Dr. John Shock, ophthalmologist and founding director of the Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, on Wednesday received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the first Health Care Heroes awards luncheon. The event, which took place at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock, was hosted by Arkansas Business Publishing Group of Little Rock and presented by Complete Care Inc. The event honors individuals, companies and organizations that making a significant impact on the quality of health care in Arkansas.
Shock, now semi-retired, has a had long medical career. After attending U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Duke University Medical School, he served 20 years with the U.S. Army Medical Corps and at 3 different military hospitals. Shock was later recruited by the UAMS College of Medicine in Little Rock to fill the vacant position of professor and chairman of the ophthalmology department. Shock has more than 100 scientific publications and presentations, patents for several surgical instruments and other devices, and helped train more than 150 ophthalmologists. Read More