RESUME
Thomas J. Walsh, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Department of Neurology
Yale University School of Medicine
Professional Experience
1965-1998 Private Practice Ophthalmology, Stamford, CT
Managed large Private Practice which was sold November 1998
1965-Present Yale University, School of Medicine Faculty, New Haven, CT. Chief of Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Member of the Board of Permanent Officers of the Yale School of Medicine
1959-1968 United States Army
1959 –1961 Captain, Medical Corps. 16 months in Korea and upon discharge letter of commendation from Korean Government
1960Aide de Camp Brigadier General McGee
1961 – 1968 Served in Reserves
1968 Promoted to Major
1968 Honorable Discharge
Education
A.B., Fordham College
1958 M.D., Bowman-Gray School of Medicine
1999 Medical Management Program at Yale School of Management
Internship
1958-1959 Rotating, St .Vincent's Hospital, New York, NY
Residency
1961-1964 Ophthalmology, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine
Fellowship
1964-1965 Neuro-Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL
Certification
1965 Diplomat, American Board of Ophthalmology
Appointments
1965 Chief of Neuro-Ophthalmology Service Yale School of Medicine Clinical Instructor Ophthalmology & Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine
1967 Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
1979- Present Clinical Professor
1998 Adjunct Professor Dartmouth Medical School
Awards/Honors
1972 Honor Award American Academy of Ophthalmology
1976 Centennial Fellow, Johns Hopkins
1979 Board of Permanent Officers, Yale School of Medicine
1982 Knight of Malta
1983 Distinguished Alumni Award, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine
1984 Walter Reed Hospital at Annual Meeting became Honorary Alumnus
1981-1996 AMA Physicians Award
1995American Academy Family Physicians Award
2004Honoree Orbis International
2004Honorary Degree Bejing University
Memberships
American Medical Association, State and County Societies
Fellow of American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellow of American Academy of Neurology
American Association of Neurologic Surgeons
Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
Fellow of American College of Surgeons
Society of Military Ophthalmologists
Frank Walsh Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Royal Society of Medicine
Oxford Ophthalmological Society
International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Consultant
Surgeon General of the Army, Walter Reed General Hospital,
Washington, D.C.
Veterans Administration Medicine Center, West Haven, CT
Silver Hill Foundation, New Canaan, CT
Public Health Nursing Association, Inc., Darien, CT
Medical Board, Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation, Connecticut Chapter
CORE Review Program, American Academy of Family Practice
Helen Keller Foundation Board
Telemedicine Board, Orbis International
Bibliographic Listings
1968 Marquis Dictionary of Medical Specialists
1975 Who's Who in the East
1976 International Bibliographical Dictionary
1980, 1981 Best Doctors and Hospitals in USA, Simon & Schuster
1982 – Present Who's Who in America
1982 – Present Who's Who in the World
1984 & 1989 Best Doctors in Town and Country Magazine
1996 – Present Who's Who in Science and Engineering
1996 – Present Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care
1996 & 1999 Best Doctors in America (North East)
2004 Best Doctors.com
2008 Guide to Americas Top Ophthalmolgist
2009 American Registry
Hospital Appointments
Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT
St. Joseph's Hospital, Stamford, CT
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Haven, CT
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC
Publications
27 papers, 10 chapters in textbooks and multiple editions of two leading textbooks and 15 on line lectures for Orbis Telemedicine.
(see addendum for full list)
ADDENDUM
Associate Examiner
American Board of Ophthalmology.
Instructor
1967 American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Faculty Member, Home Study Course of American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Neuro-Ophthalmology Section
Publications
Walsh, T.J.: Clostridial ocular infection. Br. J. Ophthalmol. 49:472-477, 1965.
Walsh, T.J.: Treatment of Tic Douloureux with Tegretal. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 61:550-552, 1965.
Walsh, T J.: Hemianopic spectacles. Am. J. Ophthahmol. 61: 1966, 1965.
Walsh, T.J.: Cortical blindness in congenital hydrocephalus. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 62:251-257, 1966. Walsh, Walsh, T.J.: Blindness in infants. Am. J. Ophthahmol. 62:546-556,1966.
Walsh, T.J.: Differential section of the facial nerve for blepharospasm. Trans Am. Acad. Ophthalmol. 8:1967.
Walsh, T.J.: Treatment of Tic Douloureux. Headache. 8:62, 1968.
Walsh, T.J.: Venous pulse and relationship to intracranial pressure. Symposium of Second International Congress of Neuro-ophthalmology and Neurology, Fall, 1968, Pub. Acta Medica.
