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Michael Hughes, is a Board Certified Ocularist, who began working in prosthetics in 1982, is a native of Pennsylvania. He attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg with the Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts. He continued his education at Pennsylvania State University majoring in fine arts. Michael Hughes obtained a certificate in maxillofacial prosthetics technology from the Veterans Administration Medial Center in Wilmington, Delaware (in conjunction with Temple University).

Michael Hughes served with the Veterans Administration in St. Louis and Washington, DC, as Chief of the Artificial Eye and Restorations Clinic and held a position with LeGrand Associates in Philadelphia before settling into the Washington, D.C. area. Michael Hughes primary office is in Vienna, Virginia. He is the principle ocularist at the University of Virginia and maintains offices in Richmond and Roanoke, Virginia.

Michael Hughes is currently the Senior Editor of the Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics, the official Journal of the American Society of Ocularist, and has been on the Editorial Board for over twelve years. He has contributed a significant number of articles to various medical journals, and has collaborated with numerous Ophthalmologists and Physicians, including Nobel Lauret, Dr. Julius Axelrod. He has recently revised and published the book: A Singular View, the Art of Seeing with One Eye.


Journal Articles and Book Contributions

Senior Editor
Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Official Journal for the American Society of Ocularists, 2005-2010.
Message From the Senior Editor 2009
Message From the Senior Editor 2008
Message From the Senior Editor 2007
Message From the Senior Editor 2006
Message From the Senior Editor 2005



Fitting for a Migrated Guyton Implant
Michael O. Hughes and Joe LeGrand, Jr.
The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 1989.

Advances in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: The Anophthalmic Socket (Stephen Bosniak, MD and Byron Smith, MD)
Michael O. Hughes and Joe LeGrand

Empirical Impressions Technique for Artificial Eye Fitting
Pergamon Press, 1990, 118-125.

New Ideas- A Fitting Tip: Wax Impression Trays
Michael O. Hughes
The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 1992.

Custom Radiation Shields (For Using During Electron Beam Irradiation)
A Case Report

Michael O. Hughes and Robert Kling, MD
The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 1994.

Acrylic Scleral Shell Spacer to Prevent Skin Damage During Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of Ocular Melanoma
Michael O. Hughes; Brian Conway, MD; Joni Hennofer, RN; Dheerendra Prasad, MD; and Ladislau E. Steiner, MD, PhD
The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 1996.

The Galeski Prosthesis
Michael O. Hughes
The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 1999, Volume 4;1. 27-32.

Predicting the Ideal Implant Size Before Enucleation
Jeffrey L. Jacobs, MD; Sara A. Kaltreider, MD; Michael O. Hughes
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
1999, Volume 15, No. 1, 37-43.

The Galeski Eye
Michael O. Hughes
Ophthalmic Antiques International Journal
Middlesex England Spring 2000.

Eye Making: A Brief History of Artificial Eyes Made in Virginia, Washington DC, and Surrounding Areas
Michael O. Hughes
Promotional Booklet
July 2000.

Two Almost Forgotten Soldiers: The Story of Ludwig Hassar and Leon Schlossberg
Michael O. Hughes
The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 2000, Volume 5, No. 1, 37-43.

Microphthalmia in Russian Orphanages (download PDF)
Michael O. Hughes
Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 2002 Volume 7, No. 1.

Flying Engineer Teaches Thousands to See With One Eye: The 30- Year Background of the Book, A Singular View (download PDF)
Michael O. Hughes, Julius Axelrod, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate)
Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 2003 Volume 8, No. 1, 35-39.

A Singular View, The Art of Seeing With One Eye
Frank B. Brady, ISBN # 0-9614639-2-9
Editor/publisher Michael O. Hughes
www.asingularview.com
2004, 6th Edition

Flying Engineer Teaches Thousands to See With One Eye: The 30- Year Background of the Book, A Singular View (reprint with permission) (download PDF)
Michael O. Hughes, Julius Axelrod, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate)
The Journal of Facial and Somato Prosthetics,
Volume 10, Number 1; Spring 2004, pgs 43-48.

Flying Engineer Teaches Thousands to See With One Eye: The 30- Year Background of the Book, A Singular View (reprint with permission) (download PDF)
Michael O. Hughes, Julius Axelrod, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate)
Insight, Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses
July- September 2004, Volume XXIX, No. 3, 30-32.

Anatomy of the Anterior Eye for Ocularists (download PDF)
Michael O. Hughes
Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 2004, Volume 8, No. 1, 25-35.

Bilateral Evisceration: A Case Report
William K. Blaylock, MD, Suzanne C. Johnston, MD, Michael O. Hughes
Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall, 2005, Volume 10, No. 1, 25-29.

Depicting the Anterior Aspect of the Human Eye in Two and Three Dimension, Part One: Cornea and Pupil,
Michael O. Hughes and Craig Luce.
Journal of Biocommunication (Journal of the Association of Medical Illustrators) Volume 31, Number 1.
September, 2005.

Depicting the Anterior Aspect of the Human Eye in Two and Three Dimension, Part Two: Iris, Limbus and Sclera,
Michael O. Hughes and Craig Luce. November 2005.
Journal of Biocommunication (Journal of the Association of Medical Illustrators) Volume 31, Number 2.

Ocular Implants and Orbital Reconstruction: Two Follow-up Cases
Michael O. Hughes
Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall 2006, Volume 10; Number 1; pages

A Pictorial Anatomy of the Human Eye/Anophthalmic Socket: A Review for Ocularists
Michael O. Hughes
Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Volume 12; No. 1; Fall 2007; pg 51-63

Eye Injuries and Prosthetic Resotration in the American Civil War Years
Michael O. Hughes

Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Fall 2008; pg 18-28

Lee Allen, Ocularist
Michael O. Hughes

Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
2009

Additional Comments regarding the Lee Allen tribute journal, 2009
Michael O. Hughes

Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
2009



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