The ophthalmic community mourns the loss of Spencer Thornton, MD, a refractive eye surgery expert who has become an advocate for his specialty and a role model for younger peers.
Dr. Thornton passed away peacefully at the age of 90 on Oct. 26, 2019, in his home in Nashville, TN, surrounded by family and friends.
Dr. Thornton received an MD from Wake Forest University's Bowman Gray School of Medicine and completed his ophthalmology training at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He was an ophthalmology clinical professor at Tennessee University, in Memphis. As an instructor in traumatic surgery at the Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX, he has represented his country as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps during the Korean conflict.
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