Richard E. Sievers, M.D.

Rick Sievers earned his medical degree at Bowman Gray School of medicine and completed his residency in Ophthalmology there, as well.  In 1983, he completed his vitreoretinal surgery fellowship in Memphis and founded Mid-South Retina in 1984.

He is Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at UT Department of Ophthalmology and has been honored as the department’s teacher of the year several times.  He is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding ophthalmologists in Memphis, TN.  He is a member of AAO, ASRS and Memphis Eye Society.  He currently sees patients in Memphis and Jonesboro and teaches residents in the ophthalmology clinic at the Memphis VA.

He enjoys caring for his patients and takes care of his family’s farm, rides horses and gardens in his spare time.