Thomas Nettleton, OD

Education

Dr. Nettleton graduated magna cum laude from both South Dakota State University and the University of Houston College of Optometry. He completed a residency in refractive surgery and ocular disease at Houston’s prestigious Eye Center of Texas.

Experience and Honors

• Eye Center of Texas Refractive Surgery and Ocular Disease Residency
• Raymund G. Murphy VA Medical Center, Optometric Clinical Externship – Ocular pathology and primary care
• Oak Hill Eye Care, Optometry Clinical Externship – Primary care and surgical co-management
• The University Eye Institute’s Dry Eye Center Clinical Rotation – Specialty dry eye diagnosis and treatment
• NEI Summer Researcher at the University of Houston College of Optometry
• Beta Sigma Kappa Optometric Honor Society
• Clinical Letters of Excellence

Areas of Clinical Interest

• Ocular pathology
• Surgical co-management
• Glaucoma assessment and treatment
• Dry eye treatment

Dr. Nettleton has participated in various community service projects and particularly enjoyed performing vision screenings at The Special Olympics and assisting on a medical mission trip in Guerrero, Mexico. Although he is originally from the great state of South Dakota he is happy to be a new resident of San Antonio and does not miss shoveling snow.