Charles Henry is an ophthalmologist specializing in the medical and surgical treatment of Glaucoma.

He was born in California and raised in Little Rock, graduating from Hall High School in 1972.

He was awarded a B.S. degree from Rhodes College (Southwestern at Memphis) and then received his M.D. degree from the University of Arkansas Medical School where he also served his internship.

After three years of Ophthalmology residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, he was accepted as a Glaucoma Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (Scheie Eye Institute) and then returned to Little Rock to join his father, Dr. J. Forrest Henry and Dr. Cliff Clifton in private practice.

In 1987, Dr. Henry was the first Arkansan elected to membership in the American Glaucoma Society. He has served as the President of the Arkansas Ophthalmological Society and as Chief of the Ophthalmology Section of the Baptist Hospital. For two years he edited the glaucoma section of Focal Points (a publication of the American Academy of Ophthalmology). Recently he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology in recognition of 10 years of presentation and service at the National Annual Meeting.

Dr. Henry has published over a dozen articles, written book chapters, and serves on the Speaker's Bureau for several pharmaceutical companies. He lectures frequently at regional and statewide educational programs. His areas of research include post-operative pressure elevation, effects of corneal thickness on IOP measurement and clinical drug studies. He participated in drug studies that led to the commercial release of new glaucoma products such as Iopidine, Alphagan, and Travatan.

Dr. Henry has donated his time as a Visiting Faculty member for ORBIS International, a non-profit organization that utilizes an operating room in a DC-10 jet to teach eye surgery in lesser-developed countries. Field missions include Ecuador, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Peru, Sudan, Bulgaria, and Cuba. He has also volunteered in Santarem, Brazil and Ometepec, Mexico.

Dr. Henry is married to Sarah and they have three children, Elizabeth, William, and Robert. All three children are active in sports ranging from ice hockey to volleyball. The family attends Trinity Episcopal Church.

In his spare time, Dr. Henry enjoys tennis and woodworking. He raises bees and his first honey crop from the Cypress Bend Apiary won the blue ribbon and "Best of Show" at the 1995 Arkansas State Fair. Since then, the honey has won awards every year it has been exhibited.