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Alan S. Crandall, MD: A Generous Life —Well Lived
Alan S. Crandall, MD — June 13, 1947 —October 2, 2020
Dr. Crandall embodied Moran’s vision to provide hope, understanding, and treatment.
The passing of our beloved friend and extraordinary colleague, Alan S. Crandall, MD, on October 2, 2020, left all of us here at the Moran Eye Center with heavy hearts. As word spread, those feelings resonated the world over. Messages poured in from India, Ghana, Nepal, and beyond. Global outreach partners, former residents and fellows, donors, and professional ophthalmological societies offered moving tributes. Patients whose lives were changed by his brilliant surgical skills sent touching memories and deepest thanks.
We are forever grateful to all who were touched by this giant of ophthalmology and humanity and took the time to let us know.
For nearly four decades, Crandall’s ever-present enthusiasm and consideration for his colleagues shaped a culture of family at Moran. He was equally passionate about his patients’ care, teaching, and humanitarian outreach. He excelled at it all, and each aspect of his life spawned more tales than we could ever tell.
As a renowned surgeon and teacher, the professional honors he accrued were legion, but so are the personal stories. Over and over, friends and colleagues describe him as the embodiment of kindness and as a joyful spirit who made you feel you were the most important person in the world.
“Alan’s contributions to our field are absolutely immeasurable,” said Moran CEO Randall J Olson, MD. “Those he taught and influenced in deeply profound ways are numberless. He was revered as one of the greatest glaucoma, cataract, and anterior segment surgeons in our lifetime. Yet that’s not the most amazing thing about him. He was also the kindest, most humble, unassuming person you could ever hope to know.”
—ALAN S. CRANDALL, MD
Alan S. Crandall, MD, held the John E. and Marva M. Warnock Presidential Endowed Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. He served as Moran’s senior vice chair, director of glaucoma and cataract, and senior medical director of the Global Outreach Division.
