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SMCC Welcomes Thomas M. Dye, M.D. , Orthopedic Surgeon
January 29, 2010
Colonel Thomas M. Dye recently retired as Commander, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron, 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, CA.
Dr. Dye entered the United States Air Force as a distinguished graduate from Officer Training School in 1983 after obtaining his undergraduate BS in Biology from the University of South Alabama.
Colonel Dye was honorably discharged from the USAF in August, 1990. He Attended the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, where he accepted an Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship. He re-entered the Air Force as a Captain and physician after graduating in 1994 with his Medical Degree. He completed his first year of residency in General Surgery at the combined Wright State University/Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio residency in 1995, and spent one year as a flight surgeon in the 74th Medical Group.
He became the Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Travis AFB in 2006, and took command of the 60th Surgical Operations Squadron in June of 2008.
Colonel Dye is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Colonel Dye has been married to his wife, Dina for 26 years. They now reside in the Shawnee area and have one daughter Chelsea who is a junior at New College of Florida.
Dr. Dye will begin seeing patients on Monday, February 8th, 2010