Leonidas Edwin Rice, MD

"Dr. Rice is originally from Athens, Ga.  He graduated from the University of Georgia summa cum laude with a BA in Biochemistry with General Honors in 1975.  He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1975.  He completed a flexible internship at the University of South Alabama.  He completed a residency in Ophthalmology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has served as a volunteer for Eye Care America since its inception. 

He is currently Vice Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Centennial Medical Center.  

He and his wife Angeline have three children.  They are members of First Lutheran Church in Nashville.  Dr. Rice was board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1985."

"Toyos Clinic was established in 1998 when Dr. Rolando Toyos was called by a recruiter from St. Judes Children's Hospital who was looking for an Ophthalmologist to staff a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Jackson Madison Medical Center in Jackson, Tennessee.  Dr. Toyos was responsible for eye care at the NICU for 10 years and was also the Medical Director of the Jackson Madison Surgery Center.  He opened a clinic in Memphis when the Memphis Grizzlies asked him to be the team's Ophthalmologist.  A position that he held for several years.  Melissa Toyos, MD became a partner in Toyos Clinic in 2014.  She was previously a partner in one of the largest practices in the country Discover Vision in Kansas City.

Toyos Clinic specializes in three areas - Vision, Optical, and Aesthetics.  Vision encompasses medical and surgical eye care which includes cataract surgery, glaucoma, dry eye, lasik, age related macular degeneration, keratoconus, strabismus, diabetic and hypertensive eye exams and more.  Optical includes general eye exams requiring glasses or contacts. The clinic offers trained frame stylists to fit a wide variety of designer eyewear and Optometrists to fit general and specialty contact lenses.  Aesthetics includes laser resurfacing, laser blepharoplasty, cosmetic lid surgery, filler, botox, Intense Pulse Light, NuEra Tight, LED, non-surgical body contouring, hair transplantation, and a complete line of medical skin care products."