Walsh, T.J.: Voluntary propulsion of the eyes. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 67:583, 1969.
Walsh, T.J.: Obliteration of retinal venous pulsations during elevation of cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Am. J. Ophthahnol. 67:954, 1969.
Walsh, T.J.: Bilateral melanocytoma of the optic nerve associated with intercranial meningioma. Annals Ophthalmol. 3:1971.
Walsh, T.J.: Radioisotope detection of ocular melanomas. N.E. J. Med. 284:317-318, 1971.
Walsh, T.J.: New surgical light. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 72:645, 1971.
Walsh, T J.: Paracentral scotoma testing. Ophthal. Surg. 4:72-74, 1973.
Walsh, T.J.: Temporal crescent syndrome. Annals. Ophthalmol. 6:501-505, 1974.
Walsh, T.J.: Glaucoma: catching the thief in the night. Practical Diagnosis, Preview Issue: 66-73, 1978.
Walsh, T.J.: Medical evaluation of long-term methadone maintained clients: Ophthalmological studies. National Institute in Drug Abuse, 1980, pp. 33-36.
Walsh, T.J.: Non-contact evaluations of carotid artery flow. Neuro-Ophthalmol. 1:11-17, 1980.
Walsh, T.J., Zuckerman, J., Walsh, T.R., and Mead, A.: Non-contact evaluations of cartoid artery flow. Trans. Ophthalmol. Society, United Kingdom, 1980, Vol. 100, Part II, pp. 268-273.
Walsh, T.J.: Optic disc analyzer in neuro-ophthalmology. Neuro-Ophthalmol. Japan 3:417-418, 1986.
Walsh, T.J. and Caprioli, J.: Computerized image analysis of the optic nerve head in neuro-ophthalmology.J. Neuro-Ophthalmol. 7:139_J45, 1987.
Walsh, T.J.: Transient ischemic attacks in children and young adults. Resident and Staff Physician 34:87-94, 1989.
Walsh, T.J.: Transient ischemic attacks in children and young adults. Medical Times, 117:33-43, 1989.
Walsh, T.J.: The aging eye: What's normal? Patient Care 23:2-36, 1989.
Walsh, T.J: The aging eye: Thieves of sight. Patient Care 23:38-45, 198.
Walsh, T.J.: The use of the MRI in the diagnosis of facial pain and hemifacial spasm. Neuro-Ophthalmol Vol II, 3: 169-172, 1991.
Walsh, T.J.: Pseudo tumor in Addison's disease. Am. J Ophthalmol. 116:650; 1993.
Vistamer,S,Adelman,R,Walsh,T.J.: Ethanbutol Neuroretinopathy,Seminars in Ophthalmology,22:141,2007.
Walsh,T.J. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Oman Medical Journal 23: April,2009
BOOK REVIEWS
Walsh, T.J.: The eye and orbit in thyroid disease. C.A. Gorman, ed., Raven Press, New York, 1984. In: Ophthalmic Surgery, 17:380, 1986.
Walsh, T.J.: Current Neuro-Ophthalmology, Vol. 1: L. Simmons and J.T.W. Van Dalen, Yearbook Publishers, Chicago, 1988. In: Ophthalmic Surgery, 20:220, 1989.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Walsh, T.J.: Blindness in infants, in: Neuro-ophthalmol, Symposium #3, University of Miami, Mosby, St. Louis, 1967.
Walsh, T.J.: Venous pulse and its relationship to papilledema; C.N.S. - sarcoidosis, in: Neuro-ophthalmol. Symposium #4, University of Miami, Mosby, St. Louis, 1968.
Walsh, T.J.: Optic canal enlargement, in: Neuro-ophthalmol. Focus. J.L. Smith, ed., Masson, New York, 1980, pp. 149-164.
Walsh, T.J.: Papilledema, in: Current Therapy, F., Fraunfelder, ed., W.B. Saunders, 1984, pp. 448-450.
Walsh, TJ., and Caprioli, Walsh, T.J.: Computerized image analysis of the optic nerve head in neuro-ophthalmology, in: Highlights in Neuro-ophthalmology, Stoshi Ishikawa, ed., Aeolus Press, Amsterdam, 1987, pp. 53-60.
Walsh, T.J.: See-saw nystagmus revisited, in: Neuro-ophthalmology Enters the Nineties, J.L. Smith, ed., Dutton Press, Hialeah, FL, 1988,pp'. 195-199.
