Dr. Rafieetary has been a full-time associate at Charles Retina Institute (CRI) and the Diabetic Eye Center of CRI since 1996. He is a graduate of Boston University and has received his Doctor of Optometry form University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry. After completing his Residency in Primary Care Optometry at the Southern College of Optometry (SCO), he joined SCO faculty were he served as an Assistant Professor and the Chief of Ocular Disease service. During his tenure at SCO, Dr. Rafieetary received several awards including Teacher of the Year in 1989 and 1992, and the Beta Sigma Kappa Outstanding Optometric Educator Award 1991-92.

Dr. Rafieetary has served two terms as the Past President of West Tennessee Optometric Society; he is currently serving a two term office as the President of the West Tennessee Chapter of the Leadership Council of the American Diabetic Association. He additionally serves on the Board of Directors of the Church Health Center.

Dr. Rafieetary is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and is Board Certified in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. He is the author of several professional articles and lectures nationally. He has received the American Optometric Association Recognition Award (ORA) in 1998 and 1999; he has also received the Tennessee Optometric Association's Optometrist of the Year for 2002, and the American Diabetes Association's National ADA Award Achievement of Distinction in 2004.

View his curriculum vitae here.

His E-mail address is mrafieetary@charles-retina.com