Rolando Toyos, MD

"Rolando Toyos, M.D. received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from The University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, where he was a straight A student. Before beginning medical school, Dr. Toyos worked as a high school teacher and basketball coach. He won the National Teaching Award from Columbia University for his science curriculum development and his work with at-risk children.  He then received his medical degree at the University of Illinois where he was Class President, graduating with James Scholar Academic Honors and received a community service award for helping Chicago City Public Schools develop a pre-med program for students interested in medicine.  He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago. He completed his Ophthalmology residency at Northwestern University and Chicago Children's Hospital. Dr. Toyos spent one year performing LASIK at the Eye Institute in Beverly Hills."

"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."