ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harrison Dwight Cavanagh, M.D., Ph.D., attended MIT and went on to complete his A.B. and M.D. degrees at Johns Hopkins University, and Ph.D. at Harvard University. During a career spanning more than 46 years as an eye surgeon, visual scientist, and educator, Dr. Cavanagh has served on the medical faculties of Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Georgetown, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He currently lives with his wife Lynn Gantt Cavanagh in Dallas, Texas, and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Dr. Cavanagh has a lifelong interest in colonial history, genealogy, poetry, philosophy, Japanese culture, and Zen.