Background
Pettit, Thomas Henry was born on January 20, 1929 in Salt Lake City. Son of William A. and Laura M. (Tanner) Pettit.
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Thomas Henry Pettit
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AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1955.
Career
Intern, Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1955-1956;
resident ophthalmology, Washington University, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1958-1961;
trainee, National Institutions Neurological Diseases and Blindness, St. Louis, 1959-1961;
special fellow, National Institutions Neurological Diseases and Blindness, St. Louis, 1961-1962;
special fellow, University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1962-1963;
research fellow ophthalmology, School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962-1963;
assistant professor in residence, School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963-1965;
assistant professor surgery-ophthalmology, School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1967;
associate professor, School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967-1969;
professor ophthalmology, School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1991;
professor emeritus, School Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1991;
member of staff, Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, since 1965;
associate director, Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, 1971-1991. Consultant ophthalmology Veterans Administration Hospital., Long Beach, California, 1963-1970, Sepulveda (California) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1969-1991. Member of staff University of California at Los Angeles Hospital.
Attending physician Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1963-1970. Visiting professor ophthalmology Washington University, St. Louis, 1969, 78, 83, U. West Virginia, 1985. Zanvyl Krieger lecturer Mount Sinai Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, 1985.
Guest of honor Annual Proctor Fellows meeting University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1978, Ralph Heintz lecturer, 1988. Member vision research committee National Eye Institute, United States Public Health Service, 1971-1975.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation, Los Angeles, since 1968, vice president, 1971-1975. Lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1956-1963. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (associate secretary continuing education in ophthalmology 1978-1982, Honor award 1969, Senior Honor award1984).
Member American Medical Association, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Pan-American Association Ophthalmology, Los Angeles Society Ophthalmology, Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, Contact Lens Association Ophthalmologists, California Cornea Club, American Intraocular Implant Society, Research Study Club in Ophthalmology, California Medical Society, Los Angeles County Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Betty Ann Dain, June 12, 1953. Children: Thomas H., Heather, Daina Lee, Drucilla, Elizabeth, Kristen.
