Spencer P. Thornton

Background

Thornton, Spencer P. was born on September 16, 1929 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Ray Spencer and Mae (Phillips) Thornton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wake Forest College, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Wake Forest College, 1954.

Career

Intern, Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta, 1954-1955; resident general surgery, U. Alabama Medical Center, 1955-1956; resident ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1960-1963; practice medicine specializing in ophthalmic surgery, Nashville, since 1960; medical director, Thornton Eye Center, since 1995. Member of staff Baptist Hospital, chief ophthalmology service, 1982-1987. Guest professor, visiting lecturer U. Toronto, 1990, 91, 92, U. Paris, 1989, Rothchilds Institute, Paris, 1992, 94, U. Pretoria, 1991, 93, others.

Instructor Moscow Institute Eye Microsurgery, 1981. Instructor ophthalmic surgery American Academy Ophthalmology Annual Courses. Lecturer lens implant symposiums England, Spain, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Greece, Germany, France, Republic of South Africa, Japan.

Berzelius lecturer U. Lund, Sweden, 1992. P.J. Hay Gold medal lecturer, North of England Ophthalmological Society, Scarborough, 1992.

Achievements

• Spencer P. Thornton has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Named among Outstanding Young Men of Year, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1965. Recipient Honor award Canada Implant Association, 1993, Outstanding Achievement award Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1995. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Ophthalmology (life.

Honor award 1995); member American Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery (president 1997-1999, chairman international committee Studies. and quality control for ophthalmic instruments and devices), American Medical Society Vienna (life), South African Intraocular Implant Society (life), Canada Implant Society (life), Tennessee Medical Society, Nashville Academy Medicine, International Refractive Surgery Club (vice president 1994), Phi Rho Sigma, Delta Kappa Alpha.

Connections

Married Annie Glenn Cooper, October 6, 1956. Children: Steven Pitts, David Spencer, Ray Cooper, Beth Ellen.

Father:

Ray Spencer Thornton

Mother:

Mae (Phillips) Thornton

Spouse:

Annie Glenn Cooper

child:

Beth Ellen Thornton

child:

Ray Cooper Thornton

child:

David Spencer Thornton

child:

Steven Pitts Thornton