Patients choose BES because of the high level of competency, concern, and caring they receive. All members of the Baptist Eye Surgeons team are highly trained, skilled medical specialists whose expertise covers general ophthalmology, cornea, diabetic diseases, glaucoma, cataract, refractive surgery, external eye disease, and oculoplastics. All BES surgeons are board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

The Baptist Eye Surgeons pioneered refractive surgery in East Tennessee and have performed more refractive surgery than any other practice in the Knoxville area. Likewise, BES performs more eye surgery than any other ophthalmic group in the Knoxville area.

The Baptist Eye Surgeons have partnered with 15 other ophthalmologists to form the Tennessee Valley Eye Center. The state-of-the-art surgery center is unique in that it offers virtually all types of outpatient eye surgery, as opposed to simply being a cataract surgery only facility. This outpatient surgery center is equipped with the latest in eye care technology and employs the most highly trained eye surgery team in the area. Few surgery centers in the U.S. rival the Tennessee Valley Eye Center’s level of excellence and unique focus.

The Baptist Eye Surgeons have two convenient locations to meet patient needs – one at the Baptist Eye Institute on the Baptist Hospital campus and another at the Tennessee Valley Eye Center in west Knoxville. BES also has several satellite offices in East Tennessee.