Dr. Dr. Richard Cape, MD

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Get to know Ophthalmologist Dr. Richard Cape, who serves patients in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

Voted as one of “America’s Top Ophthalmologists”, Dr. Cape provides personal, individualized care for each patient and is available to them throughout the entire preoperative and postoperative period. In practice since June of 1993, he is the owner of Cape Regional Eye Center, PLLC in Dyersburg, Tennessee. 

Cape Regional Eye Center, PLLC, a family-owned and operated business, is built on the premise that preventive eye care is important to obtaining long-term eye health. Dr. Cape and his staff use the latest technology to provide each patient with the highest quality medical and surgical eye care in the West Tennessee area. Unlike other medical and surgical centers that perform a wide variety of surgical procedures, Cape Regional Eye Center, PLLC and its affiliate practice, Cape Surgery Center, LLC are fully committed to eye health. 24-hour emergency eye care is available.

Eyesight is a precious gift. Dr. Cape established Cape Regional Eye Center, PLLC and Cape Surgery Center, LLC in order to provide his patients with the most advanced, yet individualized eye care possible. He performs thousands of eye surgical procedures annually. 

With a passion for excellence in every aspect of eye care, the doctor is board-certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology, an independent, non-profit organization responsible for certifying ophthalmologists in the United States of America. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology.

Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Dr. Cape was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Memphis University High School and Vanderbilt University. He pursued his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and completed his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee.

Among his various accomplishments, Dr. Cape performed the first corneal transplant in the Dyersburg area in 1994 and was the first surgeon to perform trabectome glaucoma surgery in Dyersburg. He accepted the “Patient’s Choice Award” in 2009 and was placed on the Consumer’s Research Council of America in 2010.

His work has been published in the prestigious ophthalmology textbook, Principles and Practices of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. What’s more, he was a co-author of the publication “Surgical Intervention in Conjunction with Medical Treatment of Cicatricial Pemphigoid” in Vol. II of Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery by Stephen Bosniak, MD. 

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery, which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. Ophthalmologists are experts in the diseases, functions, and anatomy of the eye. They may provide routine care such as vision testing, as well as prescribe and fit eyeglasses or contact lenses. However, ophthalmologists are also surgeons. They repair traumatic injuries to the eye and perform cataract, glaucoma, and corneal surgery. 

In his personal life, Dr. Cape and his wife, Stephanie, have three children; Courtney, Hays, and Harrison.

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