Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Dr. Pegram specializes in orbital, lacrimal (tear duct), eyelid, eyebrow, and facial surgery, as well as other facial cosmetic surgeries including cosmetic lower eyelid blepharoplasty, cosmetic browlift, face/neck lift, filler, and Botox. Dr. Pegram is board certified in Ophthalmology and is a Fellow in the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and in the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. In addition to the various scholarships, awards, and volunteer activities Dr. Pegram has participated in, he has published many research papers and publications in his field. Originally from Murfreesboro, TN, Dr. Pegram is excited to start his own practice in the service of Middle Tennesseans. Dr. Pegram graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. degree in advanced mathematics and a minor in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN in 2006. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN in 2011. As a medical student, Dr. Pegram was awarded the Letitia G. Doggett Scholar, one of five endowed, full-tuition scholarships given for academics, leadership, professionalism, and personal qualities. He was also elected by his classmates and attending physicians for the Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2010. After medical school, Dr. Pegram completed a transitional internship at the University of Tennessee, Memphis in 2012. He then went on to complete an Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Tennessee, Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis from 2012 to 2015. Following his residency, he completed two years of subspecialty training in a highly sought after American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) and American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery (ABFCS) fellowship at Eyeplastx in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Pegram was the winner of the poster presentation competition at the 2017 American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Annual Meeting for his poster demonstrating a novel brow lifting technique. Professional Profile
Undergraduate
Middle Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Science in Advanced Mathematics, 2006
Medical School
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Doctor of Medicine, 2007-2011
Residency
University of Tennessee - Hamilton Eye Institute, Memphis, TN
Ophthalmology, 2011-2015
Fellowship
Eyeplastx, San Antonio, TX
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2017
Facial Cosmetic Surgery, 2015-2017
Board Certified
American Board of Ophthalmology
American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery
