Background
Gettelfinger, Thomas Clement was born on October 22, 1940 in Louisville. Son of Wilfred and Alice (Whitehead) Gettelfinger.
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Thomas Clement Gettelfinger
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Bachelor of Science, U. Notre Dame, 1962; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1966.
Career
Intern, King County Hospital/Harborview Hospital, Seattle, 1967;
resident ophthalmology, U. Washington, 1968-1971;
fellow in ocular motility, Indiana U. Medical School, 1974;
private practice, Memphis Eye and Cataract Associations, Tennessee
clinical associate professor department ophthalmology, U. Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, Memphis. Visiting ophthalmologist Government Erskine Hospital, Madurai, India, 1973, NOOR Eye Institute, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1976, Hospital de la Amistad, Ometepec, Mexico, 1977, 1979, Asia-Pacific Academy Ophthalmology, Goodwill Tour ofPeople's Republican of China, 1978, Good Shephard Hospital, Kananga, Zier, South Africa, 1980, Esperanca Hospital/Ship, Santarem, Brazil, 1980, 82, 83, others. Consultant unites states department Health, Edition and Welfare Nutrition Survey, Washington, 1972.
Hospital appointments include City of Memphis, Veterans Administration Hospital. of Memphis, St. Francis Hospital of Memphis, Methodist Hospital, Mid-South Hospital, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Germantown Community Hospital. Presenter in field; committee member American Academy Ophthalmology Public Information Committee, San Francisco, since 1994. Board directors Brooks Art Gallery, Memphis.
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Membership
Member American Academy Ophthalmology, American Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Pan-American Association Ophthalmology, Memphis Society Ophthalmology, Tennessee Academy Ophthalmology, American Intraocular Lens Implant Society, Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society.
