Salar Rafieetary, MD

Salar Rafieetary, MD

Dr. Salar Rafieetary was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and graduated from Briarcrest Christian School.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience from Rhodes College, where he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. During his time at Rhodes College, Salar served as student government president and received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for service and leadership. He was voted by his peers as “Mr. Rhodes College” and was inducted into the Rhodes College Hall of Fame.

Dr. Rafieetary received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in 2017. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor society, which recognizes students who excelled academically and have shown promise of becoming leaders in the profession, and inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), which recognizes and supports the values of humanism and professionalism in medicine. He served as president of his medical school class for four years. Salar was awarded the “Robert L. Summitt M.D. Distinguished Student Achievement Award”, which honors a graduating senior who has shown distinction in scholarship, leadership, service, and character during period of medical education.

Dr. Rafieetary completed his Transitional Internship at Methodist University Hospital (UTHSC) in 2018 and subsequently completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the UTHSC Hamilton Eye Institute in 2021. In 2020-2021, Dr. Rafieetary served as the president of the Hamilton Eye Institute Chapter of the Mid South Lion’s Club and served as the director of the 2021 Lions Club Cataract-a-thon, which provided free cataract surgery to the working medically uninsured patient population.

Dr. Rafieetary completed vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at Charles Retina Institute in 2023.

He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO).

He specializes in medical and surgical management of retinal diseases including:

  • Age related macular degeneration
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Retinal vein occlusion
  • Retinal detachment/ Retinal tear(s)
  • Vitreous hemorrhage
  • Evaluation of new onset flashes or floaters
  • Dislocated lens (IOL explantation/Secondary IOL placement/ Yamane technique)
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)

Dr. Rafieetary was the first vitreoretinal surgeon in the state of Tennessee and the Mid-South region to perform the Encelto surgical implant for treatment of Type 2 macular telangiectasia (Mac Tel)

He has served as part of the ophthalmology care for the Memphis Grizzlies during game time action since the 2021 season.

Dr. Rafieetary enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, son, and cat. He enjoys doing complex surgery and helping others. He is an active member at Christ the King Lutheran church. He enjoys being outdoors, spending time with family and friends, and watching the Memphis Grizzlies.

Clinics:

  • Germantown
  • Poplar
  • Jonesboro, AR
  • West Memphis, AR
  • Oxford, MS
  • Horn Lake, MS

ROP Coverage:

  • Le Bonheur Children’s NICU
  • Baptist Women’s NICU
  • Methodist Germantown NICU
  • Bernard’s NICU (Jonesboro)