He was elected as the president of the All India Ophthalmic Society, and Executive Member of the Medical Council of India.
He was also a member of the Medical faculty and Board of studies of the M.G. University of Kerala.
He has now started his own institution in Aluva town, known as Dr.Tony’s super speciality Eye Institute and plans to develop into a hospital and training Institute of International Standard.
He served at Little Flower Hospital as Head of the Ophthalmic Unit and later as the Medical director, and retired in 2008, after 40 years of service.
He pioneered the starting of all new surgeries in Kerala, like intra-ocular Implantation Refractive Keratoplasty and Corneal transplantation. The All India Ophthalmic Society honored him by electing him as the editor of their Journal and later he occupied the prestigious post of its President.
He is the Founder President of the Kerala Action Force an organization doing yeoman service.
He has a charitable registered family trust to help charitable work and help very many organizations who sponsor poor children look after them and educate them.
He is also the founder president of the Cordinated Committee of all Residents Associations,at Aluva(CORRA) which actively takes up the issues about the traffic problems, waste disposal, and fights against the pollution problems and consumer protection. This organization is now very active and tackles a large number of regional problems.

In 1969 he came to Kerala and settled in a small village like Angamaly though he had plenty of opportunities in big cities. He has now started his own institution in Aluva town, known as Dr.Tony’s super speciality Eye Institute and plans to develop into a hospital and training Institute of International Standard.
Married to Dr.Yvonne Fernandez who worked as senior Anesthesiologist with him at Little Flower Hospital and now working at Tony’s Eye Hospital. She is active in all the Social activities and runs the STF Charities. She id also working as a honorary councilor at Muringoor Retreat Centre. They are blessed with 5 children.
1.Dr.Sylvia Mathew M.D.S married to Dr.Silju Mathew .Both are Professors in the Ramiah Dental College, Bangalore.
2. Dr. Freddy Tony Simon M.D.(AIIMS), DNB.,FRCS (Edin & Glasgow) married to Dr.Cynthia was the Consultant Surgeon at L.F.Hospital, Angamaly and now Chief Ophthalmic Consutant and Managing Director of Dr.Tony’s Super Speciality Eye Hospital Aluva.
3.Mrs. Sonia Puthoor, B.Arch. married to Mr.Jeejo Puthoor working as senior consultant Architect at an International Firm Aecom at Abu Dhabi. Mr.Jeejo is the consultant in soft wear.
4.Mr.Tony T Simon B.Tech(Computer) married to Mrs. Linnet is now working in a M.N. Company at U.K. as soft wear consultant.
5.Mrs. Sabeena David M.B.A, married to Mr .Roy David at present a housewife, settled at Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. Mr.Roy works for the Government at Edmonton, Canada.

He came up to this high status by his hard work professional excellence and social commitment. He pioneered the starting of all new surgeries in Kerala, like intra-ocular Implantation Refractive Keratoplasty and Corneal transplantation.

He served at Little Flower Hospital as Head of the Ophthalmic Unit and later as the Medical director, and retired in 2008, after 40 years of service. He has now started his own institution in Aluva town, known as Dr.Tony’s super speciality Eye Institute and plans to develop into a hospital and training Institute of International Standard. He pioneered the starting of all new surgeries in Kerala, like intra-ocular Implantation Refractive Keratoplasty and Corneal transplantation. He started the Free Eye Camp work way back in 1971 when such camps were conducted only by Dr.Mody. Way back in 1970 he started an association with the help of the public to propagate and collect human eyes for transplantation. He also initiated the Eye Screening program in the schools with the help of trained teachers from 1976.

He was elected as the president of the All India Ophthalmic Society, and Executive Member of the Medical Council of India. He was also a member of the Medical faculty and Board of studies of the M.G. University of Kerala.
He has now started his own institution in Aluva town, known as Dr.Tony’s super speciality Eye Institute and plans to develop into a hospital and training Institute of International Standard.
He served at Little Flower Hospital as Head of the Ophthalmic Unit and later as the Medical director, and retired in 2008, after 40 years of service. He pioneered the starting of all new surgeries in Kerala, like intra-ocular Implantation Refractive Keratoplasty and Corneal transplantation.
The All India Ophthalmic Society honored him by electing him as the editor of their Journal and later he occupied the prestigious post of its President. He also initiated the Eye Screening program in the schools with the help of trained teachers from 1976. Way back in 1970 he started an association with the help of the public to propagate and collect human eyes for transplantation. He started the Free Eye Camp work way back in 1971 when such camps were conducted only by Dr.Mody. He is the Founder President of the Kerala Action Force an organization doing yeoman service He has a charitable registered family trust to help charitable work and help very many organizations who sponsor poor children look after them and educate them.
He is also the founder president of the Cordinated Committee of all Residents Associations,at Aluva(CORRA) which actively takes up the issues about the traffic problems, waste disposal, and fights against the pollution problems and consumer protection. This organization is now very active and tackles a large number of regional problems. To increase the facility of Eye Donation he started a new Eye Bank at Aluva under the name “Darsana Eye Bank”, with the help of the Indian Medical Association Madhya Kerala, Aluva Muncipal Council and the Residents Associations and others Service organizations. He was the president of the Pain and Palliative Society of Angamaly and the Vice President of the Consortium of the Pain and Palliative Society of Ernakulam district.

Dr. S. Tony Fernandez is the new synonym in Eye He pioneered the starting of all new surgeries in Kerala, like intra-ocular Implantation Refractive Keratoplasty and Corneal transplantation. Now we are one of the Major Eye Banks in India and have collected more than 4000 eyes and nearly 2800 transplantation surgeries successfully .

He started the Free Eye Camp work way back in 1971 when such camps were conducted only by Dr.Mody. Way back in 1970 he started an association with the help of the public to propagate and collect human eyes for transplantation. He also initiated the Eye Screening program in the schools with the help of trained teachers from 1976. Thousands of school children have benefited from this program and many children have been saved from becoming blind. The program is now regularly followed up by the Hospital. Kerala Action Force. He is the Founder President of the Kerala Action Force an organization doing yeoman service in the following fields. Training in primary trauma care- nearly 7000 volunteers has been trained by regular classes. Classes in the schools to give awareness about traffic problems. Conducting Eye Camps and blood donation camps. Pain and Palliative Clinics. He was the president of the Pain and Palliative Society of Angamaly and the Vice President of the Consortium of the Pain and Palliative Society of Ernakulam district. Yellow ribbon program counseling, problem children to prevent them from suicide tendency.

He started the Free Eye Camp work way back in 1971 when such camps were conducted only by Dr.Mody. The hospital operated on poor patients free of charge on patients such selected. By the initiative he took these camps are still active and the hospital has examined nearly 10 lakhs poor patients in the last 4 decades and nearly a lakh of patients have benefited from various types of surgeries. Eye Bank Association and Corneal Transplantation Way back in 1970 he started an association with the help of the public to propagate and collect human eyes for transplantation. It was the first attempt in a private institution in India to initiate such a move. Now we are one of the Major Eye Banks in India and have collected more than 4000 eyes and nearly 2800 transplantation surgeries successfully .undertaken.The Eye Bank have nearly 175 Donation forums working in the villages and 12 collection centers. The state Government honored this eye bank for the highest collection of eyes collected in the state. To increase the facility of Eye Donation he started a new Eye Bank at Aluva under the name “Darsana Eye Bank”, with the help of the Indian Medical Association Madhya Kerala, Aluva Muncipal Council and the Residents Associations and others Service organizations. Kerala Action Force.

He is the Founder President of the Kerala Action Force an organization doing yeoman service in the following fields.
1.Training in primary trauma care- nearly 7000 volunteers has been trained by regular classes.
2.Classes in the schools to give awareness about traffic problems.
3. Conducting Eye Camps and blood donation camps.
4. A list of blood donors is kept for blood donation on trauma patients.
5.Pain and Palliative Clinics. He was the president of the Pain and Palliative Society of Angamaly and the Vice President of the Consortium of the Pain and Palliative Society of Ernakulam district.
6. Rehabilitating the physically disabled people due to accident and helping their children for further studies.
7. Yellow ribbon program counseling, problem children to prevent them from suicide tendency.
8. Building small houses to very poor people who have no proper dwelling places with the help of various well wishers and till now 47 houses have been handed over. This is an on going programme.
S.T.F. Charities He has a charitable registered family trust to help charitable work and help very many organizations who sponsor poor children look after them and educate them. More than 20 organizations are helped by this organization. Free treatment and surgeries are undertaken on poor patients selected from the Camps. Residents Association. He is also the founder president of the Cordinated Committee of all Residents Associations,at Aluva(CORRA) which actively takes up the issues about the traffic problems, waste disposal, and fights against the pollution problems and consumer protection. This organization is now very active and tackles a large number of regional problems.

He was elected as the president of the All India Ophthalmic Society, and Executive Member of the Medical Council of India.
He was also a member of the Medical faculty and Board of studies of the M.G. University of Kerala.
He is the Founder President of the Kerala Action Force an organization doing yeoman service He has a charitable registered family trust to help charitable work and help very many organizations who sponsor poor children look after them and educate them.
He is also the founder president of the Cordinated Committee of all Residents Associations,at Aluva(CORRA) which actively takes up the issues about the traffic problems, waste disposal, and fights against the pollution problems and consumer protection. This organization is now very active and tackles a large number of regional problems.
Way back in 1970 he started an association with the help of the public to propagate and collect human eyes for transplantation.
He has a charitable registered family trust to help charitable work and help very many organizations who sponsor poor children look after them and educate them.
He is also the founder president of the Cordinated Committee of all Residents Associations,at Aluva(CORRA) which actively takes up the issues about the traffic problems, waste disposal, and fights against the pollution problems and consumer protection. This organization is now very active and tackles a large number of regional problems.
To increase the facility of Eye Donation he started a new Eye Bank at Aluva under the name “Darsana Eye Bank”, with the help of the Indian Medical Association Madhya Kerala, Aluva Muncipal Council and the Residents Associations and others Service organizations.
He was the president of the Pain and Palliative Society of Angamaly and the Vice President of the Consortium of the Pain and Palliative Society of Ernakulam district.