Dr. Monica Thoms, MD

Expert Publications

• Hepatitis B vaccine administered to children and adolescents at yearly intervals.
• Mucosal immunity induced by enhance-potency inactivated and oral polio vaccines.
• The humoral immune response to type 1 oral poliovirus vaccine in children previously immunized with enhanced potency inactivated poliovirus vaccine or live oral poliovirus vaccine.
• Serologic response to oral polio vaccine and enhanced-potency inactivated polio vaccines.
• A comparison of the serologic responses to oral and injectable trivalent poliovirus vaccines.
• A randomized comparison of three bivalent Streptococcus pneumoniae glycoprotein conjugate vaccines in young children: effect of polysaccharide size and linkage characteristics.
• Immunologic priming of young children by pneumococcal glycoprotein conjugate, but not polysaccharide, vaccines.

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Get to know Ophthalmologist Dr. Monica Thoms, who serves patients in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

A board-certified ophthalmologist, Dr. Thoms works with patients at Koziol-Thoms Eye Associates, located in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Koziol – Thoms Eye Associates is committed to providing thorough eye care with courtesy, gentleness, and respect for patients. Their team of professionals are well-versed in a wide range of conditions and treatments, including cataracts, diabetic eye care, dry eye, glaucoma, and macular degeneration.

After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1978, Dr. Thoms received medical training at the University of Illinois Medical School. She then went on to complete her residency in ophthalmology at Michael Reese Hospital/University of Chicago in 1986.

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a medical staff member at Northwest Community Hospital, the doctor is board-certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology, an independent, non-profit organization responsible for certifying ophthalmologists in the United States of America.

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery, which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. Ophthalmologists are experts in the diseases, functions, and anatomy of the eye. Ophthalmologists are also surgeons. They repair traumatic injuries to the eye and may perform cataract, glaucoma, and corneal surgery.

Recognized as one of the best doctors in the Chicago Metropolitan area by Castle Connolly Magazine, Dr. Thoms has been the recipient of the Chicago Magazine Top Doctor Award (2021-2022), and Exceptional Women in Medicine Award (2020-2022). She has also received the highest patient satisfaction rating on an independent survey comparing ophthalmologists in the Chicago area.

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