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#25
Score
71.9/100

Dr. Richard Bryant, MD

Richard Bryant, MD is Eye Center South's facial cosmetic and orbital reconstructive surgeon, based at its Dothan, Alabama location and serving the group's Alabama and Florida offices. His site states he is one of only 500 surgeons nationwide admitted to the American Society of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (our-doctors/richard-w-bryant).

Practice
2800 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36301
Phone
(334) 793-2211
Website
eyecentersouth.net
Medicare eyelid ops
661, 2022-2024
A smiling couple in their fifties on a beach

Training and board certification

Stage Detail
Undergraduate BS, Birmingham Southern College, Summa Cum Laude
Medical school MD, Vanderbilt University
Internship General surgery, Emory University
Residency University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship Oculofacial Plastic Surgery (2 years), UCLA Medical Center / Jules Stein Eye Institute, Beverly Hills, CA; eyelids, brow lifts, orbital and lacrimal surgery, thyroid eye disease
Fellowship Cosmetic Surgery, Beverly Hills, CA; face lifting, neck lifting, fat transfer, liposuction, laser resurfacing, chemical peeling

Source: our-doctors/richard-w-bryant

  • Diplomate, American Board of Cosmetic Surgery; Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology.
  • Fellow, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; Fellow, American Society of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS); Fellow, American College of Surgeons.
  • The site prints his name as "Richard Bryant, M.D." throughout; it does not append FACS after his name despite listing the ACS fellowship among his certifications.

Eyelid surgery work

  • Upper and lower blepharoplasty. The blepharoplasty gallery page shows cases labeled blepharoplasty alone and combined with excision of a lesion, anterior ptosis repair, fat transfer, direct brow lift, endoscopic forehead lift, and posterior ptosis repair (category/blepharoplasty). The lower-blepharoplasty page describes removing sagging skin/fat below the eyes, with the specific technique varying by severity (lower-blepharoplasty).
  • Anterior ptosis repair. An external approach to correcting upper-lid droop from levator muscle weakening (before-and-after/anterior-ptosis).
  • Posterior ptosis repair. An internal approach (Muller muscle technique) to the same condition (before-and-after/posterior-ptosis).
  • Brow lift. Three approaches described: endoscopic (small incisions behind the hairline), limited-incision (usually paired with eyelid surgery), and classic (a longer hairline incision) (brow-lift).
  • Eyelid reconstruction after Mohs surgery. Reconstructive repair following Mohs skin-cancer excision (before-and-after/reconstruction-after-mohs).

Galleries checked (all HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30, each showing labeled before/after patient photos): combined blepharoplasty variants, anterior ptosis, posterior ptosis, direct brow lift, and reconstruction after Mohs.

Other procedures

Xanthelasma removal (cryotherapy, chemical cauterization, or surgical removal) (xanthelasma) and BOTOX Cosmetic, offered alongside the group's broader ophthalmology, optometry, cornea, retina and pediatric services.

Insurance and cost

Brow lift "is generally considered cosmetic surgery" and not typically covered, "however, if your brows sag so severely that your vision is obstructed and the brow lift is deemed medically necessary, it may be covered" (brow-lift). Lower blepharoplasty is "not typically covered by insurance providers" as cosmetic, though a paired upper blepharoplasty may be covered if medically necessary (lower-blepharoplasty). Xanthelasma removal is usually considered cosmetic and unlikely to be covered unless it impairs vision or lid function (xanthelasma). The practice offers CareCredit financing and accepts FSA/HSA funds (finance-options). No procedure prices are published.

Practice

Field Value
Practice Eye Center South
Dothan office 2800 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36301; (334) 793-2211
Other offices Destin, FL; Enterprise, AL; Marianna, FL; Montgomery, AL; two Panama City, FL locations; Tallahassee, FL; Troy, AL; Wetumpka, AL
Website https://www.eyecentersouth.net/
Instagram instagram.com/eyecentersouth
Facebook facebook.com/EyeCenterSouthEyeCareExperts
YouTube channel

Source: our-doctors/richard-w-bryant, locations.

Practice location

From eyecentersouth.net, read 2026-09-30. Prices and recovery times are quoted as the practice publishes them.

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The top 38 eyelid surgeons in Alabama; Dr. Richard Bryant is #2

Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024

From CMS, Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners by Provider and Service, NPI 1578586327. Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so these are the medical cases. Cosmetic eyelid surgery is paid by the patient and is not in this record. CMS leaves out any code billed fewer than 11 times in a year.

OperationOperations, 2022-2024
Upper blepharoplasty411
Ptosis repair129
Brow ptosis repair70
Lid position repair51
Total661

Why #25: the score, line by line

Points come from sources read the same way for every surgeon. The method is on the methodology page.

SignalPointsOfSource
Medicare eyelid volume31.935661 Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024 (CMS)
Eyelid research0200 eyelid papers in PubMed, 0 since 2021
Training1515Oculofacial plastic surgeon
Eyelid work shown2525eyelid page; eyelid before-and-after gallery
Teaching050 eyelid meetings taught from 2023 on
Score71.9100Rank 25 of 500