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Offices OCB Boston, Boston Eye Surgery & Laser Center Specialties Glaucoma, Cataract, Surgery of the Anterior Segment Medical School/Degree Harvard Medical School Residency Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School Biography B. Thomas Hutchinson, M.D. was born in Flatwoods, West Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the same university and his Doctorate in Medicine from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Following an internship at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, and two years in the U.S. Public Health Service, Dr. Hutchinson returned to Boston for a fellowship in the Howe Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, a residency in ophthalmology and a fellowship in glaucoma at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. He is a founding partner and President of Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, a sub-specialty ophthalmology group practice. For over 40 years he has maintained an active role in the teaching of medical students and residents; he has trained over 100 ophthalmic fellows in the subspecialty management of glaucoma and cataract. For many years he was the Director of the Harvard Post-graduate Course in Ophthalmology and for ten years was an Assistant Chief Editor of the AMA Archives of Ophthalmology. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, a consulting editor for the Harvard Medical School Health Newsletter and a Surgeon at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. Dr. Hutchinson was a founding officer and is a Past-President of the Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, a Past-President of Prevent Blindness America- Massachusetts, and a Past-President of the New England Ophthalmological Society. He served for nine years as a Director, one as Chairman of the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a past President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Glaucoma Society and is a founding Director and Past-President of the Chandler-Grant Glaucoma Society. His professional interests also include quality assurance, credentialing and public service programs; for 25 years Dr. Hutchinson was the Academyís founding Chairman of EyeCareAmerica, the largest public service program in American medicine. He now serves as the Chairman of the Foundation and as a Trustee of the Academy. He has served in several other capacities within the Academy including Vice-chair and Chairman of the Council, the first Secretary of Ophthalmic Practice and as a Director of the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company, an Academy subsidiary. He also serves on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Pension Board. Dr. Hutchinson has received awards from the Academy including the Senior Honor Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Distinguished Service Award; he was a Guest of Honor at the Academyís 100th anniversary. Other honors include Man of the Year in 1998 from the New England Ophthalmological Society, a similar award from the Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons in 1999, a Man of Vision award from Prevent Blindness America-Massachusetts in 2001, as well as the Howe Medal from the Buffalo Ophthalmological Society and a Distinguished Service Award from Ophthalmology Times. Woodward and White have repeatedly cited him as one of the ìBest Doctors in Americaî. Dr. Hutchinson has been a visiting professor at multiple universities and medical centers in the United States and internationally. His curriculum vitae includes multiple original ophthalmic reports, chapters in books and editorials in major ophthalmic journals. He has endowed two lectureships in Ophthalmology, one at Harvard Medical School and one, for his father, at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Dr. Hutchinson and his wife, June, currently reside in Boston, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island where they enjoy old houses and antiquing. Back to All Doctors |
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