Congratulations Bill Nyberg https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=613167 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:22:07 GMT Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:40:07 GMT Copyright © 2013 Ophthalmic Photographers' Society Congratulations Bill Nyberg https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=613167 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=613167 Congratulations are due to Bill Nyberg, of Scheie Eye Institute, who is retiring today!  This is reportedly exactly 40 years to the day from when he started at Scheie in ophthalmic photography!

Bill was an underwater photographer before he started doing ophthalmic photography, and his knowledge of all kinds of photography is vast.

He has been a mentor to many ophthalmic imagers as well as an excellent friend! He is a Fellow of the OPS, he served on the OPS Board of Certification, and has authored several significant articles for the JOP and in the ophthalmic literature, including the article on landmark injections of ICG.  Bill's OPS lectures were always creative and informative.

In the years before electonic imaging, Bill's outstanding images were put into the "Scheie" collection in the form of categorized slides in binders that graduates of Scheie's residency programs took with them for reference in their practices.  I prepared for the CRA examination utilizing Dr. Alan Crandall's copy of the Nyberg "Scheie" collection.

Bill is also an amazing wood worker, and his interests range from Astronomy to math to wordworking and many topics in between.

Always affable and brilliant, with a reamarkably goofy sense of humor, Bill's laugh is truly infectious.  Scheie's patients will miss his skill and excellent care.

Good luck, Bill.  It boggles the mind to think of all the beautiful wood working projects you have before you!

With love and admiration to my #1 mentor,

Paula Morris

 

 

]]> Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:33:41 GMT https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=613196 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=613196 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:07:30 GMT https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=613398 https://www.opsweb.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=613398 I had the pleasure of working with Bill for nearly ten years at Scheie.With all due respect to some of the better known giants & pioneers in the field of ophthalmic photography, Bill was hands-down, the best photographer in our field. He was also humble about it and always willing to share his knowledge. His impromptu teaching sessions usually involved intricate drawings & diagrams on scrap paper. Small group or one-on-one teaching sessions like this is probably his greatest talent.

As a former sail maker and an avid woodworker, Bill was always building or rigging some contraption to make the job easier - from wooden chutes to help organize slides for labeling to wheel chair ramps to assist patients to reach the fundus camera. One of my favorites was the elaborate system of pulleys, ropes & harness under the body of the old Zeiss FF3 mounted to the ceiling to counter balance the crank on the camera to make it easier to tilt the camera (Bill had bad shoulders) Of course the photographers kept banging their head of the lead weights hanging from the ceiling ;-)

Of course Bill's influence extends far beyond his work at Scheie. He mentored several prominent members of the OPS including Beth Ann Benetz, Gary Miller, Pat Stainitis Harvey, Tim Steffens, myself, & others.

For someone to spend forty-plus years at the same insititution is amazing in this day and age. It's a well deserved retirement from a distinguished career. With Bill's many varied interests, I'm sure he'll be busy in retirement..

Congrats Bill. Stay in touch and let us know when you are published again in Fine Woodworking Magazine!

tim

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