmic imaging and the rise of digitization of our craft. Building on
the shoulders of giants before them, Dennis Makes and Steve Verdooner
brought one of the first digital fundus cameras , the OIS DS1024 to market
in 1989 and received a patent for this technology in 1990.
I first met Dennis in 1979 when he was an imager at the University of
Tucson and a rep for the AO Docustar! ( a Hand held fundus device
utilizing POLAROID! Filmâ¦.)
I was a green, 22 year older imager with a broken fundus camera. I barely
knew what a roll of film was! An internal mirror was misaligned and thus
all of my images had extreme astigmatism. Dennis quickly diagnosed the
problem, fixed my old silver body Topcon TRC2!!!!! And my imaging problems
were resolved. That same year I found a wadded up piece of paper in the
darkroom advertising this thing called the âOphthalmic Photographerâs
Societyâ, with Csaba Martonyiâs phone number on it. Like a human on
an alien planet, I learned there were others like us âout thereâ and
lifelong mentoring, support and friendship was born.
I have had the honor and the pleasure to call this man my friend for over 3
decades, as have some of you.
His wife Diana asks NOT to be contact directly during these difficult
times. Those that wish to get a message to her please work through me.
Much sadness, need my tribe at these timesâ¦.
Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, CDOS, FOPS
CPMC Dept of Ophthalmology/ The Eye Institute
Ophthalmic Diagnostic Services
711 Van Ness Avenue Suite 250
San Francisco CA 94109
415-600-5781
FAX 415-558-7011
------------------------------
From: Paula Morris <paula.morris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [optimal] Re: From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 04:07:20 +0000
Oh Denice, such sad news!
I remember Dennis with great fondness as intelligent, elegant, handsome,
professional, out-going, generous .... the whole package. And he was a great
downhill skier! Overall a lovely guy who mentored a number of us with
encouragement, kindness and that million dollar smile. He was deeply
involved in the OPS before his business demanded most of his attention and we
benefitted from his innovative ideas and hard work.
I know that you have been close through the years so I hope you can
communicate to Diana and Dennis that many of his OPS colleagues are sending
positive thoughts his way.
Your tribe is grieving with you,
P
________________________________
From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf
of Barsness, Denice [BarsneD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2018 12:11 PM
To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optimal] From Denice Barsness re Dennis Makes, CRA
It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness I report that my dear friend
Dennis Makes will soon leave us for other realms unknown. He is resting
comfortably at home with Hospice Care for multiforme Glioblastoma. He has
elected to forgo aggressive intervention , a decision of which his wife and
family support.
Dennis served on the OPS BOD in the mid 80s and was general chair of the
first Park City Utah midyear meetings.
His friends remember those meetings fondly as we were a much smaller group at
that time, without internet or cell phones, and thus, meetings were a way of
connecting with new and old friends and to share information available no
other convenient way.
I worked with Dennis and others in those early days with the Ophthalmic
Photography Workshops ( OPW ) which was a precursor to the development of OIS
( Ophthalmic Imaging Systems)
Those of us a bit grayer in the hair will remember the early days of
ophthalmic imaging and the rise of digitization of our craft. Building on
the shoulders of giants before them, Dennis Makes and Steve Verdooner brought
one of the first digital fundus cameras , the OIS DS1024 to market in 1989
and received a patent for this technology in 1990.
I first met Dennis in 1979 when he was an imager at the University of Tucson
and a rep for the AO Docustar! ( a Hand held fundus device utilizing
POLAROID! Film > .)
I was a green, 22 year older imager with a broken fundus camera. I barely
knew what a roll of film was! An internal mirror was misaligned and thus all
of my images had extreme astigmatism. Dennis quickly diagnosed the problem,
fixed my old silver body Topcon TRC2!!!!! And my imaging problems were
resolved. That same year I found a wadded up piece of paper in the darkroom
advertising this thing called the Ophthalmic Photographers Society, with
Csaba Martonyis phone number on it. Like a human on an alien planet, I
learned there were others like us out there and lifelong mentoring, support
and friendship was born.
I have had the honor and the pleasure to call this man my friend for over 3
decades, as have some of you.
His wife Diana asks NOT to be contact directly during these difficult times.
Those that wish to get a message to her please work through me.
Much sadness, need my tribe at these times > .
Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, CDOS, FOPS
CPMC Dept of Ophthalmology/ The Eye Institute
Ophthalmic Diagnostic Services
711 Van Ness Avenue Suite 250
San Francisco CA 94109
415-600-5781
FAX 415-558-7011
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