Awards, Honors, and Membership in Honorary Societies:
2010 Named in Premier Surgeons 250 (PS250) List of leading innovators in the field of premium IOL surgery in the United States and Canada.
2010 Physician Medal of Honor, for successful cooperation in promoting and affirming achievements in the area of Eye Surgery. Presented by the Military-Medical Academy, Head, Major General Prof. dr. Miodrag Jevtic, III Symposium with International Participation, New Concept in Ophthalmic Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia, September 10, 2010.
2010 America’s Top Ophthalmologist 2010: Consumer Research Council of America
2010 One of Top Six Featured Doctors 2010/ Chicago Magazine: Thomas John, MD (Ophthalmology, Loyola University), Mahmoud Ismail, MD (Maternal & Fetal Medicine, Univ. of Chicago), Gail L. Gamble, MD (Physical Med. & Rehab., Rehab. Instit. of Chicago, Marleta Reynolds, MD, Ped. Surgery, Childrens Memorial Hosp.), Edgar D. Steran, MD (Surgery, Cancer Centers of America), Mary Wood Molo (Reproductive Endocrinology, Rush Univ. Med. Cntr.)
2010 Paper selected under “Best of Cornea Presentations” ASCRS 2010, Boston, MA: Title of Paper: Effect of topical azithromycin treatment of blepharitis and its effect on tear meniscus
2010 America’s Top Doctor 2010 Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd
2010 Chicago’s Top Doctor 2010: Chicago Magazine
2008 America’s Top Doctor 2008 Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd
2008 Chicago’s Top Doctor 2008 Chicago Magazine
2007 Honorable Mention, Slitlamp Photography, Dohlman Keratoprosthesis, Ophthalmic Photographers Society Exhibit, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery meeting, San Diego, CA April 28 – May 2, 2007
2007 America’s Top Doctor 2007, Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd
2006 Physician Medal of Distinction, Presented by the Military-Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia, November 03, 2006
2006 Distinguished Physician Award, Selected by Indian American Medical Association (IAMA), November 2006
2006 America’s Top Doctor 2006, Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd
2006 Chicago’s Top Doctor 2006, Chicago Magazine
2005 America’s Top Doctor 2005, Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd
2005 Chicago’s Top Doctor 2005, Chicago Magazine
2004 Keynote Address at XXII Congress of the ESCRS in Paris: Title: Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty Produce Less Wavefront Aberrations Than Penetrating Keratoplasty? Thomas John, MD, and Raymond Corwin
2004 America’s Top Doctor 2004, Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd.
2004 Chicago’s Top Doctor 2004, Chicago Magazine
2004 Second Place Award from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), at the Annual Meeting held in San Diego, CA, May 01-05, 2004, for the following Poster Presentation: John, T: New Surgical Technique: Use of Indocyanine Green and Forced Hydrodissection for Total Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.
2004 America’s Top Ophthalmologist 2004, Consumer Research Council of America
2003 America’s Top Doctor 2003, Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd.
2003 Chicago’s Top Doctor 2003, Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd.
2003 Best Paper Award by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) at the Annual Meeting held in San Francisco, CA, April 12-16, 2003, for the following Paper Presentation: Paper Title: John, T, John AG: Evaluation of Corneal Sensation After Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty