He is especially interested in refractive surgery (vision correction surgery) and cataracts. Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Gold are among the insurance carriers that Dr. Thorne honors. He obtained his medical school training at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, School of Medicine and performed his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He has received the distinction of Texas Super Doctors. He is conversant in Spanish. Dr. Thorne is affiliated with the University Medical Center Brackenridge, Seton Northwest Hospital, and the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center.