Training and board certification
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| MD | Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN |
| Internship | Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital |
| Residency | Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary |
| Fellowship | Oculoplastic/orbital disease, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary |
- Board certified by the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Ophthalmology.
- Teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical School; former co-director of the oculoplastics service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
- Member: American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New England Ophthalmologic Society, Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.
- Co-authored the medical text "Atlas of Eyelid Surgery" in 1994, described on the site as sold in the thousands of copies in the US and abroad.
Eyelid surgery work
Procedure pages describe the practice's oculoplastics service, offered by several of the practice's doctors, rather than Dr. Townsend individually; his own bio page states his personal specialty in oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery, cosmetic and corrective, and forehead/brow lifts.
- Blepharoplasty. Upper, lower, or both; loose or bulging eyelid skin is removed through an incision "made as discreetly as possible," performed at the Dartmouth facility or the New Bedford Surgicenter (blepharoplasty).
- Ptosis repair. Local anesthesia and/or IV sedation; incisions "commonly placed in the back of the eyelid to reduce scarring," muscle reattached to the eyelid cartilage, dissolvable sutures (source).
- Entropion and ectropion repair. Outpatient, local anesthetic, surgeon "recreates the natural curvature of the eyelid"; a small section of tissue may be removed (source).
- Eyelid conditions. Drainage or excision of a stye or chalazion under local anesthesia when it does not resolve with compresses (source).
The practice site has no before-and-after gallery page.
Other procedures
Forehead and brow lift, botulinum toxin injections and laser skin resurfacing, per his bio page (source). The practice also offers BOTOX injections for eye conditions, described as providing relief for up to four months, with a secondary effect on fine lines and wrinkles (source).