Thomas More

March 18th, 2009

Thomas More

Dr. Thomas Tooma is Reflecting on His Honors, Accolades

Dr. Thomas Tooma is getting the recognition he deserves!

The Vision Awards[TM] is an yearly event dedicated to honoring "People of Vision." Since 1972, the organization has been successfully raising awareness for blindness and other vision impairments through an awards ceremony that identifies leading visionaries in both the medical and entertainment fields. Through the fundraising efforts of the Vision Awards community, the organization has taken great strides in improving the quality of life for the vision impaired and promoting ocular research. The altruistic goal of the Vision Awards is to one day put an end to blindness.

Dr. Tom Tooma was truly humbled to be chosen as an honoree for this year's 34th annual Vision Awards. Other award winners during the night's festivities included such notable visionaries in the entertainment industry as Wes Craven, Brett Ratner, Tony Shalhoub, Katie Couric, Andy Garcia, Forest Whitaker and Ted Turner.

Dr. Thomas Tooma was one of only a handful to be honored for scientific and medical endeavors in the field of vision correction and research. "To share the stage with such notable scientists, doctors, actors and directors is just an incredible honor," stated Dr. Thomas Tooma. "It was all for such a great cause and I know the Vision Awards truly succeeded in raising awareness for vision impairment."

In fact, the evening's festivities raised not only awareness, but donations as well. The awards ceremony was accompanied by a silent auction that raised $25,000 to go towards the newly established Mobility Scholarship that will help fund the education of a future visionary. For the 625 attendees of this year's Vision Awards, it truly was an enjoyable and worthwhile evening.

Dr. Thomas Tooma is currently a LASIK surgeon and Medical Director of Southern California for TLC Laser Eye Centers. The Newport Beach location where he spends most of his time is located at 3501 Jamboree Road, Suite 1100, Newport Beach, 92660. For more information, please visit the official TLC Laser Eye Centers website at www.tlcvision.com.

Dr. Thomas Tooma

About the Author

Dr. Thomas S. Tooma currently limits his practice to refractive surgery. He has performed over 60,000 surgical procedures. As a principal investigator in excimer laser technology, he has taught hundreds of eye doctors refractive surgical procedures and has certified many ophthalmic surgeons in excimer laser surgery. He has been a participant and an invited speaker and surgeon at many national and international meetings.