Dr Toyos For U S Senate
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Dr. Toyos is running for the United States Senate in 2018. Rolando Toyos, M.D. is the Founder and CEO of Toyos Clinic a medical and surgical eye care practice that was started in Tennessee in 1998. The Clinic started with one clinic and 2 employees and has now grown to 5 clinics winning Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Companies in the United States.
Dr. Toyos was born in New York City and moved to Santa Rosa, California when he was 10. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from The University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, where he was a straight A student and involved in campus politics and community outreach. During that time he coordinated events raising money for A Safe Place, a domestic violence services and shelter. He also volunteered his time to tutor and coach at the local high schools. Before beginning medical school, Dr. Toyos worked as a full time high school science teacher and basketball coach. He won the National Teaching Award from Columbia University for his science curriculum development and his work with at-risk children.
He then received his medical degree at the University of Illinois where he was Class President and a James Scholar. He was active in the community receiving an award for helping Chicago City Public Schools develop a pre-med program for students interested in medicine. He also was active in the Republican Party including working as an Election Judge in his local precinct.
He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago. He completed his Ophthalmology residency at Northwestern University. During that time he continued to help pre-med students realize their dreams of becoming a doctor by tutoring, lecturing, and writing a best selling book for Pre-Meds, The Insider’s Guide to Medical School Admissions.
Dr. Toyos is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and specializes in Cataract Surgery, LASIK, Glaucoma, and Dry Eye. He is one of the most experienced surgeons in the country, completing over 35,000 cataract surgeries, 20,000 glaucoma laser treatments and 25,000 LASIK surgeries. He was selected as a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly Medical and Trusted Lasik and Cataract Surgeons. He is the inventor of the procedure Intense Pulse Light IPL for Dry Eye Disease and wrote a best selling book on Dry Eye Disease Treatment. His expertise in Ophthalmology has offered him the opportunity to travel to many different parts of the world to teach other surgeons and interact with foreign business people. He has traveled to Israel, Japan, China, Central America, South America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine and several countries in Europe.
He continued to be active in politics here in Tennessee including running for a Shelby County Commission Seat where he won the Republican primary but eventually losing to the Democratic incumbent.
Dr. Toyos is involved in the community. He won The Humanitarian Award by the Jazz Foundation of America for providing free surgical care to the displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina. He and his wife, Dr. Melissa Toyos who also is an award winning Ophthalmologist and partner at the clinic, started the non-profit organization Toyos Foundation to provide free health care to the underserved and provide funds to schools. He volunteers his time to Eye Care America, a national program that provides eye care to the poor. The clinic has completed mission trips to Nicaragua, Honduras, Columbia and Haiti. He has been a board member of Ballet Memphis and the Memphis Rock & Soul Museum. He is a current board member of The Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
He has won several community awards like, CEO of the Year Inside Memphis Business, Leadership Award from National Hispanic Professional Organization, The Memphis Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Memphis Finest, and Entrepreneur of the Year by the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
For fun, Dr. Toyos loves spending time with his wife and three girls.
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LOVE THIS MESSAGE! I’M THANKFUL FOR AMERICAN LEADERS LIKE DR. TOYOS!!
I've known Dr. Toyos for many years. He is a thoughtful, caring individual who will work hard for Tennessee and the country.
Will you vote to get rid of Obamacare?Will you vote to secure the nation from those who want to come here and hurt us or our culture and society?If not, you are not the one to support!
You should run again Dr. Toyos ! I hope to meet you soon. You seem like an excellent man. Your spouse is also an an excellent person and she is giving me some much needed help and I am grateful to her. Steve.
Way to go, I fully support your campaign !
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