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SouthEask LASIK team is focused on helping you see clearly. Our team of dedicated LASIK professionals brings a unique level of knowledge and compassion to every encounter. Like your eyes, every solution is different. The SouthEast LASIK team is focused on ensuring that the solution matches your unique need.

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Alex Rider, M.D.

Cataract, Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgeon

Specialty: Cornea

Practice Locations: Clarksville TN, Franklin, TN, Nashville, TN

 

 Dr. Alex Rider specializes in cataract, cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery, as well as advanced lens technology to correct astigmatism and presbyopia with cataract surgery. He also has experience performing cornea transplantation surgery, including DSEK/ DMEK, and ocular surface reconstruction.

 

After graduating with honors with a B.S. in Sports Medicine from Union University in Jackson, TN he completed his M.D. degree at the University of Tennessee Health Center in Memphis, TN. Following medical school, he completed his internship and ophthalmology residency at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He went on to complete subspecialty training in cornea and refractive surgery at Storm Eye Institute in Charleston, SC.

 

Dr. Rider enjoys anything relating to the outdoors. He's an avid hunter, hiker, and fisherman. He also enjoys playing golf and cooking delicious meals with his wife Rebecca.

 

Fellowship: Storm Eye Institute, Charleston, SC

Residency: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Doctor of Medicine: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

Undergraduate: Union University, Jackson, TN

 

Organizations:

  • American Medical Association

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology

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