Steven C. Thornquist, MD
Dr. Steven Thornquist is a board certified ophthalmologist practicing pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus (eye turns). He received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then graduated from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, where he was elected to the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed an internal medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and an ophthalmology residency at the Scheie Eye Institute of the University of Pennsylvania. His pediatric fellowship training was completed at Temple University/St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.
Dr. Thornquist was recertified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2017, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). He recently served as Associate Secretary for State Governmental Affairs at the AAO and is current Legislative Co-Chair of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians. He is a past president of the CSEP, and has long been involved with the Connecticut State Medical Society, serving as President in 2017 and 2018. He is a Clinical Instructor at Yale School of Medicine.
