Dr. Dohrmann K. Pischel is an ophthalmologist known for his advancements in the treatment of retinal detachments. His father Kaspar M. Pischel was an ophthalmologist trained in Germany. Born and raised in San Francisco, Dr. Pischel was educated at UC and Stanford from 1914–1923. His and other ophthalmologists’ work have enabled 95% of retinal detachment cases to be cured, when decades previously most ended in permanent blindness of the eye involved. In this interview, Dr. Pischel discusses his father Kaspar M. Pischel's German medical training, emigration to the U.S., and San Francisco ophthalmology practice; Barkan family E.E.N.T. specialization in San Francisco; the First and Second Viennese Eye Clinics; his education at UC and Stanford, 1914-1923, and clinical instructorships; medical and surgical treatment of retinal detachment by Jules Gonin, Karl Lindner, Karl Safar, Kaspar and Dohrmann Pischel, and others; Pischel and Walker retinal pins; eyeball shortening operations; advances in ophthalmology; Pischel surgical papers; Gerd Meyer-Schwickerath and photocoagulation; cryotherapy in retinal detachment surgery; Stanford Medical School Division of Ophthalmology; membership and offices in medical societies; and teaching medical students and residents. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting developments in ophthalmology.