Walsh, T.J.: Papilledema, in: Current Therapy, Ed., 2, F. Fraunfelder, ed., W.B. Saunders, 1985.
Walsh, T.J.: Papilledema, in: Current Therapy, Ed., 3, F. Fraunfelder, ed., W.B. Saunders, 1990.
Walsh, T.J.: Papilledema, in: Current Therapy, Ed., 4, F. Fraunfelder, ed., W.B. Saunders, 1995.
Walsh, T.J.: Optic nerve sheath decompression, in: Surgery with the Masters, 1996. 2nd edition in 2014
BOOKS
Walsh, T.J. Neuro-ophthalmology Clinical Signs and Symptoms, Lea & Febiger, 1978. 2nd Printing, 1980. Spanish Edition, 1982; Second Edition, 1985; Third Edition, 1991; Fourth Edition, 1997.
Walsh, T.J. Visual Field Manual, Vol. 4 Publisher, American Academy of Ophthalmology, December 1979.
Walsh, T.J. Visual Field Monograph Vol. 1 and 2 Publisher: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1990 and 1996.
Walsh,T.J. Visual Field Monograph Vol. 3 Publisher American Academy of Ophthalmology
Turkish edition 2016
MOVIES
Walsh, T.J.: Differential section of the facial nerve for blepharospasm Presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, October 1966.
Walsh, T. J.: Voluntary propulsion of eyeballs. Presented at the annual Wilmer Residents Meeting, April 1968.
CASSETTES
Papilledema 1988, American Academy of Ophthalmology.
POSTERS
Ethambutol Neuroretinopathy
Setareh Vistamehr MD, Thomas J. Walsh MD, Ron A. Adelman, MD, MPH. Presented as a poster at the American Society of Retina Specialists.
San Diego, CA, August 2004
Web Site Lectures
35 on line lectures for Orbis Telemedicine
SELECTED INVITED LECTURESHIPS AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
Department of Ophthalmology, Tulane University, Visiting Professor
Department of Ophthalmology, Tripler Army Hospital, Hawaii, Invited Lecturer
New England Ophthalmology, Invited Lecturer
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., Invited Lecturer
Joint Meeting – CT. State Medical Society, Invited Lecturer
Centennial Fellow Johns Hopkins
Department of Ophthalmology, Tripler Army Hospital and Honolulu Ophthalmology Society, Invited Lecturer
1977 Department of Ophthalmology, Letterman Army Hospital, San Francisco, Invited Lecturer
1978 U.S. Air Force Academy, Visiting Lecturer
1978 Department of Ophthalmology, Fitzsimmons Army Hospital, Denver, CO., Invited Lecturer
Chilean Ophthalmology Society and National University Visiting Professor
Invited Foreign Lecturer at Oxford Ophthalmologic Society, Oxford, England
Department of Ophthalmology, Sheffield University England, Visiting Professor
Royal Ophthalmic Princess Alexandra Hospital Edinburgh, Scotland, Visiting Professor
New England Ophthalmology Society, Invited Lecturer
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, Visiting Professor
Department of Ophthalmology, Capitol Hospital, Beijing University, China, Visiting Professor and Shanghai Eye Institute, Invited lecturer
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Invited Lecturer
North Carolina Ophthalmology Society, Invited Lecturer
Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, Visiting Professor
1986 Department of Ophthalmology, Capitol Hospital, Beijing University, Visiting Professor
1986 Gilbert Glasser Symposium, Invited Lecturer
Karolinska Hospital Department of Ophthalmology, Stockholm, Sweden,Visiting Professor
1994 Nobel Institute, Visiting Lecturer, Stockholm, Sweden
Washington Children’s Hospital, Washington, D.C., Alper Memorial Lecture
Taiwan Ophthalmology Society, Invited Lecturer and Visiting Professor
Peruvian Ophthalmology Society, Invited Lecturer and Visiting Professor
Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians, Invited Lecturer
Mongolian Ophthalmology Society, Invited Lecturer and Visiting Professor
2007 Ethiopian Ophthalmology Society, Invited Lecturer and Visiting Professor
2008 Invited by the Government of Oman to visit and help set up their Ophthalmology Department and
investigate an association between their University and Yale.
Recently honored and given plaque for 50 years of service to the Ophthalmology Department. Of Walter Reed Army Hospital
This does not include multiple courses at the American Academy of Ophthalmology from 1967 until 1990. Nor, does it include papers given at national or international meetings. There are also multiple visits as Visiting Professor at the National Hospital for Neurological Diseases at Queen Square London, England