NCEENT - North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat - North Durham

About NCEENT - North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat - North Durham

N. DURHAM | S. DURHAM | ERWIN RD. | ROXBORO | CARY | CHAPEL HILL North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat was founded in 1914 by Samuel D. McPherson, Sr., M.D. The practice has operated continuously in Durham, North Carolina since its founding. For more than 100 years, North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat (formerly McPherson Hospital) has been a leader in providing Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology care for the community and active in medical research and the training of new physicians. Physicians affiliated with North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat developed specialized suture materials for use in eye surgery and performed the first cornea transplant in the southeastern United States. In the 1960’s its physicians pioneered the use of microsurgery in the surgical treatment of eye diseases and McPherson Hospital was one of the first hospitals in the United States to teach residents the technique of operating on the eye with a microscope. Many instruments that are still used today in ey

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