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 Dr. E. W. Larkin, Sr. graduated from The Medical College of Virginia in
1917, and completed his residency in Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat at the New
York Poly Clinic in 1925. He came to Washington, N.C. in 1930 and began
his practice.
Dr. "Curly" Hawes came to Washington in approximately 1945 and began the
practice of Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat in what is presently the Bank of
America building at 192 West Main Street. His son, Dr. Jim Hawes,
graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School and did his
residency in Austria, and then came to Washington, N.C. in 1946.
Dr. E. W. Larkin, Jr. graduated from the The Medical College of Virginia
in 1945 and did his residency in Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat at Memphis Eye
and Ear Hospital, and began his practice in Greenville, N.C. in August
1951. Dr. E. W. Larkin, Jr. and Dr. Jim Hawes became good friends, and when
Dr. Hawes began construction of The Professional Building at 211 North
Market Street, he asked Dr. E. W. Larkin, Jr. to join him in practice
there. Dr. Larkin, Jr. moved from Greenville to Washington, N.C. in July
1957.
Dr. Hawes died in August of 1962, and Dr. E. W. Larkin, Jr. continued to
practice solo until he was joined by Dr. Don Johnson in 1964. Dr. E. W.
Larkin, Jr. restricted his practice to Ophthalmology and in 1970 applied
to the N.C. Department of State for charter to incorporate the Washington
Eye Clinic, P.A. The granting of this charter marked the beginning of The
Washington Eye Clinic, P.A. as we know it. Dr. Don Johnson left to
establish his own practice of Ophthalmology in 1972.
Dr. E. W. Larkin, Jr. continued to practice solo until October 1976 when
he was joined by Dr. Charles L. Baltimore, Jr. Dr. Baltimore graduated
with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia in 1965, and from
the University of Virginia Medical School in 1969. He did a mixed
Medical-Surgery Internship at the University of Virginia and then served
two years in the U.S. Air Force as a flight surgeon, flying 42 combat
missions over North Vietnam in a F-4 Phantom. Dr. Baltimore then ran the
emergency room at the Lumberton Hospital while he waited to enter
residency at the Duke University Eye Center, which he attended from April
1973 until October 1976.
Dr. E. W. Larkin, Jr. and Dr. Charles L. Baltimore, Jr. practiced
Ophthalmology together until Dr. Larkin's retirement in February in 1989.
Dr. Thomas Curry worked as an Ophthalmologist at Washington Eye Clinic,
P.A. from August 1993 to July 1994. Dr. Richard Ceips worked as an
Ophthalmologist here from July 1990 to July 1992, and Dr. Mark Scroggs
worked as an Ophthalmologist from September 1995 to April 1999.
Dr. Dennis O'Neal joined the practice part-time in 2000, and then became a
full time employee in 2001. Through the vision and efforts of Dr. and Mrs.
O'Neal, Washington Eye Clinic, P.A., relocated to it present location at 639
West 15th Street in a new state-of-the-art facility which includes an
optical service.
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