Tom (or Dr. Tatlock) graduated from the University of Kansas, attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine, did a straight medicine internship, and then completed a residency in psychiatry at the Unveracity of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. He was a psychiatrist in Appleton, WI. In 1993, he received the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from National Alliance on Mental Illness. Also, he was Selected as one of “The Best Doctors in America, 1998” and before that as one “The Best Doctors in America, Midwest Region, 1996-97.”

On March 19, 1999, he fell off a ladder and sustained a traumatic brain injury. He was unable to obtain adequate care locally and was finally treated as an outpatient at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The symptoms form his TBI forced him in to an early, involuntary retirement. He wanted to become a better educated and more informed person so that he could be a better advocate for persons who had sustained a brain injury, so he enrolled in 5 semester Graduate Certificate in Special Education and Brain Injury, from The George Washington University, Washington, DC. He completed this program in 2007. Over the years, Tom has met with many persons and families who have been affected by brain injury, providing support and information.

He also done numerous presentations, locally, regionality and nationally, on brain injury to groups that he thinks need to know about brain injury, even if the hadn’t recognized that need. He has a special interest in brain injury and the persons who are experiencing homelessness and domestic violence.

He is a member of the Brain Injury Association (now Alliance) of Wisconsin, and in 2009, received the Education and Community Service Award. He was a member Brain Injury Advisory Council to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services, State of Wisconsin. He served as a member of The Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Regional Advisory Board from 2005 to 2020. He has and is continuing to serve on other committees.