Vladimir Čavka

Medical doctor, university professor and ophthalmologist. Born in Orašje, he completed his medical studies in Vienna in 1924 and specialised ophthalmology in Zagreb in 1928 at the Clinic for Eye Diseases. During this period he began his academic career also, completing his Ph.D. in 1939. His research work focused on degenerative changes of the cornea, glaucoma, conjunctival and corneal reflex, and in 1935 he constructed a corneoreflexometer. After WW2 he moves to Sarajevo as one of the founders of the medical faculty and eye clinic, which became the largest ophthalmological institution in the country for the treatment of chronic eye diseases. He was the first president of the Scientific Society of BiH (1952-1955). He is the initiator and the first editor-in-chief of the journals Medical Archives and the Yugoslav Ophthalmological Archives.