Our team of producers are deeply indebted to the late Dr.Howard Phillip Venable (1913-1998), Director of  the Department of Ophthalmology at Homer G. Phillips Hospital , for his assiduous labors in preparing the historical article prepared in the Journal National Medical Association.  Dr. Howard Phillip Venable serves the National Medical Association as chairman of the section on Eye ,Ear, Nose and Throat, and secretary of the Council on Scientific Assembly.

"Dr. Venable's extensive research was a primary source of details for the Homer G. Phillips Hospital story, in addition to my personal experience."  -Dr. Earle U. Robinson, Jr.