Tom recently returned from Lusaka, Zambia where he served as the Medical Director and Surgeon at the Lusaka Eye Hospital. The newly built hospital, which is supported by CBMI and the WHO, is the only eye hospital in Zambia. Tom is the Senior Attending Physician at his private practice in Middletown CT. The practice he started in 1991 has expanded to include two partners. Tom also serves as the Senior Attending Surgeon at Constitution Eye Surgery Center in Newington, CT and the Senior Attending Ophthalmic Surgeon at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, CT. Tom attended medical school at New York Medical College and earned a B.A in psychology from Boston University. Tom completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, NY. He performed his residency in Ophthalmology at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, NY where he was also the chief resident. While Tom was in Lusaka, he spent two weeks at Kikuyu Eye Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya performing retinal surgeries so that he could offer this type of surgery that was previously not available in Zambia. Tom is a member of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians, the Connecticut State Medical Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, SEE International Society, and has served as the President, Vice President and Secretary for the Middlesex County Medical Society. He is involved with numerous civic organizations including the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club of Middlesex County, and the Connecticut Society to Prevent Blindness and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Tom’s volunteer work also includes supporting the Clinic, Notre Dame de Lourdes in Port-au Prince, Haiti where he has organized and established an ophthalmic surgical and clinical facility; managed the financing and fundraising for business and medical operations and performed surgeries. This is an ongoing project that employs a local, Haitian ophthamologist to care for blind and visually impaired Haitians who cannot afford health care. Tom has worked as an eye surgeon in Anshan City, China; Mombassa, Kenya (with CBMI) and the Dominican Republic.