Nashville, Tennessee has 10 ASOPRS fellowship-trained oculoplastic surgeons listed on EyePlastics. They practise at 6 practices, including Tennessee Oculoplastics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Elite Oculoplastics, PLLC. Between them, the listed surgeons offer brow lift, care for the anophthalmic socket after eye loss, botulinum toxin (Botox) treatment, congenital eyelid and orbital conditions and tear-duct (lacrimal) surgery. Every surgeon here completed an ophthalmology residency followed by an accredited fellowship in eyelid, orbital and lacrimal surgery — the training that distinguishes an oculoplastic surgeon from a general plastic surgeon or a dermatologist.
As listed by the surgeons themselves — the number is how many of them list it.
Behin Barahimi
MD
Vanderbilt Eye Institute
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Brian Biesman
MD
The Practice of Brian S. Biesman, M.D.
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Stephen Dryden
MD
TN Oculoplastics
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Kelly Everman
MD
Elite Oculoplastics, PLLC
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Kim Klippenstein
MD
Tennessee Oculoplastics
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Louise Mawn
MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Andrew Meador
MD
Tennessee Oculoplastics
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Deborah Sherman
MD
Ophthalmic Plastic and Orbital Surgery
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Rachel Sobel
MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Ralph Wesley
MD
Tennessee Oculoplastics
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Tennessee Oculoplastics (3)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2)
Elite Oculoplastics, PLLC (1)
Ophthalmic Plastic and Orbital Surgery (1)
TN Oculoplastics (1)
Vanderbilt Eye Institute (1)
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Look for three things on any Nashville surgeon's profile: an accredited oculoplastic fellowship (ASOPRS is the recognised US credential), board certification in ophthalmology, and current hospital or surgery-centre privileges. Then match the surgeon to the problem — eyelid, tear duct, orbit and thyroid eye disease are all oculoplastic, but individual surgeons list the procedures they focus on. At a consultation, ask how many of that specific procedure the surgeon performs a year and to see before-and-after photographs of similar cases.
It depends on why the surgery is being done, not where. Functional procedures — ptosis repair when a drooping lid blocks vision, upper-eyelid blepharoplasty when excess skin obstructs the visual field (documented by a visual-field test and photographs), eyelid lesion removal, and tear-duct surgery — are usually covered. Purely cosmetic eyelid surgery is self-pay, and Nashville practices quote it at consultation; many offer financing. Ask the practice to check your specific plan before scheduling.
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Oculoplastic surgeons in Nashville offer both cosmetic and medical procedures — including blepharoplasty (eye lift), ptosis repair, thyroid eye disease treatment, blocked tear duct surgery (DCR), eyelid laxity repair (ectropion/entropion), brow lift, and eyelid skin cancer excision with reconstruction.
ASOPRS fellowship training is the gold standard credential in oculoplastic surgery. It requires completion of a full ophthalmology residency followed by a 1–2 year accredited fellowship specifically in eyelid, orbital, and lacrimal surgery. Learn more about oculoplastic surgeons →