Theodore John Dimitry Jr. (June 26, 1879 - October 27, 1945) was a Creole physician, optometrist, professor, author and inventor.

He was a pioneer in the field of optometry responsible for developing the Dimitry Erisiphake and a plastic eye made of lucite to permit motion.

[1][2] Theodore's vast contribution to the field of optometry also included the publication of hundreds of articles in different medical journals.

Eventually, he taught at Loyola University and began to write papers on the subjects of trachoma, cataract, glaucoma, enucleation of the eye and ptosis.

[3] By 1901, Theodore Jr. obtained a degree in medicine from Tulane University and married Fernande Jacobs on August 28, 1901.

[11] Early in his academic career, Theodore published articles about complex medical procedures in the field of optometry.

[13] Theodore was the oculist of the New Orleans public schools in 1915 and that same year his accumulated published research included work on cataract extraction and tarsal massage for patients suffering trachoma.

[15] He made recommendations to the delegates of the Louisiana State Medical Society in 1917 and in 1919 he was part of a Diagnostic Clinic in New Orleans.

By the 1930s Theodore was a pioneer in the field of optometry and invented the Dimitry erisiphake to remove cataracts from the eye.

Around the same period, he published A Vacuum Grasping Instrument for Removal of Cataract in Capsule and The Dust Factor in the Production of Pterygium.