Primary Job Title Member Primary Organization 
American Glaucoma Society
Location Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
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Thomas Samuelson, MD, specializes in glaucoma and anterior segment surgery. Dr. Samuelson received his MD degree from the University of Minnesota, his residency training from the University of South Florida, and his subspecialty training at the Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Samuelson is a Founding Partner and past
Managing Partner of Minnesota Eye Consultants and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. He is a past President of the International Society of Spaeth Fellows, which is Wills Eye Hospital’s glaucoma fellows society, and a past Chairman of the Phillips Eye Institute Medical Staff.
Dr. Samuelson is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS) and serves on its executive committee as treasurer. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the American Eye Study Club (AESC), the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC), and several other prestigious societies. He is the Chairman of the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) glaucoma clinical advisory committee.
He also serves on the AAO basic science board review committee and the AAO skills transfer course committee. Dr. Samuelson serves as a scientific reviewer for several ophthalmology journals. He is the Medical Director for the Kirby Puckett Education Center at the Phillips Eye Institute. He received the AAO Achievement Award in 2002 and the AAO Senior Achievement Award in 2008.
Dr. Samuelson has research interests in the medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma, particularly in the areas of exfoliation syndrome, canal-based glaucoma surgery, intraocular lenses, and the management of coincident cataract and glaucoma.
