B. Thomas Hutchinson, MD
Dr. Hutchinson was elected to the Academy's Board of Trustees in 2007. He is past president of the Academy and currently the Chair of the Foundatio nof the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Academy's public service foundation.
Dr. Hutchinson received 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 current President of Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, a sub-specialty group practice. His practice focus is on glaucoma and cataract; his professional interests also include quality assurance, credentialing and public service programs. 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, 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. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Glaucoma Society and is a past-presdient of the Chandler-Grant Glaucoma Society.
He has served in several capacities within the American Academy of Ophthalmology including vice-chair and Chairman of the Council, the first Secretary of Ophthalmic Practice,a board director and as president. He is the founding Chairman of the Academy’s National Eye Care Project and now serves within the Academy’s Foundation as a Director of EyeCare America, the Foundation’s public service program. He serves 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; he was a Guest of Honor at the Academy’s 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, the Howe Medal from the Buffalo Ophthalmological Society and a Distinguished Service Award from Ophthalmology Times. He has been repeatedly cited as one of the “Best Doctors in America” by Woodward and White.
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. For many years he was the Director of the Harvard Postgraduate Course in Ophthalmology and for 10 years was an Assistant Chief Editor of the AMA Archives of Ophthalmology. For over thirty years he has maintained an active role in the teaching of medical students, residents and fellows in ophthalmology.
Dr. Hutchinson and his wife June currently reside in Boston, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island where they enjoy old houses and antiquing.
