Updated 04/08

Curriculum Vitae

Terry W. Nelson, O.D.


Office:                                   Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
                                              Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
                                              Community Health Center of Lubbock
                                              1318 Broadway
                                              Lubbock, Texas 79401
                                              806-765-2611 ex 3200
 

Education:

1959-1961             Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas (Pre-optometry)

1961-1964             Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, Tennessee (0. D.)


Post-Graduate Certifications:

1964           Received Kansas and Colorado
          
     Optometry Licenses.

1972          Diagnostic Drug Course, Southern College of Optometry, Memphis,
                    
Tennessee.

1988        Therapeutic Optometry Course,
                    
University of Missouri-St. Louis (110 Hours-Received Therapeutic License).

1994           Radial Keratotomy Co-Management Course, Dr.Greene, Wichita, Kansas.

1995           Laser Refraction Co-management Course, Beacon Eye Institute, Toronto, Canada.

1996           Glaucoma Clinical Education Seminar, Kansas Optometric Association.

1999           Systemic Pharmaceutical Management of Ocular Diseases, Pacific University
                    
and Kansas Optometdc Association (15 hours).

2000           Received Therapeutic License in Texas

2001        Received optometric Glaucoma Specialist Designation in Texas


Optometry Practice History:

1964-1999          Owned practice in Oakley, Kansas.

1969-1979          Itinerant practice in Hoxie, Kansas (Every Thursday).

1992-1999             Itinerant practice in Hoxie, Kansas (Every Thursday).

1993-1999             Owned full time practice in Scoff City, Kansas.

1999                         Sold all three offices to Dr. Joshua Gooden.

1999-2000            Practiced as relief Doctor for Dr. R. K, Driver, Goodiand, Kansas and Drs. Clark and                                     Driver, Salina, Kansas. (2-4  days per month).

2000                   Practiced as relief Doctor for Dr. Charles Stockwell of Mobile Eyecare, Houston, Texas
                           consisting of nursing home residents eye and vision care mostly in West Texas (9-1 0 days
                           per month).

2000-Present     TTUHSC. Dept. of Ophthalmology.
 

Professional and Service Organizations:

1964-Present        Kansas Optometric Association.  American Optometric Association.

1967-1999             Heart of America Contact Lens Society.

1975-Present        Kansas Optometric Foundation.

1975-Present       Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (Kansas VOSH Chapter, nine trips to Haiti,
                          
Mexico and Honduras).

1964-1999            Oakley Lions Club (President 1970).

1970-1999            Oakley Area Chamber of Commerce (President 1978-80).

2000-2006         Member Texas Optometric Association