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Rolando Toyos, MD

Rolando Toyos, M.D. is the Medical Director and Founder of Toyos Clinic. Dr. Toyos is originally from California where he received his Bachelors of Art and Masters degrees from Berkeley and Stanford University, respectively. Before beginning medical school, Dr. Toyos worked as a high school teacher and basketball coach. He won the National Teaching Award 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, graduated 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. Dr. Toyos completed his Ophthalmology residency at Northwestern University and Chicago Children's Hospital.

Dr. Toyos is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and specializes in Cataract Surgery, LASIK, Dry Eye, and Glaucoma. He is the inventor of the procedure Intense Pulse Light for dry eye, also known as DELIT. He has trained hundreds of surgeons both nationally and internationally on surgical techniques, medications and new technologies. He has authored several papers and books. One book for medical students, now in its 3rd edition, was a best seller on college campuses for several years. He belongs to many professional organizations including the Sports Ophthalmic Society of the Americas (SOSA) of which he is the current president. Dr. Toyos has worked with various professional sports teams like the Memphis Grizzlies, Seattle Mariners, and Memphis Redbirds to name a few. He has been named one of The Best Doctors and is the only eye surgeon in Memphis named a premier surgeon by a worldwide eye surgery publication.

Dr. Toyos is involved in the community. He recently won The Humanitarian Award by the Jazz Foundation of America for providing free surgical care to the displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina. He volunteers his time to Eye Care America, a national program that provides eye care to the poor. The clinic has completed mission trips to Nicaragua, Honduras, Columbia and Haiti. He is a board member of Ballet Memphis and the Memphis Rock & Soul Museum. He has won several community awards like The Memphis Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Memphis Finest, and Memphis Magazine's Who's Who.

He also supports local schools in the Partners in Education Program.

For fun, Dr. Toyos loves spending time with his daughter, Eva, who already has become a big Grizzlies, Redbirds and Ballet Memphis fan.