Dr. Tom Harbin is an experienced glaucomatologist, app developer and author. He received his BA from Vanderbilt University and MD from Cornell University Medical College in 1970. He served his residency at Johns Hopkins’ Wilmer Institute followed by a glaucoma fellowship at Washington University. He joined Eye Consultants of Atlanta in 1975 and continues to practice there. He entered the Georgia State Executive MBA program in 1989 and received his MBA in 1991. He served on the clinical faculty at Emory for 20 years and currently holds the title of Emeritus Clinical Professor. He published Waking Up Blind: Lawsuits over Eye Surgery in 2009 to wide acclaim, a book that is used to teach medical ethics in many ophthalmology residency programs. HDr. Tom Harbin is an experienced glaucomatologist, app developer and author. He received his BA from Vanderbilt University and MD from Cornell University Medical College in 1970. He served his residency at Johns Hopkins’ Wilmer Institute followed by a glaucoma fellowship at Washington University. He joined Eye Consultants of Atlanta in 1975 and continues to practice there. He entered the Georgia State Executive MBA program in 1989 and received his MBA in 1991. He served on the clinical faculty at Emory for 20 years and currently holds the title of Emeritus Clinical Professor. He published Waking Up Blind: Lawsuits over Eye Surgery in 2009 to wide acclaim, a book that is used to teach medical ethics in many ophthalmology residency programs. He later published The Business Side of Medicine… What Medical Schools Don’t Teach You and still later, with co-developer Dr. Scott Pastor, an app to aid in eyedrop compliance, EyeDROPS. Recent lectureships include delivering the keynote address at the Henry Ford Health System’s annual meeting of the Department of Ophthalmology and the Susruta Lecture at the Wilmer Residents Annual Meeting. He has served as President of the Georgia Society of Ophthalmology and Trustee at Large of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He chaired the board of Piedmont Hospital and Piedmont Healthcare System in Atlanta and will join the Academy’s Senior Ophthalmologist Committee in 2015. He currently serves as board chairman of the Georgia State chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Dr. Harbin lives in Atlanta with his wife Ellen. They have two children and four grandchildren.
Tom HarbinA veterinarian co-author and I have adapted my business book on medicine for his profession and it should be published in the next few months. I will s…moreA veterinarian co-author and I have adapted my business book on medicine for his profession and it should be published in the next few months. I will soon start on a book to be titled Practical Ethics in Ophthalmology.(less)
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